The Wilson Education Foundation, founded by Trisha Wilson in 1997, was set up to endow financially disadvantaged high school graduates in the United States, with four-year college scholarships as well as to provide scholarships and other educational or medical assistance to organizations world-wide. “The members of this firm, our clients, vendors and service consultants travel the world for business, and with every step, we should all be mindful of how blessed we are,” Wilson says. “My associates and I believe that the great leveler in this world is education. We can make the difference in the lives of these scholarship recipients by providing for their education.” Through her travels in Africa, Trisha became aware of the severe restrictions placed on rural African children by not having access to even limited education. She expanded the scope of the Foundation, and launched projects to better schools in rural South Africa. After struggling with governmental bureaucracy and inefficiency, Trisha conceptualized and, with funds raised by the foundation, built a school in the Waterberg district of South Africa. The school, The Waterberg Academy, has become a model for communities throughout Africa in its design, standard, and deep impact on disadvantaged children in the area. The next obvious and tragic obstacle to education in Africa is the effect of HIV/AIDS on family structure and economics. The WEF has become involved in the fight against this disease, and the administration of care and support to children whose lives are affected by AIDS. The WEF has allied itself with a remarkable pediatric physician in Africa, Dr Peter Farrant. Dr. Farrant is one of South Africa’s top pediatricians, and is deeply involved in the issue of HIV/AIDS among rural people in Africa. The WEF underwrote the purchase of the Waterberg Welfare Society Hospice House, directed by Dr. Peter Farrant. The WEF has committed US$15,000 per year to this clinic for staff needs.