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Dr. Pam DeVeaux is the spouse of Bishop William Phillips
DeVeaux, Presiding Prelate of the Sixth Episcopal District, State
of Georgia. Upon his election, she joined him in serving in Southern
Africa.
During their first assignment with God’s help
she established two day care centers, provided scholarships to four
students for study in American, convened an international HIV/AIDS
conference, built a high school media center, funded construction
of a water tower that supplies clean water to 1100 Swaziland students,
conducted health fairs, developed Lesotho candle and doll economic
projects, hosted five sojourners and constructed the M. Joan Cousin
Women Empowerment Center.
In 2000 her work companioned that of her husbands
in his assignment to the 16th Episcopal District, including the
Caribbean, parts of South America and Europe. She led the Edith
Ming Health Fairs, HIV/AIDS youth retreats, Haitian potholder economic
project, Barbados health Fair, Dominican Republic English speaking
schoo9l, community youth basketball court, marriage retreats, provided
Black dolls to orphanages in Haiti, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic,
hosted two missionary sojourners and convened “When Women
Worship” Conferences.
Dr. DeVeaux is a graduate of Howard University, Peabody
College and Vanderbilt University. She ahs worked as a high librarian,
medical librarian, university adjunct professor, college administrator
and senior advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy.
Dr. Pam has been blessed by her six children
and twelve grandchildren. |