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About AOUSA
We believe in deploying the positive values associated with sport, as a global currency to end poverty.
Our Team
The success of our program rests upon the like-minded women & men who volunteer their time, resources and continue to work tirelessly towards seeing the organization to fruition. Without their strategic support, expertise, dedication, & kindness, the organization would not be positioned to deliver the generational & community wide impact that is changing lives on the ground in Zimbabwe
Gus Chikamba
Founder/ President & Chief Mission Officer
Gus is the Chairman, Founder & Executive Director at Africa Outreach USA. His previous engagements include serving as Team Manager at Capital Group, Business Unit Manager at IMF Srl. and Group Chairman & CEO, Lifestyle Plus Group a company that he founded. Gus is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, basketball coach and community outreach veteran with 15+ years working in Sub Sahara, Africa including working at GTZ, (German Agency) for Technical Cooperation, Zimbabwe.
Madeline Chikamba
Vp President/Co-Founder
Madeline is a first year resident doctor at St Vincent Hospital. She graduated from IUPUI School of Medicine in 2018. She served as Director of Rehabilitation at American Seniors Communities, Retirement Home. She is the Co-Founder & Board Member at Africa Outreach USA. Background includes fifteen years as Occupational Therapy including working in Sub-Sahara Africa at Harare and Chitungwiza Hospitals, Zimbabwe
Sharon O'Brien
Advisory Board Member
Sharon has been an advocate for Africa Outreach USA since 2007 after meeting with Gus Chikamba. Her husband of over 40 years is NBA and college coach, Jim O'Brien. Sharon earned a B.A. in English from St. Joseph's University and a M.A. in Education from the University of Oregon. Her career path included various teaching and administrative positions as well as a venture in the insurance industry. A long time civic volunteer, she currently serves on the Board of Trustees of St. Joseph's University and on the Board of Ken's Krew, Inc. She is the proud mother of three grown children and a doting grandmother for three grandsons.
Chris Ramsay
Director of Coaches
Chris Ramsay coaches and manages middle school and high school basketball programs in Connecticut, USA. Ramsay is founding commissioner of the Farmington Basketball Summer League since 2003. Ramsay developed curriculum for certifying coaches for Africa Outreach USA. With his father, Hall of Fame coach Jack Ramsay, Chris produced and directed Uptempo Basketball, a widely distributed basketball instructional video. Ramsay is a board certified basketball official. Ramsay has covered the NBA for ESPN since 1997.
