Athens, GA (April 13, 2007) – Peter Verbiscar-Brown, executive director of Global Partners for Development, spent two days at the University of Georgia in early April discussing his organization’s efforts to develop grassroots partnerships with communities in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda and exploring ways that his organization can intersect with UGA initiatives.

Since 1989, Global Partners for Development has worked to achieve an end to hunger throughout the world, especially as it affects the survival and development of children. Global Partners for Development was founded in 1978 as an organization called World Runners International, whose members used running to raise funds for ending hunger and poverty. After working in direct partnership with East African communities in 1989, the name changed to better represent the company’s mission and vision. GPFD projects focus on girl’s education, water purification and management, and HIV/AIDS and the organization was the 2006 recipient of the Albert Schweitzer Award for humanitarian achievements.

Since its founding, Global Partners has been working in the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda with projects that have included development of clean water sources, child nutrition, medical and health care, primary and vocational education, and women’s economic self-reliance. The purpose of Global Partners for Development is to bring outside resources to communities that struggle with the innumerable problems associated with hunger and poverty, and to assist those communities in bringing about appropriate development, improved health, education, and economic self-reliance. Global Partners for Development builds partnerships, matching people and resources with community development projects for the purpose of advancing the health and well being of humanity. As an international, non-profit, non-governmental organization, Global Partners raises funds to provide resources and skills for basic survival, promoting self-sufficiency and education in developing countries.

This article was posted on Friday, April 13th, 2007 at 2:20 pm and is filed under News.