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The B-Gifted Foundation Administration and Funding is Governed by a Board of Directors, National Board of Advisers from a variety of Sierra Leonean Constituencies, including the Law, Business, Public Policy, Education, Civil Society, and the Voluntary Sector. The small but professional Staff, carries out the Foundation's communication and general adminstration. The Foundation's work is further enriched by a steady flow of student interns and volunteers.
Patrick Lamboi (Board Of Director)
Patrick F. Lamboi (Board Of Director)
Mr. Patrick F. Lamboi has worked for several humanitarian and developmental organizations in Sierra Leone including Peace Building Fund Secretariat (PBFS) at the Office of the Executive Representative of the United Nations (ERSG), and United Nations Development Program- (UNDP) Sierra Leone where he is currently Program Assistant. His key experiences span over the following development domains: developing and appraising post-war resettlement development project proposals, providing training and support on Participatory Strategic Planning Project PME, Poverty Community Development and Empowerment, and baseline data collection, planning and project implementation for development situations through the use of participatory techniques.
Abdulai Bayraytay (Board of Director)
Abdulai Bayraytay (Board of Director)
Mr. Abdulai Bayraytay is Senior Policy Adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Sierra Leone, and the Personal Assistant to and Spokesman of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
His key areas of expertise include international relations, democracy and good governance and social welfare with key emphasis on gender and children’s affairs. He has worked extensively in peace building and democracy in Sierra Leone and in Canada, including the Campaign for Good Governance, one of Sierra Leone’s leading human rights and anti-corruption non-governmental organisations.
Senesie. B. Kallon - B-Gifted Foundation Environmental Director
Senesie. B. Kallon- B-Gifted Foundation Environmental Director
Sustainability management professional with a diverse range of experience in sustainability management issues in Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), rural water sanitation, HIV/AIDS, community development projects management, emergency response/disaster management and involuntary resettlement of mining/development projects-affected communities. He has coordinated (managed) several field studies in Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs), Strategic Environmental and Social Assessments (SESAs) and sustainability policy related studies.
Martin Kailie (Program Associate).
He was a seasoned lecturer at the faculty of Linguistic Fourah Bay College and founder of Teachers for Human Rights. He has recently founded the Green Africa (SL) Ltd, which is an agribusiness company. He believes this will help start-up emerging economies and potentially solve the problem of hunger and rural poverty. He has a lot of experience in coordinating projects relating to the Millennium Development Goals
Mohamed Lamin Soh (Board of Director)
Mohamed Lamin Soh (Board of Director)
Mohamed Lamin Soh is trained and experienced in development project management. He has a broad range of relief and development experiences both at the national and international levels with increasing leadership responsibilities including six years of administrative experience with international organizations. He has worked extensively in building the capacity of local communities and structures to enable them plan and implement sustainable development activities and also promote socio-political cohesion at community levels. He has training and management skills in gender, child protection and HIV/AIDS issues at community levels.
Andrew Benson Greene Jnr. (Board of Director, Founder and CEO)
Sauvé Scholar Andrew Benson Greene Jr has 10+ years experience in the non-profit sector, youth and children in wars as well as the issue of child soldiers. He has worked extensively in national and international research on human rights of children used in armed conflict. Andrew is a well-known speaker, participating in numerous prestigious international conferences, seminars, international lectures on thematic issues of children's rights and the predicaments faced by child soldiers in several cities in the world including Freetown, Accra, Geneva, Hague, several cities in Canada, Dhabi (UAE), Beijing, Moscow, Washington, London, New York. He has received multiple international awards, citations, and bursaries for his Internet-based innovations to find reconciliation and peaceful solutions to conflict.
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Abass Victor Osman Kamara (Human Rights Director)
Mr. Abass Victor Osman Kamara worked extensively in giving legal advice to several human rights organizations in Sierra Leone. His works as Legal Executive for the Centre for Human Rights and democratic Reform in Sierra Leone, and has led to the advancement of the rights of people in the local courts of Sierra Leone. Mr Kamara has also worked extensively on law reform initiatives in just mining, the Commercial Use of Land, the Law on Marriage, Inheritance and Succession, Law on Citizenship, Law on Conservation and Bush Fire Prevention, review of the Anti-Corruption Act 2000, and the Law Officer's Act, and has consulted and researched for several NGOs on human rights issues.
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Dauda Harding Yoki Esq. BA, LLB Deputy Master and Registrar Law Court Sierra Leone (Foundation Board of Adviser) Bio Coming Soon!!!
AHMED MUSA SOWA – Foundation Development Administrator
ahmedmusasowa@yahoo.com
Ahmed Musa Sowa – Foundation Development Administrator
Mr. Sowa has worked for many years with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and formally with the UNAIDS and United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) on various projects in Agricultural Development engaging youths on job creation and HIV/AIDS projects in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. He also collaborated with the United Nations District Team (UNDT) and United Nations Arms for Development in planning and implementing specific projects including sensitizing communities in possession of arms and peace building projects for youths. Whilst working with the National Commission for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (NC-DDR), he facilitated the successful disarmament and reintegration of over four-thousand (4,000) ex-combatants in the Kenema District. Mr. Sowa also worked extensively with a couple of other organizations on child protection issues and relief aid monitoring. Mr. Sowa has also worked with ChildFund-Sierra Leone, a pro-child protection organization on child sponsorship and community development.
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Mrs. Viola D.E Kamara (Foundation's Gender and Children's Director)
Mrs. Viola D.E Kamara is Legal Executive at the Law Reform Commission of Sierra Leone and is fluent in English and German languages. She holds an LLB (Hons), and a Diploma in Judicial and Legal Studies from the University of Sierra Leone. She is experienced legal and law reform issues relating child and gender affairs.
Michael Nyuma Gbondo
Michael Nyuma Gbondo (Information Technology Director)
Mr Gbondo has expertise in PC maintenance, Networking, Wireless Connectivity (CISCO), Graphic Designs, CCTV Camera Installation and V-SAT Installation and MS-office applications. With several years of management experience in information systems management, Michael hopes to continue bringing new and innovative insights in the work of the Foundation to transform positively the Sierra Leone society, by helping in strategic technology planning for the B-Gifted Foundation Information Technology Unit.
Patrick Kobba (Patrick Kobba) Foundation's Youth Director
Patrick is a highly motivated and dedicated individual pursuing a challenging and rewarding career. He offers to B-Gifted a wide range of transferable skills including youth leadership, administration communication, team leading and managerial skills. In addition to a strong combination of organisation and interpersonal skills; the employment and voluntary roles he has acquired has equipped Patrick with the ability to deliver solutions in a pressurized, target/deadline driven environment.
Patrick holds a B.A General from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone in Courses such as: History, Public Administration, Post War Reconstruction and Peace Building, Modern History, Human Rights and Democracy and was a student of the Bo Government Secondary School, Bo Town. His background in youth work is a great asset to the mission and goals of B-Gifted Foundation and so the Board of Directors and Founder are pleased to have Patrick on Board.
B-Gifted Foundation's TreasureMrs Yeawa Kamara (Bio Coming Soon)
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