A number of charities have been set up by former volunteers with Africa & Asia Venture. Some of these are listed below. The AV Foundation has worked with a number of these charities.
 

UGANDA
Henry van Straubenzee Foundation
The Ugandan Rural Schools Initiative was set up by AV volunteer Peter Gate in 2003 to raise money for building classroom blocks, dormitories and staff houses in poor schools in Uganda. Peter now works with Claire and Alex van Straubenzee who have set up the Henry van Straubenzee Memorial Fund in memory of their son, Henry, who died in a tragic road accident just before he was due to come to Bupadhengo as an AV in 2003. As a result of improved facitilies Bupadhengo Primary is now achieving the best exam results in the Kamuli district. For more information please see
Website - www.henryvanstraubenzeemf.org.uk

KENYA
African Promise 
Charles Coldman is a former AV volunteer in the isolated rural community of Kasigau , Kenya . Before he left Kasigau he promised the principal of the local primary school that he would return to give the village a better school. After graduating from Exeter University , Charles returned to Kasigau with £20,000 he had raised and began work on transforming the primary school. He subsequently founded African Promise to help develop the schools of the five villages that comprise the Kasigau community.
Website - www.africanpromise.org.uk

Kitale Rafiki
Andrew Dean had the idea for Kitale Rafiki on a flight home from his third visit to Kenya, following an AV volunteering project at Namawanga School in 2007. A promise kept to his friend Helen and a meeting with Kenyan born Sylvester, who had a vision to start up a school for the hearing impaired in the Kitale area means that Andrew is continues his promise and commitment today.
Website: www.kitalerafiki.com

Elimu Foundation
Established by Joanne Dwyer, a volunteer at Kipriria Academy in 2004.
Website: www.elimufoundation.org.uk

Dig Deep
Peter Fitzsimmons and Joe Zeevi have set up Dig Deep to fund bore holes and a wind pump in order to provide clean water to two communities in rural Kenya .
Website - www.digdeep.org.uk 

MALAWI
St Anthonys Nursery School
Gina Rose built and now funds the running of St Anthony's Nursery School in Chilumpha , Malawi , which accommodates two classes of 40 children.
Website - www.thenurserymalawi.co.uk

St Anthonys Primary School
Vicky Bayliss funded the refurbishment of classrooms as well as the building of a library at St Anthony's Primary School.
Website - www.buildupstanthonysmalawi.co.uk
 
Chikupira Model Primary School
Tim Hughes established the Chikupira Foundation to raise funds to build two classroom blocks at Chikupira Model Primary School and has plans to help build and refurbish other schools in the district.
Website - www.chikupirafoundation.co.uk

Inspire Malawi
Established by Michelle Rowe, an AV volunteer in 2003
Website - www.inspiremalawi.com

Lizulu Secondary School
Michelle Rowe raised funds to build a science block at Lizulu Secondary School.

Love Tilinanu 
Alice Pulford was an AV volunteer in 2007, came home inspired, and determined to raise money for the community she lived with in Malawi. She worked for the Ministry of Hope whilst our on project and has subsequently formed Love Tilinanu which works with the Tilinanu orphange in of Malawi. This is a charity where, as the site says… “the dreams and potential of Tilinanu are endless” .
Website - www.lovetilinanu.org.uk
 

TANZANIA
LivLife
Max Griffiths went to Tanzania in 2004 as an AV and worked in Maringa Secondary School. The Head teacher was often absent from school and he was shocked at the lack of resources like text- books and equipment available. Whilst at University Max was the guiding light for the ‘The LivLife Centre,’ from conception to reality.. It is a place of education and learning, built for the Massai and indigenous tribes of Tanzania, it exists to provide training and skill development or the local people.
Website - www.livlife.org

SOUTH AFRICA
The African Pulse. 
Katherine (Lee) van Wyk embarked on a voluntary teaching scheme with AV Venture to Zimbabwe before university. Graduating in 2002, Katherine van Wyk is the founder of the charity ‘The African Pulse’ and leads a groundbreaking HIV / AIDS education project in South African schools.
Website - www.theafricanpulse.net