Volunteer Management Committee 
| | Sarah Burns - ChairSarah became involved with DiA as a 2010-2011 five-month volunteer at Seva Mandir, Udaipur. Since her return to the UK Sarah has continued to commit her spare time to voluntary work, most notably as an Olympics Games Maker and whilst pulling pints at an annual charity beer festival. Sarah joined the Management Committee in September 2011 as Secretary and was election as Chair of Operations in September 2012. Sarah is currently working for The Community Action Group (CAG) Project in Oxfordshire as CAG Project Impact Modeller. |
. | | Jamie Pett - Vice-Chair and Communications Manager Jamie was a 2010 summer volunteer at St Gonsalo Garcia Ashram, Vasai. He has a Masters in Development Administration and Planning from University College London and is now working as an Economist in the UK Civil Service. He will begin an ODI Fellowship in Autumn 2013. As well as being a development geek, Jamie is a keen drummer and in 2011 ran the Great North Run dressed as a tiger to celebrate his birthday. Jamie joined the committee in September 2011 as Communications and Marketing Officer before becoming Communications Manager a year later then Vice-Chair in March 2013. |
. | | Mike Perry - Treasurer
Mike was a 2009 summer volunteer at Seva Mandir, Udaipur. Mike has since worked with the British Red Cross running workshops on Humanitarian Law, and is now working for Parkinson's UK supporting the treasurers of their national group network. This will be Mike's second year as treasurer and third year on the committee. |
| | Catherine Glew - Administrative Coordinator
Catherine volunteered at Sharana in Pondicherry during Summer 2011. She graduated from Durham University in June 2012 and is currently enjoying life in London, studying MSc Global Governance and Ethics at UCL. During her time at Durham she acted as DiA’s volunteer Press Officer (2011-12) and chaired the award-winning university fundraising committee DUCK. You can contact Catherine for general enquiries at
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| | Jessie Kirk - UK Volunteer Programme Manager
Jessie was a 2009-2010 5 month Volunteer at Volantariat, Pondicherry. After returning from India, Jessie worked for the British Red Cross in Major Donor Fundraising for 2.5 years and has recently returned to university to complete a Masters in International Development. | 
| | Frankie Rushton - Development Education Coordinator
Frankie first became involved with DiA as a 2010-2011 five-month volunteer at Seva Mandir, Udaipur where she worked establishing and monitoring a micro-enterprise programme for rural youths. After returning from India Frankie interned with the Foreign Policy Centre, and is currently working as an Account Manager for a design agency in London. She joined the DiA Management Committee as Development Education Officer in September 2011-12, was Co-Chair and Programmes Director from September 2012 until March 2013 when she took on her current position. |
,.. | | Lisa Durassier - India Programme Manager
Lisa was our 2010-2011 India Volunteer Coordinator providing support to volunteers and placement partners across the country. She subsequently moved to Sydney for one year where she did some consultancy for a fundraising company before returning to the UK where she is currently working at the British Red Cross as a Programme Support Officer for the South Asia region. Lisa enjoys practicing yoga and also hopes to teach it one day! |
| | Lisa Holmberg - Fundraising ManagerLisa has worked as a volunteer in rural Zambia on issues of education, poverty and HIV/AIDS. She has a Masters in Development Studies from SOAS University and has worked as an intern for the Colombian government. As a fundraiser, Lisa has independently raised over £2,500 for charity and today runs DiA’s fundraising events, such as our Bollywood Ball and Christmas Ball. . |
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| | Emily Wight - Blog Officer
Emily was a 2010-2011 five-month volunteer at Volontariat, Pondicherry, where she taught English and French to children and adults as well as helping out in a crèche. She has just begun her second year as blog officer for DiA. In her other life, she is a journalist, currently at the Guardian Small Business Network. She is driven by current affairs, politics, music, box sets, theatre and anything India-related |
 . | | Nate Barker - Digital Media Officer
Nate has joined this year's committee as Digital Media Officer after getting involved in blogging for DiA. He currently runs the DiA Twitter account and Facebook page. Outside of DiA, Nate spends his time working on various political campaigns and causes across the country, and blogging on current affairs. |
. | | Davide Carzedda - Research Officer Davide was 2012 summer volunteer at Seva Mandir, Udaipur, where he worked with the Institution Building Unit on assessing the training for local volunteers. He is about to graduate from Bergamo University, where he studied Intercultural Communication with Asia. He spent two years in China and is interested in languages and cultural issues. His main interests are travelling, food and music. |
Workshop Leaders
| | Khafi Kareem
Khafilat Kareem is a European Studies student at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her interests include politics, sports, fundraising, writing and performing arts. Also an accomplished linguist, she is able to communicate in French, Italian, Yoruba and British Sign Language (as well as her native English), and is a language ambassador for the British Council's 'Language Rich Europe' project. Khafilat is extremely passionate about youth engagement and is thrilled to be part of the DiA team delivering the Global Citizenship Workshops. |  | | Krishma Arora Krishma is currently a student studying a BA International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London. She recently established the university’s first Indian Cultural Society with the aim to promote and celebrate Indian culture. Previously, she spent eight years living in Jakarta where she attended an international school and travelled extensively across the South East Asian region. Krishma loves travelling, teaching, international development and technology. | 
| | Joann EdwardsJoann Edwards has been a qualified youth worker for 8 years. Before she became a youth worker she was a voluntary mentor for a year going into schools and working as in behaviour support. The feel of going into schools inspired Joann to want to help young people with particular needs around social and life skills which then lead her to become what she is today: a Youth and community worker. She always wanted to go back into schools to do workshops, so one day in September 2012 as shewas surfing the Internet she came across DiA and found our project to be very interesting and is now part of the DiA family. | | | | Hannah Frizzell |
UK Volunteers  | | Sarah Nelson - Workshop Writer
I have recently graduated with my teaching credential and Masters in Education: curriculum and instruction. I previously interned at an orphanage in Mozambique where I taught lessons and was a dorm parent to 30 children. This experience inspired my love of culture, language, and teaching. I am currently living in the United States as a substitute teacher, and hope to move internationally soon to teach or work with children. | 
| | Alessandra Sciarra - Marketing Officer Alex was a Summer 2011 volunteer at Sharana, Pondicherry. She is currently in her third year studying Film and Media Studies and is working on a short documentary for DiA on Sharana's micro-credit and women's empowerment projects. Alex is also interested in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in the Third Sector. |
Rachel Benson - Research OfficerRachel is a final year English literature student at Cardiff University and has volunteered with a number of Development Education organisations. She is passionate about engaging young people in international development and global citizenship. Rachel enjoys reading and vegetarian cooking and is looking forward to travelling after university. . Nicola Wynn-Geldard - Development Education & Workshop OfficerNicola graduated from Manchester University with a BSocSc Social Anthropology in 2010. Since then she has been a full-time mum, part-time MA International Education student at the University of Bath, youth mentor, and a volunteer with various Development Education charities including Oxfam and GLADE. Nicola has travelled extensively in India and worked with local educational charities in Uttar Pradesh. | | |
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