Ted Fawcett, Chairman, Governance and Management

Before retiring Ted spent his career in senior management within the voluntary sector, including time spent as a CEO. In recent years, Ted has also been Chairman of Cruse Bereavement Care Bedfordshire and Home Start Wellingborough, and he is currently a Trustee of the charity LIFE. He has travelled the world extensively and seen at first hand the plight of poor children in India, Vietnam, Brazil, South Africa and Uganda. Ted believes passionately in education as a means for providing desperately poor children with a real future. His deep Christian faith is at the centre of everything that he does.

Gordon Lland, Vice Chairman, Marketing and Digital Content Manager

Gordon Lland has over 35 years’ experience in the engineering and information technology industries. He has been Project Director for many construction projects throughout the Middle East, the Far East and Africa. Travelling and working in overseas environments has given Gordon first-hand experience of the plight of peoples in developing countries. There are many challenges but also many opportunities to be grasped such as the educational sponsorships provided by EVC Uganda.

Judi Fawcett, Secretary Responsible for Child Sponsorship

Judi worked in primary education for 34 years, 13 of these in senior management, before retiring in 2005. However, retirement has not meant that she has left the field of education behind. She continues to volunteer each week in her local village primary school and is heavily involved in the work of EVC Uganda. Visiting the projects on a regular basis has only served to reinforce her belief that receiving a good education is every child’s right and, seeing the way the children change and benefit from the experience of being in school, serves as a motivation to her to continue to promote the work of EVC whenever possible.

Father Boniface Kaayabula, Ugandan Childrens' Education

Ordained on 8 August 1992, Fr. Boniface is a Roman Catholic priest based in Masaka Diocese, Uganda. Between 1992-1995  he served as a curate, and from February 1995 to October 2010 he served as parish priest of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Kyamuliibwa Parish, Presently, Fr. Boniface is the parish priest of St James Buuzabalyawo in Kyansi. Fr. Boniface has an interest in empowering the vulnerable and poor children together with the youth and young orphans. In the last 19 years, Fr. Boniface believes that God has helped him to help many children who would not have been able to go to school to acquire an education. 

Father Michael Kamulegeya, Trustee

Father Michael Kamulegeya is a priest in the Masaka Diocese of Uganda where EVC works. He has a Post Graduate Degree in  Education ( PGDE ) and a Masters Degree in Education Management. In February 2021 he became the Diocesan Education Secretary and oversees the planning and uplifting of educational standards in the Catholic Schools in the Diocese. He will inspect the EVC schools and guide them as a teacher himself.

Chris Rooke, Treasurer

Chris is a qualified Certified Chartered Accountant with many years of experience in managing and controlling organisations finances both in the commercial environment and the public sector. In the later part of his career, he has held leadership roles at the Open University. It was here that his passion for education crystallised seeing the significant benefits and opportunities that education can bring. He strongly believes that getting a good strong start at school provides pupils with the confidence to realise their full potential. Chris is very much attracted to EVC Uganda’s mission to provide children less fortunate real hope for the future through education within a strong Christian ethos. 

Rebecca Lland, General Volunteering

Together with Simona Verdura, Rebecca was the first to visit Father Boniface in 2013 and helped spearhead the initial fundraising campaign. She is a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist and is a natural with children. She says, “EVC is important to me as I understand the need for every child to have the opportunity of a childhood which is vital in their formative years.”

Alvaro Martinez Guimerá, General Volunteering

Alvaro is from Spain and is a secondary science teacher in Bristol. He is particularly interested in how improved teaching methods can benefit mainstream students but also those with special educational needs (SEN). He feels this is especially relevant in Uganda where facilities are very basic and our EVC sponsored children exhibit a range of abilities and engagement with the learning process.

