About AFE: Bringing Evangelism Through Education and Enterprise

Academies for Excellence, Inc. is a non-profit, charitable, Christian organization incorporated in the state of Michigan. AFE is a tax-exempt corporation under the Internal Revenue Service code section 501(c)(3). Due to the generosity of a group of AFE supporters, the operational expenses of the corporation are fully underwritten. This allows 95% of your donation to go directly to mission work, with only 5% being allocated to donation processing costs.

In response to Christ’s command, the primary mission of AFE is to bring the message of Christ’s gift of salvation to the people of Bangladesh. This mission is being advanced on two fronts: education and enterprise.

Evangelism through Education

AFE has established a sponsor-supported scholarship program to provide for the Christian education of disadvantaged Bangladeshi children. The school, located in southeastern Bangladesh, has a student population of over 700, and a teaching staff of nearly 30.

This area of Bangladesh is a particularly impoverished region. The parents of the students at the school are nearly all unemployed, or depend on sporadic income as day laborers. Without the generous funding of our donor community the children of these families would be forced to attend a local, government-run Muslim school. Please help us bring the message of Jesus to one of these children. Click here for scholarship details.

Evangelism through Enterprise

The people of this area are industrious and willing to work. Unfortunately, opportunities for legitimate, regular employment are nearly non-existent. Yet work without purpose is meaningless and chasing after the wind (Ecclesiastes 2:17).

AFE has recognized the opportunity to provide work with purpose; to evangelize through enterprise. AFE is working to develop employment programs for the parents of students attending the school. Such programs currently in development include a quilt making business and a concrete block production business. Perhaps these parents will one day be able to support their own child’s education.