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Who
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Kenya Team |
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UK Trustees |
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Kenya
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Charles Coldman (Founder
& Project Director) |
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Charles is the 25-year-old
founder of the charity. He |
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first experienced Africa
when he visited a school in |
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Tanzania with a group from
his own secondary school. |
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He returned to Africa -
this time to Kenya - with the |
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volunteer organisation
Africa & Asia Venture (AV) |
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just over a year later.
Africa got under his skin. In |
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late 2006, after
graduating with a business
degree |
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from Exeter university,
Charles spent six months |
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in Kenya managing our very
first school development. |
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Two years on, he now lives
in Kenya directing our |
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operations on the ground
and our fundraising back in |
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the UK.
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Read more
of Charles's story
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charles.coldman@africanpromise.org.uk |
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Denis Mwanyiro (Senior
Project Manager) |
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Denis has become the
second member of the team |
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working on the ground in
Kenya. He is 24 years-old |
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and from the village of
Jora where his family run the |
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local 'supermarket'.
Having successfully completed a |
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month long trial, Denis
has now been employed to |
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assist Charles with the
day-to-day activities of the |
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charity but with a view of
ultimately taking on project |
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management responsibility
in the future. |
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denismwanyiro@yahoo.com |
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Harman Mole (Junior
Project Manager) |
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UK
Trustees... |
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The administration of the charity is overseen in
the UK by a group of |
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experienced and dedicated individuals. |
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James Underhill |
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More information later. |
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Nicola Coldman (Treasurer) |
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Nicola, aged 52, spent 10 years
working as a Broker |
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and subsequently a Senior
Manager with international |
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responsibility for a Reinsurance
Broker in London |
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before the arrival of three
children - one of whom is |
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founder Charles. She has been
Treasurer and |
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Fundraiser for a local branch of
the charity Wellbeing |
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and is currently Treasurer of
Hever School Governors |
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Fund. She is a classroom
assistant at Hever Primary |
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School where she is also
Vice-Chairman of the
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Governing Body. |
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Graham Coldman |
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Graham, aged 64, spent 35 years
in the Banking and |
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Finance Industry as a Senior
Manager with NatWest. |
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Following retirement in 1995 he
ran his own sales |
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consultancy company. He has been
involved with the |
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Citizens Advice Bureau in
Edenbridge, Kent for the |
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past
10 years as a Volunteer Advisor
and latterly as |
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Deputy
Manager. He is a Trustee of
several charities |
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and is
Chairman of the Management
Committee of |
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Holcot, a
young people's holiday hostel in Edenbridge. |
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Geoff Marshall
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After taking a Law Degree at
King's College London, |
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Geoff worked on programmes in
New York designed |
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to improve the educational
opportunities of |
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disadvantaged children. On
returning to the UK, he |
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embarked on a
career in Retailing and
eventually |
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became Managing
Director of The Body Shop (UK)
Ltd |
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and of The Conran
Shops Ltd. He was a pension fund
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Trustee in both companies.
Since retiring, he has |
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been a non-Executive
Director/Chairman of both a |
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publishing and a retail company and
has acted as a |
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consultant to a wide
variety of other businesses,
from |
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pharmaceuticals to design. He has for the last 7
years |
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been a Justice of the
Peace, hearing Adult Crime and
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Family cases as well as
appeals in the Crown Court. |
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He also mentors and
appraises new Magistrates and is
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a member of the
Probation Liaison Committee. |
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