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EMMANUEL AND MARYANNE
Emmanuel and Maryanne Uwaezuoke live in Malawi near the lake in Salima. They have worked there as missionaries together for almost four years (Maryanne for six) in rural community development.
Emmanuel started as Country Director for Starfish Malawi in january 2009. He manages the Starfish staff team, and oversees the programmes we fund. He has a background in training rural church pastors and youth leaders, establishing youth programmes and prison ministry.
Maryanne's role is to assist in the administration of the work covering reports, finances, etc. and to also directly support the work of Glad Tidings Orphan Care – one of the organizations Starfish funds. They have just fostered a gorgeous little boy, Daniel, who is just over a year old with the hope of adopting him in a year’s time. Her background is in social work and administration.
They are enjoying their new roles and working with the Starfish team, lots to learn but a real sense of pulling together to serve the children and young people of Malawi. They believe Starfish offers them a hope and a future – sounds like a cliché but they genuinely see this happening in their lives through school linking programmes, secondary school sponsorships, orphan care programmes, school reconstruction, vocational training, etc.
They look forward to meeting some of you during a visit to the UK soon, visa permitting, or hosting you as you visit Starfish here in Malawi.
******Members of the UK Committee
Chris Knott, Chairman and Schools Linking
Chris is the founder of the project .Whilst spending some time in Malawi , he met Pastor Bob Mapemba and visited their existing school and church. He was so touched by the conditions they were working in that he felt led by God to embark on a project to build a new school building for the village of Salima. The work has developed from these modest beginnings.
Terry Pickford, Vice-Chairman & Secretary
Terry is a retired French teacher who is involved in a number of charities dealing with people living in deprived conditions.
Bridget Jackson - Treasurer.
William Chandler.
Married to Pauline, two grown up sons and a couple of grandchildren.
Trained at EMI in organisation and methods, Director of Walthamstow Stadium Ltd for 26 years where he ran the catering department but also looked after in house computer administration. He has been a christian for 25 years and is a member at Sandhurst Baptist
Chris Merritt, Container
Chris is a local book distributerand is responsible for the container and can be contacted if you would like to help in any way or have any queries. See the heading CONTAINER in the index.
Kevin Marchese - Projects oversight
Kevin is married with two children and is at present working with the London Underground. Having heard about Starfish Malawi from Derek Savage, he wanted to be involved in an hands-on way, so he was keen to visit Salima and help with the building. He has visited the area three times.
Yuri Knott - Fundraising & Catering.
Yuri is married to Chris and is a Japanese teacher. She really appreciated her trip to Malawi but found the poverty and deprivation very upsetting.
John Hart - Cultural, Pastoral and Church Growth.
John and his wife Brenda served as missionaries in Ecuador in the seventies before returning to the UK where John was the pastor of Hawkhurst Baptist for many years. He was called back to Ecuador in 1993 to set up a training centre for local lay leaders. In 1997 he and Brenda started work on an orphanage project, ORPHaids, for the children of AIDS victims. They now live in Eastbourne, raising awareness of ORPHaids in the UK.
Maggie Mitchell - Nursery oversight & Sponsorship Co-ordinator.
She worked in the courts until her retirement. She coordinates the student sponsorship schemes and the nursery twinning.
Rob Sharpe - Compliance Officer.
He is a member of Verity Church which generously supports Glad Tidings. He ensures that the charity operates strictly within the legal requirements. |
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