Staff
Village Aid currently has five full time members of staff:
Nuhu Salihu has worked for Village Aid since 2001. Prior to working for Village Aid Nuhu was a field Programme Manager for MBOSCUDA (Now a Village Aid partner in Cameroon) and was amongst the first of only the second generation of Mboro Pastoralists to gain University education. Nuhu is now Village Aids Co-Director alongside his duties as the organisations African Programme Manager for The Gambia, Sierra Leone and Cameroon.
George Ferguson started working for Village Aid in 2003 as an African Programmes Manager. Prior to this he was a Management Consultant and a Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) volunteer for two years in Nigeria. Alongside his duties as Village Aids African Programmes Manager for Nigeria and Ghana, George is also the Co-Director of Village Aid, working on fundraising and volunteer support.
Helen Hunter has been with Village Aid since 2006. She is the organisations Education Manager and developed and coordinates the Growing Global development education programme. Helen is an experienced teacher, drama educator and theatre-in-education practitioner having been a Head of Drama, an Education Officer at Chester Gateway Theatre and a Teacher-Actor at The Play House in Birmingham.
James Atkins is the youngest member of the Village Aid team starting as a Fundraising and Communications Officer in October 2009. Prior to this he was a Youth and Student Coordinator for Christian Aid East Midlands and has produced numerous field communications materials from Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and the DRC.
Keith Bradshaw Joined Village Aid in early 2010. Prior to working for the organisation Keith has an impressive track record in finance and management working locally for Lafarge (formerly Blue Circle), Brett Martin Building Products Ltd and more recently fulfilling the role of Ashbournes Town Clerk.