Today major shifts are taking place in the world both socially and politically creating extraordinary possibilities. Adventures in Health, Education and Agricultural Development, Incorporated (AHEAD, Inc.) offers you the opportunity to seize the minute and become participatory in this momentous historic time. Whether this is the first time you have heard about AHEAD, Inc., or you have been a champion of AHEAD over some years, your participation in one or more AHEAD, Inc programs and/or activities is appreciated. Your participation supports AHEAD, Inc. in attending to the complex and changing health and education matters of children and families in Tanzania, East Africa and the Gambia, West Africa.

AHEAD invites you to move beyond the conventional paradigms of service that usually direct our thoughts and work on behalf of continental Africans. AHEAD, Inc. invites you to join us in our underlying assumption that the health of families and communities must be self-determining and self-sustaining; people are obliged to play active roles in shaping their own health, education and economic destinies. We invite you to bring your energy, strengths, experiences, insights, and leadership abilities to connect with villager’s energy, strengths experiences, insights and leadership abilities to fulfill AHEAD, Inc.’s mission of improving the quality of life by implementing programs that lead to self-reliance.

We are delighted about, and grateful to the readers of this letter who have joined us in this mission. We invite others to join us in this essential work. We know that if you do, the experiences will be a part of your pleasant memories for a long time to come. We invite you to peruse the AHEAD, Inc. Website at to learn more about what we do. We invite you to think about innovative ideas and ways to strengthen and extend AHEAD, Inc.’s scope and to share those ideas with us electronically or by contacting the office.

In this glorious historical era, the Board of Directors and staff of AHEAD, Inc. will continue to rejoice in the feast of life and the gifts that come as a result of partnering with the peoples of Tanzania and the Gambia to better life conditions for us all by improving the quality of life by implementing programs that lead to self-reliance.

We in this nation and in the world are at a transformative period in our history. Financial support, innovative thought, energy, and age old wisdom are vital and key to positive resolutions of constantly changing, expanding and multi-dimensional challenges. Our volunteer staff: Dr. Irving Williams, Medical Director; Mr. Malcolm Gee, Gambia Program Director and Mrs. Elvira Williams, Executive Director along with the Board of Directors welcome your support in any or all of these ways. Financial contributions to AHEAD, Inc may be mailed to AHEAD at 6324 Windermere Circle, Rockville, MD 20852 or click here to donate now.

Thank you for your consideration.

Ruby Burgess, PhD

President