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FAQs - Organisation  

  1. How is the Appeal run?

  2. How is the Appeal staffed?

1) How is the Appeal run? 
The Appeal has:-  
6 Patrons -
Mr Fergal Keane, Hilary, Lady Apsley, The Rt. Revd. John Went, Bishop of Tewkesbury, Lord Jones of Cheltenham, Mr Clive Thomson and Mr Sam Musa (ActionAid)
5 Trustees -
Mr Richard Kerr-Wilson (surgeon), Dr Sean Elyan (Physician), Alan Dick, John Kloer and Janet Trotter.
Committee
- This consists of 4 trustees, 1 fundraiser and 9 volunteers;  Richard Kerr-Wilson, Alan Dick, James Dowling, John Kloer, Paula Froggatt, Iain Lyburn, Caroline Farmer, Shona Lockyer, Joey Kerr-Wilson, Liz Adams, Simon Cox, Anne Elyan (nurse), Malcolm Garrett and Lis Holmes (nurse). 

Relevant experience
 
Mr Richard Kerr-Wilson FRCS (Ed), FRCOG
is a qualified obstetrician and gynaecologist who has experience of medical facilities in many developing countries. He has visited Kambia 4 times and operated each time. He has had training in the repair of vesico-vaginal fistulas. 
 
Dr Sean Elyan MD, FRCP, FRCR
is a physician who has previously worked in Zimbabwe.
 
Paula Froggatt RGN, FP Cert
is a registered general nurse and and an experienced school nurse. She is also a specialist nurse in Family Planning, and Sexual Health and she has been involved in nurse training and family planning on previous visits to Kambia.

Lis Holmes BSc RGN HV
Lis is a trained nurse, midwife and health visitor. She has spent the vast majority of her career in the latter, working within a general practice in Cheltenham, visiting and advising families with pre-school children.
 
John Kloer FCA
is a retired Chartered Accountant. He has experience in Industry, Commerce and the Profession and was a Partner in a medium-sized firm of Chartered Accountants in London.

James Dowling
James' fundraising career began after university as a volunteer in the development departments of the National Portrait Gallery and the National Art Collections Fund. He then worked for English National Opera, the Barbican Centre, before moving to the London Symphony Orchestra as Development Manager.

2) How is the Appeal staffed?  
There are 10-15 volunteers. As from April 2003 the Appeal employs 1 part-time professional fundraiser.