As reported here, "[President Barack Obama] is donating $100,000 to Africare," with headquarters in Shaw, "which funds HIV/AIDS programs, public health programs, water resource development and agriculture in 25 countries in sub-Saharan Africa." ...

“[Obama] plans to donate the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others, drawing attention to organizations he said "do extraordinary work."