Our valued volunteers
Volunteers have contributed greatly to our programs through the Australian Volunteers for International Development (AVID) , student internships from various universities and as professional consultants with diverse skill-sets. Our volunteers are committed to sustainable global development and global food and nutrition security.
Interns
Carl Ume, 2020
Carl is studying a Bachelor of International Relations at Griffith University and is currently in his third year. With a focus on development and security Carl hopes to work in International Development especially in the Asia-Pacific region.
Cecilia Castiello, 2020
Cecilia is studying a Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Health at the University of Queensland, Brisbane. She has previously interned at Save the Children and the Belgian Development Cooperation in Uganda. And she was a volunteer art teacher at AGAPE Hope Centre in Kenya. Cecilia is fluent in four languages.
Kate Hampson, 2020
Kate has graduated with a Bachelor of International Relations majoring in International Relations of Asia. Her career goal is to work in International Development specifically in creating effective environmentally sustainable solutions to some of the complex problems faced with global development.
Precious Karimi, 2019
Precious joined our team as an intern while studying Public Relations at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. She worked on our communication strategy and she contributed to our social media output. In 2020, Precious officially joined the team as Communications Officer.
Faith Considine, 2017- 2020
Faith worked on our team for the last three years after starting as an intern in 2017. She began while studying a Bachelor of Business / International Relations, majoring in Global Business and Diplomacy, at Bond University. She spent 2019 in Fiji working with Corals for Conservation, our partner organisation in Fiji building partner capacity and providing program support.
Linda Sataro, 2018
Masters Communication for Social Change, University of Queensland
Melissa Ralda, 2018
Bachelor of Business, Griffith University
Tara Anisa, 2018
Masters of Communication for Social Change, University of Queensland
Alexandra Sajben, 2017
Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Queensland
Professional Volunteers
Ali Ume, 2018 – ongoing
Ali is a retired agricultural project officer based in Queensland and the key instigator behind our work in Papua New Guinea (PNG). He currently volunteers his time to manage the project there. He saw what Kyeema was doing in Africa with promoting smallholder chicken keeping and thought it was needed in his own birth country of PNG. He was trained as a Master Farmer at the beginning of the project and has since set up his own farm in Vanapa to demonstrate to the local community there the techniques and benefits of raising local breed chickens.
Lana Baskerville 2018 – ongoing
Lana is an environmental scientist who specialises in science communication and illustration, focused on coastal and freshwater wetlands and the Great Barrier Reef. Maternal and infant health and chicken keeping are other big passions for Lana, hence the natural affinity for the work of Kyeema Foundation. Lana previously worked for Kyeema as our Communications Officer and now continues to be a valued volunteer and supporter.
Richard Nyonyi, 2016 – ongoing
Richard Nyoni is a Malawian photographer who has generously provided his photos of farmers we work with in Malawi for use in our brand materials since he first entered our #Chickens4Africa photography competition in 2016. You can see his work and connect with him here.
Paolo Curray, 2014 – ongoing
Paolo is has volunteered much of his time and skills as an IT administrator to developing and maintaining our website over the years. He continues to be a loyal supporter and very much valued volunteer at Kyeema.
Wendy Somerville – Team potential and facilitation
Wan Kit (Winky) Sham – Financial management
Wayne Kendall – Financial management
Bobby Lane – Financial administration
Sri Thillailingam – Financial management
Karen Black – General administration
Leo Wiles – Fundraising support
Louise Grayson – Communications support
Dr John Copland – Technical support
Russell Parker – Technical support
Robert Hedlefs – Technical support
Assoc. Professor Joanne Meers – Technical support
Zuhara Bensink – Technical support
Taro Dodd – IT support
Tony Hunt – IT support