![Ms Stella Ayo-Odongo](http://africhild.or.ug/storage/directors/July2024/qSllCuNg48tgTYBqgGNB.jpg)
Stella Ayo-Odongo is the Director for Pathfinding Countries, Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children. Stella is a motivated leader and development practitioner with over 20 years of progressive experience in strategic leadership, development management, and program operations. She has extensive knowledge and experience advocating for vulnerable groups such as the children, youth, and the elderly. Stella is a visionary pan-African leader as demonstrated in the founding of national and regional level movements for social justice such as the African Wide Movement for the Children, Civil Society Organizations for Peace in Northern Uganda (CSOPNU), and the Uganda Parliamentary Forum for Children (UPFC), all of which have made significant contributions to voicing issues of the affected.