Who we are

Principal members of staff:-

UK



Sarah Hodge (CEO) Sarah studied politics and history at university, specialising in South-East Asia. Her interest and concern for conflict consequences was cemented by her marriage to a cameraman who filmed a documentary in Vietnam and who lost a friend to a landmine accident - this in Africa. She later trained as an accountant and combines her professional skills and ideological concerns in her work at POWER.

Fiona Dixon (Technical director)
Jenny Borden OBE (Consultant Africa Director)

Laos



John Ferchak (advisor) John has a PhD in Biophysics from The Johns Hopkins University, USA.  He was for many years with the Quaker Service, first in Nepal and latterly in Laos.  He has guided our work with LDPA since 2005. 

Mozambique



Cidia Monterio Sultuane (Country Manager) Cidia has been working with POWER since 2004 and has been responsible for growing our radio club work so successfully. She also runs courses for POWER in gender issues, journalism and organisational development. She studied psycholgy and pedagogy at university. Prior to working with POWER she worked for Radio Mozambique and Fórum Mulher, a network of organisations and institutions which work on behalf of women. 

Zambia



The ADEPt team (Advancing Disability Equality Project)

Back row: (left to right) Sharon Bwalya - Finance Officer, Wamundila Waliuya - Project Manager, Diana Bulanda - Paralegal Officer, Rapheal Maseko - Driver
Front row: (left to right) Milika Sakala- Paralegal Officer, Matilda Tembo - Information and Monitoring Officer, Ruth Likasi - Social Work Student

Partner organisations:-

Forum of Mozambican Associations for Disabled People (FAMOD)
Lao Disabled People's Association (LDPA)
COPE (Cooperative Prosthetic and Orthotic Enterprise, Laos)
Zambian Federation of the Disabled (ZAFOD)
Power4good Ireland Limited (click on this name to view the website)


Paddy Austin from Power4Good Ireland (right) and Felix Simulunga, federal director of ZAFOD. Both Power4Good and ZAFOD partner with us in Zambia.


TRUSTEES:-



Robin Heal OBE  Robin trained as an accountant and economist, and spent a 35 year career in BP during which he set up the company's international Corporate Social Responsibility programme, which he managed for a 14 year period before moving to work full time within the voluntary sector on governance and international development. He was a founder member of Business in the Community and the European Business Network, and has acted as an adviser to a number of international organisations in the field of community regeneration and development. Robin serves on a number of Boards of voluntary sector organisations in Europe and South Africa.



Richard Butler (acting chair) Richard spent his working life with De Beers, the South African mining and industrial conglomerate.  He has worked in many African countries and developed an intimate knowledge of their economic, cultural, natural and political environments.  He retired in 1998 and offered his services, as a volunteer, to POWER, subsequently becoming a Trustee in 2002.



Stephen Campbell Stephen is a fundraising Director for Computer Aid International.  He has a degree in International Relations, and is focused on assisting POWER to increase its income from small to medium-sized UK trusts and foundations.



Christopher Holland Chris Holland (FRSA FILT MRTPI MICE) was partner in a major engineering and planning consultancy and directed social cost-benefit feasibility studies in UK and overseas, before entering the voluntary sector in 1999, managing POWER's work in Laos through 2002, becoming a trustee thereafter, while still visiting Laos. He is active in a conservation group in Greenwich and takes a hand in running his local church website.



Ges Roulstone Ges Roulstone is Divisional Director for Children and Adults services in Sense: a UK based charity which is the largest provider of deafblind services in the world. He has worked with disabled people for more than 30 years and has been a Practitioner, Manager and Director in the field of deafblindness for 16 years. He is Chair of the Acquired Deafblindness Network and a member of the World Council of Deafblind International.



Gail Wellings Gail - herself an amputee, who has set up two amputee support groups in this country and who is fortunate enough to be in full time employment – is especially interested in quality of life and self-respect for fellow amputees.  This is particularly the case in countries where those with disabilities are so poorly regarded.

Ken Bore Ken read History at Trinity College Cambridge, then gained an MSc (Econ) in African Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Pursuing a career in education, Ken has had over 35 years experience in schools, as adviser to national and local government, as CEO of two national charities and latterly as Director of Education and Children’s Services for an international consultancy company.  Committed to supporting the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, Ken has successively been an Education Officer with the Royal National Institute of the Blind, CEO of a national organisation dedicated to helping people with disabilities live independent lives in their own homes, and Director of the National Association for Gifted Children. Ken has published in national journals and has substantial media experience.




Munya Motsi