Our new Chairman
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Chairman Zac |
At the May 2010 meeting of the Board of Trustees, Zachary Gichane was unanimously and enthusiastically welcomed as both a new member of the board, and its Chairman. Zac is Operations Director of Sara Lee Kenya Ltd. He is very familiar with our work, since Sara Lee has been supporting KidsLibs in many ways for eight years now, and Zac has been the "face" of Sara Lee for KidsLibs. We're excited to welcome Zac to the board, as his experience and support will be so valuable. He's also familiar with Gacharageni, where we are currently building a new library.
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Founder and Director
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Anne Moore is a British citizen and a professional children's librarian, who has been living in Kenya since August 1999. Anne qualified with a B.A (Hons) degree in Librarianship and Information Science in 1981, and since then has worked in many places, from Beamish Open Air Museum in country Durham, to the Barbican Centre in London, to Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire library services in the UK. Anne left the UK with her family in 1994 to go to Papua New Guinea, where she did voluntary work with the National Library Service there, creating corporate-sponsored folding bookcases to send (stocked with books) to schools all over PNG. Anne was made a life member of the Friends of the PNG National Library Service for the work she did. In 2004 Anne was awarded an MBE by the Queen and the British Government for her work in both PNG and in Kenya.
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Staff & Trustees
Zachary Gichane (chairman)
Currently the Operations Director of Sara Lee Kenya Ltd., a fast-moving consumer goods manufacturer with Kiwi shoe polish as one of its major brands. Also on the National Board of Operation Smile Mission in Kenya (OSMIK).
I got to know about KidsLibs Trust and Anne when she was setting up the Mathare North library in 2002 and have been involved in one way or another since then. I am proud to be involved in the work of KidsLibs Trust and happy to join the Board of Trustees as its new chair as of May 2010.
Wamaitha Mungai (trustee)
Wamaitha is a Kenyan business woman.
Susan Phillips (trustee)
A journalist by training and most recently editor of a children's policy website in the U.S. A lifelong lover of libraries, I read about Anne and KidsLibs Trust in the Nation not long after moving to Nairobi. I contacted Anne about volunteering and began doing some informal creative writing work with children at Mathare North. Then I got involved in trying to help the Trust survive and grow (ie, raise money), which is less fun but probably more important. I'm proud to be a trustee, KidsLibs is terrific and life-changing and very much needed.
Phyllis Ikua Wanjiru (trustee)
Phyllis is a retired Kenyan executive who used to work in Nyayo House.
Smita Pandit (trustee)
Smita is married to a businessman, is a Mum to two boys, and is into meditation.
Accountants
Neil Jones Consultancy, Accounting and Financial Services,1st floor Rhino House, Karen Road, Karen, NAIROBI, KENYA. E mail: neil@nbjones.com
Remembering Jill
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Some sad news: our Trustee and very dear friend Jill Simpson passed away recently, of a sudden and completely unexpected heart attack. We are devastated by her passing. Our thoughts are with her husband Angus and her entire family, and with all the hundreds of people she has helped through her tireless efforts to help her fellow Kenyans.. particularly with Saidia orphanage. Jill contributed in so many ways to KLT, particularly in her local knowledge and her enthusiasm and belief in what we are trying to accomplish with KLT libraries. Jill, you ARE missed.
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