Guitars for Africa Supporting Divine Love & Musical Talent
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Guitars for Africa is an exempt organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
We’ve changed our name! Guitars for Swaziland is now Guitars for Africa.
GFA supporting Divine Love Music Talent, Nairobi, Kenya
We are so pleased to announce the recent delivery of Fender guitars to Les Echos de Sahel, a school in Nouakchott, Mauritania. The guitars were presented to students by Ambassador Larry E. André, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania.
This is our first delivery outside the nation of Swaziland, and it continues our core mission of bringing quality musical instruments and education to the children of Africa. A great big thanks to Jeff Van Zandt and Fender for their continued support, as well as everyone who has contributed to our efforts to make these deliveries possible.
On July 23, many of Austin’s most renowned guitarists joined together with Fender to celebrate Guitars For Swaziland’s first shipment of instruments to the AIDS orphans of Swaziland. The group, which gathered at SoundCheck Austin , included Eric Johnson, Denny Freeman, Monte Montgomery, Redd Volkaert, Bill Carter, Chris Maresh, and GFS founder Stephen Doster, among others. It was truly incredible to see so many greats from Austin’s musical community stand alongside the first 20 guitars bound for Swaziland.
Fender has generously supplied all of the acoustic guitars, as well as the extra strings necessary to keep them sounding fantastic for years to come. We are also incredibly grateful for the contribution of Latin Percussion, which provided a variety of percussion instruments for this first shipment to Africa.
Guitars for Africa is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing musical instruments and education to the children of Africa. Established by prominent Austin musician Stephen Doster, GFA is a project that aims to unite musicians, music lovers, and other community members for this common cause.
Denny Freeman | Charlie Sexton | Redd Volkaert | Eric Johnson | John X Reed |
Gurf Morlix | Will Sexton | Van Wilks | Terry Lickona | David Holt |
Joe Priesnitz | Patrice Pike | Roger Allen Polson | Bobby Mack | Randy Weeks |
Chris Maresh | Monte Montgomery | Jeff Van Zandt | Dale Watson | James and Sara Stevens |
Steven Fromholz | Scrappy Judd Newcomb | Bill Carter | Malford Milligan | Rob Meurer |
Mark Hallman | Ruth Ellsworth Carter | Barbra Nesbitt | Tommy Elskes | Anthony Farrell |
Chris Searles | Dylan Phillips | |||
Andy Barham | Hunter Perrin | |||
Dony Wynn | Brannen Temple | |||
Jay Sims | Greg Izor | Tim Flannery | Wayne Nagel | |
Andy Salmon | Kim Harrigan | Louie Ortega | Teal Collins | |
Larry Harteker | Mary La Touf | Melinda Doster | Michael David | |
Greg and Maureen Engle | Speedy Sparks | Will Indian | Bob Cheevers | Tom and Teala Hurley |
Bill and Gerry Schoening | Philip Gibbs | Josh Zee | J.J. Johnson | Ernie Durawa |
Peggy Sue Honeyman-Scott | Wayne Salzmann II | Cash Edwards | Kerry White | Nick Buxton |
Gretchen Barber | Brent Guilbault |