On May 22, 2009, Elvira Williams, Executive Director of AHEAD, Inc., Irving Williams, MD Medical Director of AHEAD, Inc.,  and members of the AHEAD Board of Directors had the honor of meeting with the President of the United Republic of Tanzania His Excellency Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete as well as the Tanzanian Ambassador to the United States Ombeni Y. Sefue, at a waterfront reception hosted by the Water for Life-Global Foundation at Sequoia Washington Harbor, Washington, DC.  On this occasion AHEAD engaged President Kikwete and his US Ambassador, sharing our mutual respect and earnest commitment to improve the health care system and capacity building in Tanzania.

Dr. and Mrs. Williams personally apprised President Kikwete of the life saving work and programming that AHEAD is doing at the village level with the people of Tanzania, AHEAD’s continued focus on the coast region of Tanzania (the President’s home region) as well the voluminous shipments of medical supplies the AHEAD has sent to Tanzania over the past 12 months.  

AHEAD, Inc., extends our sincere appreciation to the Water for Life-Global Foundation for providing a mechanism to share with like-minded organizations, the life saving work that they are doing in Tanzania and throughout the globe; and affording an opportunity for groups and people committed to making difference in the human condition in the underserved communities of the world, to meet, share ideas, and organize in effort to improved the lives of people in need. AHEAD’s efforts in Tanzania remain in conjunction with the mandate set forth by the Government of the United Republic of Tanzanian and the United Nations Millennium Goals.  AHEAD’s work is far from over; Please appreciate the value in AHEAD’s work and join us in Saving Lives Today...Sustaining Healthy Communities for Tomorrow.