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Staff Members

GYCA North Secretariat - New York, U.S.A
  • Joya Banerjee, Co-Founder & Programme Coordinator - (Profile)
  • Aleza Summit, Project Officer- (Profile)
  • Reshma Pattni, Project Officer - (Profile)
  • Naomi Sorkin, Advocacy Liaison - (Profile)
  • Peter Benziger, Intern - (Profile)
  • Vilma Lantigua, Intern - (Profile)

    GYCA South Secretariat - Accra, Ghana
  • Sydney Hushie, Project Officer - (Profile)


  • GYCA Task Force
  • Caitlin Chandler, aids2031 - (Profile)
  • Emily Freeburg, NGO Committee on Youth at the United Nations - (Profile)
  • Gracia VioletaRoss Quiroga, Bolivian Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (REDBOL)/ International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW)/Latin American Network of people living with HIV/AIDS (REDLA) - (Profile)
  • Janet Feldman, KAIPPG/International, ActALIVE Arts Coalition - (Profile)
  • Joel Vengo M'bongo, - (Profile)
  • Kingsley Essomeonu, Society for Adolescents & Youths Intl (SAYHI Nigeria), African Young Positives Network (AYP) - (Profile)
  • Lia De Pauw, Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development - (Profile)
  • Luis A. Davila Ortega, Task Force Member / Junior Achievement - (Profile)
  • Lukwiya Phillips, Task Force Member / Campus Youth Alliance - (Profile)
  • Lyudmila Gorokhovich, Orphans of Rwanda - (Profile)
  • Azubike Nwokoye, Youth Network on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NYNeTHA) - (Profile)
  • Rotimi Olawale, Intellectual Group - (Profile)
  • Kolawole Oreoluwa, Youth Action for Development - (Profile)
  • Rayonne Pile, GMKM HIV/AIDS Research Department American University - (Profile)
  • Ricardo Baruch, International AIDS Society - (Profile)
  • Ishwarchandra Haobam, Social Awareness Service Organization - (Profile)
  • Jean Claude Dusingize, Rwanda Village Concept Project - (Profile)
  • Connie Walyaro, Citron Wood Foundation and International Young Professionals Foundation, - (Profile)

  • Regional Focal Points
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Ekaterina Pandeli, Ukraine - (Profile)
  • Middle East / North Africa: Ramy Nasr, Egypt - (Profile)
  • West Africa: Esther Eshiet, Nigeria - (Profile)
  • Central Africa: Nahbila Paquita Tabenyang, Cameroon - (Profile)
  • East Africa: Stephen Kasoma, Uganda - (Profile)
  • Southern Africa: Tawanda Chisongo, Zimbabwe - (Profile)
  • South Asia: Himakshi Piplani, India - (Profile)
  • Asia Pacific: Eka Prahadian, Indonesia - (Profile)
  • Caribbean: Natasha Grovesnor, Guyana - (Profile)
  • America Latina (Spanish): Rodrigo Olin German, Mexico - (Profile)
  • Western Europe: Nathalie Carter, United Kingdom - (Profile)
  • North America: Desirae Clodfelter, United States - (Profile)


  • National Focal Points
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia:
  • Gvantsa Khizanishvili, Georgia - (Profile)
    Yama Enayat, Afghanistan - (Profile)
    Timur Norov, Tajikistan - (Profile)
    Jelena Oginskaja, Ukraine - (Profile)
    Marsida Cela, Albania - (Profile)
    Eugeniu Graur, Moldova - (Profile)

  • Middle East and North Africa:
  • Nagham Howash, Sudan - (Profile)
    Ahmed Tammaam, Egypt - (Profile)

  • West Africa:
  • Eric Dombou, Senegal - (Profile)
    Harry Stevens, Gambia - (Profile)
    Dansi Thomas, Benin - (Profile)
    Kwami Ekuka, Togo - (Profile)
    Oghenefego Isikwenu, Nigeria - (Profile)
    David Aburabura, Ghana - (Profile)
    Thomas Barlue, Liberia - (Profile)
    Dominic Maada, Sierra Leone - (Profile)
    Elodie Appia, Cote D'ivoire - (Profile)

  • Central Africa:
  • Asue Franklin Kang, Cameroon - (Profile)
    Jean Claude Kamwenubusa, Burundi - (Profile)
    Hippolyte Bwiza Muhire, Rwanda - (Profile)
    Lundja Jacques, Democratic Republic of Congo - (Profile)

  • East Africa:
  • Edgar Makona, Kenya - (Profile)
    Zuhur Yassin, Somalia - (Profile)
    Yahya Pori, Tanzania - (Profile)
    Alex Craig Kiwanuka, Uganda - (Profile)
    Dagim Demirew Assefa, Ethiopia - (Profile)

  • Southern Africa
  • Faith Gaegopolwe, Botswana - (Profile)
    Mawethu Zita, South Africa - (Profile)
    Remmy Shawa, Zambia - (Profile)
    Delight Sukhuoluhle Moyo, Zimbabwe - (Profile)

  • South Asia:
  • Ajay Uprety, Nepal - (Profile)
    Peter Borges, India - (Profile)
    Muhammed Imran Shahid, Pakistan - (Profile)
    Badiuzzaman Tota, Bangladesh - (Profile)

  • Asia Pacific:
  • Candrika Phalita Ratri Bayu, Indonesia - (Profile)
    Alischa Ross, Australia - (Profile)
    Chi Do Phuong, Vietnam - (Profile)
    Mingrui Li, China - (Profile)
    John Piermont V. Montilla, Phillipines - (Profile)

  • Caribbean:
  • Fabian Sargeant, Barbados - (Profile)
    Suzanne McRae, Guyana - (Profile)
    Tanja Pinas, Suriname - (Profile)
    Vanessa Ford, Jamaica - (Profile)

  • America Latina:
  • Christian Landeta, Ecuador - (Profile)
    Daniel Serrano, México - (Profile)
    Danilo Romano, Bolivia - (Profile)
    José Rafael Olmedo, Panamá - (Profile)
    Betiana Cáceres, Argentina - (Profile)
    Ivens Reis, Brazil - (Profile)
    Luis Rivera, Colombia - (Profile)
    Carla Rojas Bolivar, Perú - (Profile)

  • North America:
  • Elio Maj, United States - (Profile)
    Barry FreedmanCanada - (Profile)