The team
President of the French entity, Cyrus Farhangi is responsible for Paper for All’s orientations for expansion. He joined the Paper for All team in Ouagadougou in November 2007 in order to collect further information on local needs, in line with Paper for All’s objective to increase its impact five-fold within a year. Of Iranian origin, Cyrus grew up in Paris, and studied Industrial Engineering at Cornell University. He then got his Masters in Economic Development Studies at the University of Cambridge, which convinced him that development was, before anything, a grassroots process triggered by education. He was therefore very interested in joining Paper for All, which bypasses all bureaucracy and is in direct contact with the community it aims to support.
Treasurer of the French entity, Benjamine Cazes found out about Paper4All during the 2008 annual fundraising event, and has been an active member since. She participated in organizing and teaching summer courses at the 2011 Volunteering Program in Ouagadougou. As a Project Manager in a public transportation company, Benjamine brings her qualifications to the charity, especially in organizing the annual Volunteering Program: recruitment, logistics, communication, etc.
Secretary General of the French entity, is Ramin Farhangi.
Other volunteers:
Volunteer, France. Nadia Niama lives in France, is 26 with a background in Business Management, experiences as a lawyer in the mailing industry and passion for music trips and humanitarian topics.
Volunteer, France. Alicia Alejo has degree in psychology and middle eastern politics at San Francisco State University. She lives in Paris but was born and raised in California and teaches English and volunteered for a NGO called Afritak that helps fund a school in Mali. She is passionate about education and believe in its power of providing awareness, sustainability, and community building.
Volunteer, France. Dana Smiles is a recent graduate of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York, NY, where she earned a Master of Public Health degree. Dana specialized in Health Promotion/Disease Prevention with a focus in reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, adolescent health and education. Dana spent June 2010 in Burkina Faso researching the culturally relevant integration of traditional and biomedical practices for HIV treatment in the Department of Niankorodougou, where she became aware of the daunting challenges of the educational system.
Former President of the French entity, David Azoulay has been involved with Paper For All since January 2007, he helped create the French entity. David completed an Engineering Degree in Environment, achieved his specialization in Finland, and a Masters in Strategy and International Business in Em Lyon. David currently works for Euro group and heard of the P4A purpose through his good friend Cyrus. Having a local team constantly present in Ouagadougou and clear fund raising objectives for the teams in UK and France, in addition to the wonderful idea of helping children getting a better education, has been a major incentive to join the P4A project. David is currently gathering people and launching the activity in France in as many directions as possible.
President of the Burkina Faso entity, Alfred Kadsondo is the President of the Burkina Faso entity of Paper for All. Born 30 years ago in a small village near Ouagadougou, he lives today in the capital city, where he works in a pharmacy and manages his own bar/restaurant. He met Emmanuel during the 2005 humanitarian trip, after which they decided to found the organisation. Alfred handles the charity’s relationship with the supported schools, as well as the distribution of the school supplies.
First treasurer for the Burkina Faso entity. Souleymane Segda is a shop owner and helps with the accouting. +223 71 23 28 21
Second treasurer for the Burkina Faso entity. Mamadou Sawadogo is a professor and helps with checking accounts. +223 71 57 95 01
Volunteer. Francoise Kadsondo is an accountant in a big company belonging to the Superior Education and Scientific Reseatch Ministry. She is married to Alfred Kadsondo and is helping with accounting and operations at Cahier pour Tous (Paper for All Burkina Faso).
15-20 other volunteers comprise the team in Burkina Faso.
UK operations, Karina Drif has been involved with the Charity from its set up in 2006. Karina has already successfully exposed herself to a varied background of business and science; from being an accountant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers to developing her practical Marine Biology skills in the waters around Greenland during her PhD. Karina believes in holistic solutions for her vision of a better world, in which she sees the part in which Paper for All helps filling a gigantic gap in the educational needs in Burkina Faso.
International Volunteer. Perpetua Magunje joined the team in June 2010 and is involved in Paper for All’s fund raising and Awareness Marketing in Africa. She was born in Zimbabwe and currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa. She has a diploma in Hotel Management and works in a hotel and studies part-time. She was driven to join P4A by her passion for charity and love for children.
