The Kidzpositive Family Fund has been launched by a group of dedicated professionals working in healthcare, aid, and the media. We are responding to an urgent need for funding and skills to improve the lives of children and families coping with HIV/AIDS in southern Africa.

Members of the Kidzpositive Family Fund board have been appointed on grounds of expertise, their record of personal integrity, and their affiliation with organisations in good standing.

• Dr Paul Roux (Chair)
  Dr Roux is a senior paediatrician in the Department of Paediatrics of the School of Child and Adolescent Health, Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town. He is the director of the Groote Schuur Hospital paediatric HIV/AIDS service.
• Mr Denis Lloyd (Secretary)
  Mr Lloyd is the chairman of Walkers Inc, a senior Cape Town firm of attorneys.
• Ms Sonja Giese (Member of ExCo)
  Ms Giese is the HIV/AIDS co-ordinator at the Children's Institute, University of Cape Town. She is one of the convenors of the Children's HIV/AIDS Network (CHAiN), which is an association of organisations working for the welfare of mothers and children with HIV/AIDS in the Western Cape Province.
• Mrs Patricia Jones (Member of ExCo)
  Mrs Jones is an educator with lifelong experience of working with children in schools. She is currently teaching at a Cape Town primary school.
• Dr Hilary-Ann van Wyk (Member of ExCo)
  Dr van Wyk is a senior paediatrician in private practice at the Gatesville Hospital in Athlone, Cape Town. She is a part-time consultant in the paediatric HIV/AIDS clinic at Groote Schuur Hospital.
• Dr Mark Cotton
  Dr Cotton is a senior paediatrician in the Infectious Diseases service of the Tygerberg Children's Hospital and the University of Stellenbosch. He is an authority on paediatric HIV/AIDS.
• Dr Sebastiana Zimba Kalula
  Dr Kalula is a senior specialist in the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Health Services, Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town.
• Dr Chewe Luo
  Dr Luo is an international expert on HIV/AIDS in children. She has been a senior paediatrician at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia and is currently a consultant to UNICEF in Gabarone, Botswana.
• Mr Monwabisi Samson Mangesi
  Mr Mangesi is a manager in the Human Resources Department of SA Mutual in Mupine, Pinelands.
• Ms Elelwani Ramugondo
  Ms Ramugondo a lecturer in the Dept of Occupational Therapy (UCT). She also works one morning a week in the paediatric ward at Groote Schuur Hospital. She is a recipient of a research grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb, to conduct research into play as a health-giving occupation for children living with HIV/AIDS and to promote caregiver-child interaction.
• Ms Beverly Toker
  Ms Toker is a social worker at Groote Schuur Hospital. She has extensive experience in counselling mothers affected by HIV/AIDS.
• Ms Lauraine Vivian
  Ms Vivian is a Medical Anthropologist attached to the Department of Primary Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town.