Our Team
Our Team
President of East AfriCare
Jim is a retired Physician (as of November of 2022) that has been involved in foreign travel and service in various capacities for many years. He serves as the President of East AfriCare and is willing to visit with any interested in this work. He can be contacted at jimwilson@outlook.com. Please indicate if you would like to visit by phone and he will be happy to arrange that.
Country Rep for the Deaf Schools, Water Wells and Medical Clinic
Habtu Zemech was born and raised in Ethiopia. He was able to emigrate to the US many years ago and is now an American citizen. He completed a degree in Computer Science and then another in Project Management. For the past 20 years he has been the Project Manager for a vendor to the US Patent and Trademark Office. He is the country representative of the works that East AfriCare does in Ethiopia and has been able to continue traveling back and forth between the US and Ethiopia 4-5 times per year to help with the Administration of the works.
Director of the Makanisa School for the Deaf
Musie Alemayehu has been involved with the Makanisa School for the Deaf for virtually his whole life. First, as a hearing student who learned sign language (as a part of the school's integration of hearing and deaf students), and later as Director of the School after completing formal training and degrees in education from Addis Ababa University.