Elisa Lanera Foundation - ELF Helps Africa Our Mission Statement The Elisa Lanera Foundation ELF was formed with knowledge acquired after traveling to Africa and noticing that the root cause of most of the social issues affecting their communities was due to a lack of education. Our purpose is to provide scholastic education to children vocational training to adults and HIVAIDS awareness to all persons in the poor communities of Africa impacted by a lack of educational resources. Vision Statement The Elisa Lanera Foundation will establish its groundwork in Cape Town and Johannesburg South Africa through implementing extensive educational curriculums that will allow children to recognize their future opportunities strengths and potentials. Our programs will also spread awareness of the current HIVAIDS epidemic corrupting the communities and offer preventative methods.