OUR STORY
The Team
Paul Schneider General Director
Paul grew up in Nebraska, then moved to Grand Rapids, MI to attend a 6 year Missionary Aviation Program at Grand Rapids School of the Bible and Music. From there, he and his wife joined Baptist Mid-Missions, and in 1985 they went to Ghana, West Africa to serve 3 terms there, leaving the mission in 1999.
Paul and his family moved to Newnan, Georgia in 1999, where they currently live. Paul owns his own business selling cutting edge fertilizers for farm use. His heart's passion is to serve His Lord. Paul has a strong desire to see children with the HIV virus redeemed back from death, to the Glory of God.
Alyssa Wright Executive Director
Alyssa grew up in Florida and moved to the Atlanta area in 2003. She has a love for education and taught formally for a few years before going back to school to study international development at Georgia Tech. That led her to serve with Friends of Refugees and The Global Village Project in Clarkston, GA, the most diverse square mile in the US, where
she also lived for 6 years. There, she came alongside her refugee neighbors to help them take advantage of the educational and employment
resources needed to thrive here in their new life in America. This awakened her passion for empowering each person uniquely created by God to connect with Him and who they were created to be, so that they can also do the same for others. After taking a detour to run the family engineering company, she is excited to be back directly serving people with Aid the Children. In this role, as well as distributing Ocean Treasure to as many as possible, she is also looking forward to supporting people now that their quality of life is restored.
Lilian Lukania Networking Director
Lilian was born and grew up in Nairobi Kenya. She is married and blessed with two sons. Professionally, she studied psychology and HIV management at Kenya institute of professional counselling and later at Masinde Muliro university of science and Technology. Above all Lilian is born again and has a personal relationship with Christ, She serves and worships at full gospel churches of Kenya, through singing and hospitality ministry. She loves children; her desire and purpose is to see a child smile. This is why she is greatful to God for allowing her to be part of Aid the Children organization.
Homer Allen Generous Giving Director
Over the past 25 years Homer has been a consultant to numerous ministries and Christian schools. In addition he has also been the founding President of the Massachusetts Family Institute (associated with Focus on the Family), the New England Director of the Christian Broadcasting Network, the founding Headmaster of Mount Zion Christian School in New Hampshire, and the Executive Director of Share Centers INC.
Homer is excited to be on the board of Aid the Children as he works with Paul Schneider and others to create a strategic growth and funding plan that will arrest AIDS throughout the world. Allen is in love with Jesus and shares his passion for the Lord with his wife Patt and two grown daughters.
Virgil Williams Secretary
Virgil has been in radiation medicine for over 30 years. Virgil is an ordained minister, whose desire is to be used by God in every area of his life.
Along with his skills in the medical field, Virgil has found tremendous passion in his music. He occasionally performs live singing classics such as the classic oldie "Dock of the Bay".
He has 3 talented children and a beautiful wife named Christina. Virgil has tremendous passion for Jesus Christ and has a natural ability in sharing His love with the rest of the world.
His desire and life motto is: “To see the will of God actualized in every person he encounters”.
Yakubu Naomi
Yakubu Naomi is from Ghana West Africa. She has the heart to serve the Lord by putting smiles on the faces of the needy. In 2018, Naomi lovingly agreed to distribute Ocean Treasure to those who need it most in the Ghana region, traveling to communities in the Region to seek, supply and follow-up with supplement distribution. Her ability to make people confide in her about their HIV statuses is admirable. Naomi is a born again Christian. She is married with a beautiful little boy. Aid the Children feels very blessed and honored to have Yakubu Naomi working alongside them in the ongoing effort of helping those stricken with HIV to live healthier, happier lives.
Anthony Maigah
Anthony Maigah has been teaming up with Aid the Children for several years, his amazing heart for orphans, widows and HIV relief is beautiful to see. Aid the Children feels truly blessed to be working alongside Pastor Anthony in the ongoing mission of bringing relief and hope to those who are suffering with HIV. To learn more about Anthony and his ministry, click on the button below.