Rev. Sean David Boyd Rev. Boyd has worked for African causes for his entire adult life. While attending Shenandoah University, he founded an Amnesty International chapter with a business student from Togo, West Africa. The chapter that he co-founded, held workshops and concerts to raise awareness concerning the injustices of the Apartheid regrime in South Africa. While studying at Wesley Theological Seminary, he assisted a Kenyan family in obtaining visas and securing permanent resident status with the US government. Also, at Wesley, Rev. Boyd organized fundraisers and special presentations to promote awareness of the plight of impoverished families in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 1998, Rev. Boyd witnessed a performance of a Ugandan dance troupe at a service of the Shiloh Baptist Church of Washington, D.C. He was enthralled by the energy and joy exuded by the young dancers and singers. Some weeks later, he learned that a young man named Ronald needed a sponsor. He enlisted a Bible study class he was teaching at the time to sponsor the young man together. Eventually, Rev. Boyd took on the sponsorship himself. From that time forward, a deep father-son relationship grew. Inspired by his ongoing, father-son relationship with Ronald, Rev. Boyd took a trip to Uganda in 2004 to see for himself the living condition in his son's homeland. He was startled by the poverty and deprivation that he witnessed there. He was also quite surprised by the thirst Ugandan youth have for education; their fervent desire to learn was unlike anything he had seen in the U.S. When he returned to the US, he felt called to create an organization designed to secure sponsorships for Ugandan secondary school students. In October of that year, the East African Education Initiative (formerly the East African Children's Organization) was born. Since the founding of the Initiative, the organization has constructed a headquarters in the Kawempe section of Kampala, Uganda, secured land in the Mpigi District to build a school upon, acquire the permission of the local government to build that school and is currently seeing to the welfare and education of 15 students, ages 8 to 24.

Ms. Kathryn K.Shaver Kathryn Shaver has worked in Early Childhood Education for most of her career. She is currently employed in the field of Special Education, working with students with severe and profound disabilities. While involved as an Elder and Chair of the Worship Department in her local church, Ms. Shaver met and worked with Rev. Sean David Boyd, the minister there at the time. He made known to her his efforts in organizing the East African Education Initiative and the work of attaining sponsorships for students in Uganda, and the plans for building a school there. She became a sponsor of one of the students and as time passed, Ms. Shaver became Rev. Boyd's associate and a member of the Board of Directors. She works closely with the In-Country Coordinator in Uganda, Kibirige Ronald, writes weekly lessons for the students of the Peace Africa Children's Emsemble, and has become "Maama" of the Initiative family. As Rev. Boyd's associate, she coordinates the day-to-day work of the organization, is a fundraiser, and has traveled to Uganda to be more actively involved with the work and care of the students at the Peace Africa Center.

Mr. Kibirige Ronald Kibirige Ronald serves as the Initiative's In-Country Coordinator. His primary duties are to oversee the daily care and educational needs of the members of the Peace Africa Children's Ensemble, a group that he founded in 2004. The Ensemble’s students are sponsored by the Initiative and Mr. Kibirige manages their sponsorship. The Ensemble is comprised of older youth and young adults that   Mr. Kibirige trains in music and dance. Because of his remarkable teaching talent, the Ensemble has recorded two CD's and performs regularly for weddings, churches and celebrations in the Kampala area.  Mr. Kibirige acquired his talent from years of performance in various dance troupes. Among the troupes that he has performed with has been the Children of Light, which toured the U.S. in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004. He has also toured widely with other troupes in Europe and Asia. Ronald has also been the principle force behind the design and construction of the Peace Africa Center, the home of the Ensemble's members and the headquarters of the East African Education Initiative. He also is the Initiative's contact with the Elders of the village of Kaligwa. In that capacity, he has acquired land that will serve as the site of the secondary school the Initiative plans to build in that area. Mr. Kibirige brings to the Initiative a selfless devotion to the Peace Africa students.