| The Team
Hope for a Child is a charity based in Guernsey and UK. Our current projects support orphans and vulnerable children in Uganda, South Africa and Lesotho, with the aim of replicating what we do in other countries. We are staffed by a talented and committed team mostly made up of volunteers, enabling us to expand our operations while keeping our overheads as low as possible.
Hope for a Child was set up by in 2007 by Roy Herring and his wife Sue after they were inspired by visits to an orphanage in China. These life-changing experiences made them realise that children were better off being cared for within their own extended families and communities if at all possible and they then decided that Africa, because of the huge scale of the crisis occasioned by HIV/AIDS, would be the best place for the new charity to start work.
Hope for a Child is a charity registered in England and Wales No: 1128571 and in Guernsey No: 47128.
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| Our Directors
Roy Herring is a founder of Hope for a Child. He works as a business development manager part time for an IT company, 2e2. For Hope for a Child he provides vision and strategy, and enables others to reach their potential.
Louise Smith works part time as a business manager and part time for Hope for a Child. She manages projects with our partners in Africa, including Village Savings and Loan Schemes and welfare schemes. She also oversees our fundraising activities.
Our Advisory Panel
Mark Le Tissier is managing director of a financial services company.
Andrew Shilling is a local government manager of property services.
Jeremy Lewis is a taxation professional.
Dr Isioma Nwokolo is a medical doctor specialising in Psychiatry.
Guernsey Staff
Nik Herring is responsible for our website as well as graphics, photography and video.
Sue Herring is a writer and editor
Emily Wild is a PA in Guernsey
UK Staff
John Butterworth represents Hope for a Child in UK
Mark Harmer carries out project work
Uganda Staff
Rose Gidongo is our programme co-ordinator and VSLA trainer.
Additional Volunteers
We are very grateful to the many other people who have contributed greatly to the success of the charity in all sorts of ways but especially via their help with ‘Abandoned’ and other events. We are always looking for more talented people to work with us on a voluntary basis, so if you have been inspired to volunteer please see the home page for more details.
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