Founded in 1996, Global Alliance for Africa partners with local African NGOs, religious institutions, and community-based organizations to design and implement innovative economic strengthening programs with the goal of enabling communities and households to provide sustainable care and support for orphans and other vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS. Our model of development helps households and communities to become self-reliant and to build the capacities to provide orphans and vulnerable children with shelter, education, health care, food security, psycho-social support, and legal services. We accomplish all this through our multi-dimensional approach. Our primary focus is small business development/micro-finance programs implemented with training and funding. Some examples of these businesses include green groceries, restaurants, chicken rearing, bee-keeping, and school unifrom manufacturing. Senior Staff: Tom Derek, Founder and Executive Director Katy Egan, Director of Development and Communications Simon Kihiko Kimani, Director of Programs, East Africa Linda Stolz, Program Officer, Educational Initiatives, Chicago and East Africa Boniface Kimboka, Director GAA Vijana Vocational Training Center, Arusha, Tanzania Francis Thuo, Asst. Program Officer, Animal Husbandry and the Enviornment, East Africa Josephine Aloo, Program Officer, Micro-enterprise Initiatives and Women's Cooperatives, East Africa Laurent Sabuni, Asst. Program Officer, Tanzania Garlo Williams, Director of Programs, Monrovia, Tanzania Board of Directors: J. Allan Kayler, Board Chair and Treasurer Phyllis Joan Shadwick, Board Secretary Edward Bancroft Joseph M. Burns Grace Leon Harris Van E. Holkeboer Jeffrey D. Schauer Jonathan Shaver Thomas Wren