Elizabeth Styffe is the director of the Western Rwanda HIV/AIDS Healthcare & Orphan Care Initiatives.  Elizabeth is a leader, advocate and educator who works from her experience and education as a Registered Nurse, Administrator and Clinical Specialist to inspire and equip local churches to care and act. She challenges government leaders, and those in both the public and private sector to consider local church-based strategies as critical to the challenges of global health.  She has led nurse-teams to Africa and teaches others how to engage non-healthcare professionals in care delivery.  She is active in the leadership arena of orphan care, HIV and the church.

Elizabeth and her husband, Glenn, have been married for 27 years and have seven children ages 7-22, 3 of which were adopted from Rwanda.

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