Name: Esther Lyimo

Location: Kilimanjaro

Position: Head of HIV/AIDS Department

Favorite Bible Verse: Psalm 18:29

Esther gave her life to Christ in 1984.  She attended Mtwara College and graduated with a degree in medicine.  She joined the National Service for one year after college. In 1990 the Lord led her into the mission field in England, for one year. Esther then became a pharmacist and clinical doctor in Kilimanjaro, where she worked for 10 years.  In 2001 she began volunteering in the HIV/AIDS ministry field in Arusha.  She began working full time with Imara in 2003. At the head of the HIV/AIDS ministry she oversees seminars, trains people to train others on HIV/AIDS, and gives medical attention to people living with HIV/AIDS. She and her husband, Pastor Lyimo, have 4 boys. When she is not working with Imara, she leads a women?s prayer ministry and children?s church service at their church.

 

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Name: Eva Boaz

 

Location: Arusha

Position: AIDS Seminar Coordinator

Favorite Bible Verse:

Eva is married and has one child Shifra. She was born-again in 1995. Eva is a Ruler Medical Aid. After she finished college she worked as a pharmacist in Dares Salaam. She stayed in Dares Salaam until she was married and moved to Arusha. When she got to Arusha she didn?t have a job, but volunteered at her father-in-laws church for sometime. The whole time she was praying for a job that would glorify the Kingdom. Eva was in her house praying about a job when Jonas, her neighbor stopped by and told her that IMARA was looking for an AIDS educator. She was certified to teach on AIDS and he advised her to apply. It was a God thing, so she got the job! At IMARA she is responsible for coordinating AIDS seminars, teaching about AIDS, and promoting sexual purity.

 

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Name: Joyce William

 

Location: Tanga, Lushoto

Position: Community Health Worker/HIV/AIDS Home based Care

Favorite Bible Verse: Philippians 4:4-7

Joyce has been volunteering for IMARA for 2 years and has been employed since 2004. She saw IMARA visiting the sick and she was touched. She began to pray that she could minister alongside of their HIV/AIDS team. She went through HIV/AIDS education training through IMARA and has been working co-laboring with them ever since. She now lives in IMARA's HIV/AIDS training house and host new students going through the training, along with many other responsibilities.

She was saved in 1989. She said the Lord began to convict her Spirit through dreams and she knew that she was supposed to be saved. She also has a son William that is 4 years-old.