AV’s in-country representatives are well placed to identity and supervise the educational projects we support. By harnessing the passion and talents of AV staff, we ensure that our ALL our donor funding is spent in the rural schools we support.
Nigel is joint founder of AV with Peter Bell. He was educated in Kenya and Tanzania and spent 29 years in the Gurkhas, serving in Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak, Brunei, Hong Kong, Germany, UK and Kenya. He lives in Nairobi where he supervises AV’s East African operations.
Originally from the Lake District , Lynette moved to Africa shortly after getting married and has lived and worked in Kenya , Botswana , Nigeria and Ethiopia over the past 30 years. She joined AV 10 years ago.
Australian-born Shirray has worked on tourism and community development projects in Uganda for the last 15 years. She has been AV’s representative in Uganda since 2003.
UK born Heather moved to Malawi as a nurse in the early 1970s and has been AV’s representative in Malawi since 1998.
Helena was born and brought up in Hong Kong before moving to Tanzania to teach in an international school. She is AV’s representative in Arusha.
Richard was born in Srinagar, Kashmir. Most of his life has been spent in the Army, mainly with the Gurkhas. As a result he has a passion for all things Nepali, speaks Nepali and has many friends in Nepal and Darjeeling. He joined AV in 1998 and is responsible for all AV matters in Asia, including an oversight of any AV Foundation projects.
Tendup was born in Darjeeling and trained to be a Buddhist priest before joining the Gurkhas in the British Army. He currently lives in Kurseong where he is AV’s representative for the Darjeeling district.
Bryan and Rosie run the Maekok River Village Resort in Thaton. Prior to this, they had acquired many years teaching experience in Hong Kong. They are well placed to identify and supervise much needed community educational projects around Thaton.
James bio to come
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East Africa , Nigel Warren
Kenya, Lynette von Kaufmann
Uganda, Shirray Knight
Malawi, Heather Wallace
Tanzania, Helena Grant
Richard Venning
India, Tendup Tshering Lama
Thailand, Bryan and Rose Massingham
Mexico, James Badenoch