Phil Lland, General Volunteering

Phil’s career involved general and mental health nursing for the NHS. She also worked in Africa for 2 years. On a visit to Uganda, she again encountered extreme poverty and lack of medical care. On the positive side, she was heartened by the real progress being made by EVC Uganda in providing educational opportunities and offering wellbeing for children living in abject poverty. Phil is involved in organising and giving church appeals to bring in much needed funds for the charity.

Ramon Chong-Monserrate, General Volunteering, Website Management

I believe that education is pivotal to providing each child with the tools to grow and develop, and participate on a level-playing field. He is committed to developing EVC Uganda's digital presence to help further the charity's mission. 

Oyeyinka Moses Olaniran (Yinka), General Volunteering

Yinka has extensive experience and proven record of providing child protection services. He holds a BSc. in Psychology and Masters’ degrees both in Mental Health and Social Work. It is the passion for helping others and making difference to lives which is rooted in his Christian Faith that drives Yinka’s career choice and interest in EVC Uganda. 

David Mitchell, General Volunteering

I first became aware of EVC Uganda in 2018 at a Church appeal and became a sponsor as I was keen to help and to raise my children’s awareness of things that were going on in other parts of the world. I enjoy receiving the heart-warming letters and drawings from the children in Uganda and it is a delight to know that I am making a positive difference in a child’s life through the hard work of the charity. I was given an opportunity to volunteer and it is great to see how enthusiastic the children are and how eager they are to learn. I’ve worked in web development since 2013, the past 9 years of which have been in the financial sector.

Eve Mendham, General Volunteering

As a seasoned project manager with a decade of experience, I have had the privilege of cultivating my skills across diverse sectors, spanning accountancy, marketing, technology, and sustainable fashion. Throughout my professional journey, I've remained committed to ethical standards, focusing on digital ethics and sustainability. I have a passion for education and I am delighted to be contributing to the amazing work that EVC Uganda do. Collaborating with EVC on fundraising initiatives fills me with enthusiasm as we strive to directly impact Uganda's future generation in the most positive way we can. 

Bishop Serverus Jjumba of Masaka RC Diocese, Uganda

Roger Nicklen, Honorary Patron

I am a retired Civil Servant, having worked for many years at the former Department of Trade and Industry. I am widowed, with two sons (one deceased), five grandchildren and one greatgranchild. I enjoy travelling and music, am a Confirmation Catechist and secretary to a small charity serving the residents of Wembley. I have been supporting EVC through sponsorship and other fundraising since 2018.

Naluyange Gonzaga, EVC Head of Operations in Uganda

Gonzaga is one of our volunteers based in Uganda. She was born to a family of 9 children; her parents were peasants. They used to cultivate all the gardens and they would plant crops just to enable them to raise fees. Life wasn't easy for Gonzaga because she studied at poor schools and used to walk long distances to reach there. But because she was committed she succeeded. She worked hard so as to pass all her exams and the hard work enabled her to reach where she is today. Gonzaga loves children and education; she feels bad when she sees children at home minus schooling.

Gonzaga achieved her bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Kyambogo University in 2013 and is qualified to do accounting and management duties. She has been a volunteer for EVC Uganda and worked as the Bursar to St. Matia Mulumba from May 2014. Since January 2019, she was appointed as the Finance and Administration Manager.

Janet Nakayemba, Assistant Finance and Administration Manager

Janet is a graduate in Business Administration. Her accounting experience has been very valuable and has helped her in developing excellent attention to detail and organisational skills. Other key skills she possesses are budgeting, general ledger accounts, managing of accounts payable and receivables, filing and furnishing returns, payroll reputations, financial statement review, GAAP proficiency and operate tax planning.

Prossy Nalule, Project and Maintenance Manager

Prossy has good experience in project management, is innovative and creative with an ability to design strategies to ensure project success. Prossy enjoys responsibility, is ambitious and keen to add value to the community in which she is working. She works well under pressure. Previous to her work with EVC she was Secretary to the St James Kynasi Catholic Parish in the Diocese of Masaka.