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Slum Doctor Programme is a grassroots
organization of concerned individuals that began in 2000 as a small
voice, a cry for help and hope, for the 22 million
Africans who live mostly in silence with AIDS.
Our mission is to improve the lives of those impacted by AIDS in Africa, we work with African partner organizations to provide food, education, healthcare and hope.
See our mission in action! |
We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headed
by Director Tim Costello,
a Board of Directors,
and a large community of volunteers.
We hope that you will support the many courageous people who are
living with AIDS in Africa, and those who are
working with them.
Tim Costello (Founder/Executive Director)
Tim Costello has been a dedicated
AIDS activist and hospice worker since the 1980's. In addition to being an
original member of the first AIDS activist organization in the U.S., ACTUP/NY, Tim has devoted his time, energy and vision to the Sean Humphrey House and Evergreen AIDS Foundation, local Bellingham organizations that provide care to HIV/AIDS patients and HIV education to the community.
He graduated from Fairhaven College in Bellingham, Washington with a BFA. He returned to Bellingham from New York City in 1992 to take a break from AIDS work. Instead, he became a Hospice volunteer for 4 years and because of his experience with caring for people with HIV/AIDS, was assigned to the local AIDS patients. In 1996 Tim became the Resident Manager of the Sean Humphrey House, a model AIDS Hospice in Bellingham. He then worked for Evergreen AIDS Foundation, a community-based organization, for 5 years as the Support Services Coordinator and HIV Treatment Educator.
In 2000, Tim received a full scholarship to the International AIDS Conference in South Africa, where he met the true heroes of the AIDS movement----- ordinary people from the developing world taking extraordinary measures to save the lives of their families and friends.
Upon returning to Bellingham, Tim founded the Slum Doctor Programme in memory of the AIDS activists whom, had they lived, would have fought for medicine, education and dignity for all people living with HIV/AIDS in the world; and for the unsung heroes across the globe who are trying to improve the lives of their fellow country men, women, and children impacted by HIV/AIDS.
Staff
Jesse Papineau, Program Coordinator: jesse@slumdoctor.org
Paige Lamb, Americorps Volunteer: paige@slumdoctor.org
2008 Board of Directors
President: Jeffery Young PhD
Vice President: Kirsten Barron JD
Secretary: Sarah Benn
Treasurer: Paul Barkely CPA
Kay Sardo
Liz Mogford PhD, MA, MPH
Dana Jack PhD
Advisory BoardLoyce Mbewa
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