Chairman & Trustee - Richard Jones - B.Sc.Agriculture - Reading University

Farmer involved in cattle dairying in UK since 1972, goat dairying and yoghurt manufacture in UK and Uganda since 1988, and ice-cream production from 2001. Involved in development of Dolen Ffermio cattle AI scheme from 1995 and goat improvement programmes, and supply of milk cooling and processing equipment to Uganda and Kenya. Organised conference on grass-based dairy systems and their relevance to low cost dairy production in Uganda 2001. Supplied New Zealand dairy cattle semen.

Vice Chairman & Trustee - Lorna Brown B.V.Sc.,M.Sc.,MRCVS - Liverpool University

Veterinary practitioner in UK for 20 years, and instructor for Agricultural Training Board. University lecturer, research in equatorial countries for 13 years, including trypanosomiasis, animal disease survey and control measures. Involved in development of Dolen Ffermio cattle AI and goat improvement schemes since 1991. Specialises in farm animal breeding technologies, including ultrasound

Vice Chairman & Trustee - Emyr Owen - B.Sc., Ph.D. Agriculture – University of Wales, Bangor. Professor Emeritus, University of Reading, UK.

Emyr has spent over 30 years at Reading lecturing in animal production and supervising postgraduates from developing countries. Participated in livestock-research projects in East Africa and Asia, funded by the Livestock Production Programme (LPP) of the UK Department for International Development (DFID). Recent publication, commissioned by DFID-LPP: Owen, E., Kitalyi, A., Jayasuriya, N. and Smith, T. (ed.) 2005. Livestock and wealth creation: improving the husbandry of animals kept by resource-poor people in developing countries, Nottingham University Press, Nottingham, UK, 601 pp. ISBN 1-904761-32-1.

Secretary & Trustee - Val Talbot

Val is a retired English teacher in the secondary and FE sectors.  She acted as a volunteer for Oxfam for many years on their speakers’ panel and as a member of a campaign group.  For the past 9 years she has concentrated on Fairtrade and in 2006 was part of the group which successfully campaigned to have Oswestry designated as a Fairtrade Town.  She joined Dolen Ffermio in 2006 and has been working on administration and fund-raising

Treasurer & Trustee - Chas Nicholson

Chas worked in the Ministry of Overseas Development and also taught in Zambia from 1970 - 1976. He was a Founder Member of Honeysuckle Wholefood Cooperative 1978 - 2007

Trustee - Tim Smith

Tim first went to Africa as a volunteer in the sixties, helping establish a village in Tanzania. He then worked at the Dairy Research Institute at Reading before joining the research service in Zimbabwe, where he concentrated on ruminant nutrition, particularly aspects affecting resource-poor smallholder crop/ livestock farmers.  He was also head of  the Matopos Research Station.  Since 1996 he has been involved with related projects in several African and Asian countries, including Uganda.

Rowena Morris - Volunteer Administrator and Fundraiser

Dr Gideon Nadiope - B.Vet.Med.

Over 15 years experience in participatory rural community and local government livestock development projects in Uganda. Set up and supervised Dolen Ffermio cattle AI programme and supervises the present goat improvement projects in Busoga and Kumi. Also studying for M.Sc. in livestock development, planning and management at Makerere University

Miriam Maraka - B.A.( Community Leadership and Development), Diploma in Social Development, Certificate in Teacher Education.

Over 20 years in teaching, teacher training and counselling, primary school and adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues, including HIV/AIDS. Miriam , with her husband Emmanuel, was a co-founder of CREATE
(Centre for Recreation Education,and Appropriate Training for
Everyone), Kumi in 1998, focussing on orphaned and vulnerable children. Miriam is chief organiser and supervisor of the orphan project.

To see details of CREATE's Mission and Plans please Click Here

Moses Ekoi - Livestock Specialist, Ngora, Kumi district