Bless Our Children. Guide Their Elders. Guard Their Interests. Keep Them Safe.
Meet the Team
In-Country Team
Vasco, Aggie, and Moses
Director of Operations
Seleveno Vasco
Vasco is a passionate young man who is full of energy and radiates joy to everyone he comes into contact with. He has used his own challenges and sturggles as a springboard to support others, advocating for children's needs and rights in everything he does.
His role includes:
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Leading street outreach, visiting the children, and building relationships with them.
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Following up on the children on a regular basis. (Maintaining relationships, supporting newcomers, understanding changes in dynamics, and identifying any changes in individuals health and well-being.)
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Identifying children who are in need of health support.
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Identifiying children who may be ready for reintergration.
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Reintergrating children into their homes and communities.
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Following up on reintergrated children.
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Leading community outreach with our partners to enchance the well-being of individuals.
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Leading site visits.
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Organising burial support program when necessary.
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Identifying children whose home situation may or not suitable to return to and considering options for institutional care.
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Liasing with and supporting Footprints team, trustees, and partner organisations.
Director of Finance and Administration
Aggie Zulu
Aggie is an amazing young woman, dedicated to helping people whenever she can. She is dependable, creative, with excellent communication skills. She performs her role with enthusiasm, and gets her motivation from my Mom and everyone around her.
Her role includes:
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Providing office support to the team including maintaining social media and attending to official emails.
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Working as part of the well-established and supportive team. Responsible for liaising closely with the Trustees, Holy Cross sisters and Director of Operations.
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Helping street children addressing their social problems with the objective of moving them off the streets into their families.
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Supporting children through outreach, health support, and reintergration.
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Providing financial support to the team: maintaining cash book, prepare monthly income and expenditure, prepare monthly reconciliation statements for both petty cash and bank accounts, scrutinizing purchase requisition and passing them on for approval etc.
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Maintaining accounts for educational support for the vulnerable children.
Outreach Officer
Moses Zyambo
Moses is a self-motivated young man, who loves talking, taking photos, and listening to music. He loves being around the children and is understanding and empathetic in every situation, taking a special interest in each individual. He is very observant and is able to provide insight into how someone is feeling, which others may overlook.
His role includes:
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Visiting and supporting the children through street outreach, learning about their background, and building relationships with them.
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Following up on the children on a regular basis. Liasing with directors about any changes to a childs health or well-being.
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Helping vulnerable children addressing their social problems with the objective of moving them off the streets into their families.
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Assisting in reintergrating children into their homes and communities.
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Following up on reintegrated children.
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Assisting with health support, community outreach, and burial support programs.
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Assisting in site visits.
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Taking part in community engagements.
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Taking photos and videos for social media updates.
UK Based Trustees
Roger, Jenny, Steph, and Errol
Roger Maughan
Roger, our head of trustees, has worked with a number of charities over forty years working in countries across Africa and South America as well as supporting Charities who are UK Based.
His professional background is in the Hospitality and Leisure Industry, Arts and Heritage and the Catholic Church.
He is currently the trustee of two UK charities, a school governor, chair of church PPC and finance committee member.
Rev. Jenny Robinson
Jenny is a Vicar in the Church of England.
She is based in North London, her work background is in education and boarding schools.
She became involved in supporting Footprints after a Mission Direct trip where the cause touched her heart, she knew that despite living in the UK, she needed to continue her work with Footprints, causing her to become a trustee.
Steph Devall
Steph’s passion for this area of missionary was first ignited 30 years ago after watching a BBC documentary on street children in Brazil, which she was never able to shake off. In 2011, she went on her first mission trip to Brazil with Mission Direct, resulting in her becoming a country manager for Brazil, leading teams of volunteers from the UK in community building projects. In 2017 Steph semi-retired, and decided to serve with MD in another country too. She discovered that they had a partner, Footprints, in Zambia working with street children. Steph was greatly impacted by the incredible ministry of the Footprints team, and has now been a trustee for us for 8 years.