International Volunteer. Carolaine Pino lives and works in Burkina Faso. Her experience in marketing and communications, along with her desire to impact the community she now calls home, lead her to begin working with P4A in September 2010. Focusing on social media, fund raising and local initiatives, Carolaine is proud to be one of the many P4A team.
International Volunteer. Kate Steed is newly retired from a 30-year career of senior executive leadership success in private, public and non-profit sectors. Kate Steed helps with the organization of P4A development and communications. Based in Massachusetts, US, she holds an M.Ed. from Cambridge College and BA from the University of Massachusetts. She managed global operations, strategy, and marketing and technology in mission-critical and complex systems. She has managed winning campaigns in US elections, worked in the White House press office, built corporate reputations, managed IPO communications, raised millions for non-profits, and raised public awareness for important social needs. She has worked pro bono for non-profits throughout her career, and is helping with P4A’s research, marketing and communications.
International volunteer, Romain Thomas. A computer engineer from France, Romain shares a passion for Africa. Romain worked in Burkina Faso as the Chief of IT projects at the French cooperation Tax Authority in Burkina Faso. He worked several years as a software engineer for stef-tfe, the industrial European leader on cold supply chain, project. Romain was of the initial volunteers with Emmanuel Cassimatis and Alfred Kadsondo in 2006, which triggered the creation of the ngo. He is now heading the Africa operations.
Volunteer, Switzerland, Lydia Djarane lives in Switzerland. French but a citizen of the world, Lydia is 25 years old and possess a strong experience of ngos in communication, outreach, co-animator of writing workshops, literacy courses assistant, etc. She works in Switzerland for social network that specializes in outreach.
Volunteer, Belgium. Roshan Balakrishnan is working for the Institute for Environmental Security, an NGO based in The Hague and Brussels as programme assistant. Prior to this, she completed a Masters in International Relations. She also has worked as a journalist in Mumbai and is fluent in French. She has been involved with her family NGO in Mumbai, Desh Seva Samiti which has educational campaigns similar to that of Paper4All, slum development campaigns, medical campaigns. Coming from a country like India, issues like poverty and illiteracy are very close to her heart.
Voluneer, Ghana. Nderago Donkor Zacchaeus helps Paper for All in Ghana and was able to screen and assess several organizations there. Nderago completed a HIND Accountancy in 2008, established a computer shop for needy, orphans and disabled persons and started an integrated school in 2011.
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In addition, Paper for All would like to give its special thanks to the many people all over the world who kindly volunteer their time and energy to make this possible. In particular, Paper for All would like to thank June Brown and The Class Councils and School Forum in Hampshire, Alice Clement and the Notre Dame Education Society of Fremantle, Australia, Valérie Giguère in France, Patricia Karier in Luxembourg, Kirsten Jongberg in Belgium, Tracey Thuy Pham in Vietnam. Paper for All addresses its warmest thanks.
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Volunteers 2011:
In 2011, here were the volunteers who could go with Paper for All to teach during a month in Burkina Faso. We have indicated their school so that you can get in touch with them easily if you come from the same school. Pictures are available here. Please feel free to ask us at admin@paper4all.org for their email contacts:
- Alice Benoist (Espeme, France)
- Romain Berrou (Ieseg, France)
- Hélène Calas (HEC, France)
- Benjamine Cazes (Sorbonne Paris I, France, board member)
- Bérengère Daviaud (Sciences Politiques Paris, France)
- Diane Gehin (HEC, France)
- Antonin Guibourg (Faculte de Droit Lille 2, France)
- Hugo Leenhardt (Sciences Politiques Paris, France)
- Harriet Molyneaux (St Helen, St Catharine, UK)
- Raphael Ollivier Mrejen (Sciences Politiques Paris, France)
- Beatrix Renaud (Sciences Politiques Paris, France)
- Alice Schan (EDHEC, France)
- Mathieu Thodoroff (EDHEC, France)
