Organisational structure

The company name of the organisation is AfPiC International in the UK Ltd. We became a company limited by guarantee (no. 3320057) in 1997. The charity name is Action for Children in Conflict. We are registered with the Charity Commission England and Wales (No. 1060894).� � The Charity Trustees have overall authority for the Charity, determining its strategic direction and ensuring it complies with charity and company law.

In Kenya we are Action for Children in Conflict UK in Kenya, registered with the NGO Co-ordination Board. A local Board of Trustees oversees operations with the British Country Director leading all activities and reporting to the Board. Kenyan professionals manage the three programmes

In Uganda we are known as Action for Children in Conflict Uganda, registered as an International Organisation with the NGO council. The organisation is managed locally, with the Country Director taking responsibly for programme monitoring and development, leading a small team of local staff and reporting progress regularly to the UK office.

Action for Children in Conflict (AfCiC) Tanzania Chapter is registered as an international NGO operating locally in Tanzania. A Country Director overseas the day-to-day running and implementation of designed programme projects and ensuring effective monitoring and evaluation of all project activities. The Country Director is answerable to the local Board of Directors in Tanzania, who have overall responsibility for the organisation’s activities.

Trustees (UK)

Chris Le Fèvre - BA, Mphil

Chris is a Non-Executive Director of the Thames Valley Health Authority and an independent consultant. He is a member of the Audit Committee and chairs the Integrated Care Record System Collaboration Board – a group that is working to bring in a new, computerised, patient record and management system across the Thames Valley.

Chris’s consultancy activities are primarily focused on the energy; transport and health sectors and recent assignments include advising national gas companies on market liberalisation and comparing fuel poverty eradication schemes for the DTI. He has also worked with Community Action Networks (CAN) on a range of initiatives with the NHS Modernisation agency.

Before starting his own business Chris was an Executive Director in Transco for eight years. Prior to this Chris worked for British Gas, Shell International (in Holland and Malaysia) and British Rail.

Chris lives in Oxford and is married with two children who are currently both at university.

Pauline Low

Pauline is an experienced HR professional with a BSc in Maths who has covered all areas of HR both in line and functional roles. She has good business knowledge, having worked closely with line Directors in a major international company. Experienced in setting up new departments, she enjoys management of people but is also happy to work on projects alone. Having taken early retirement in 1999, she was interested in working as a volunteer in the voluntary sector. The areas in which AfCiC works was of interest, and she began to assist with various HR issues including organisational structure, job descriptions and HR policies. One year later she was asked to become a Trustee. She still helps AfCiC on a regular basis with its HR issues. She also works with other voluntary organisations, sometimes using her HR experience and sometimes as an “‘ordinary” volunteer – such as with the local Wildlife Trust. She has recently obtained a certificate allowing her to fell trees.

Martin P. Hodgkinson

With an MSc in Construction Project Management and being a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building (FCIOB), Martin has spent 30 years with Simons Construction Ltd, Lincoln. Initially a Contracts Manger, Martin was subsequently appointed Director, and latterly Deputy Chairman with particular responsibility for Quality Management and Joinery Management. With extensive business expansion and Charitable Company experience, he was drawn to AfCiC in 1995 because of the vision and caring, positive personality of Peter Tyrer, the Chief Executive, which enabled AfCiC to be formed with such laudable objectives. He has assisted with several Board Reviews and visited AfCiC’s project in Bosnia Herzegovina, together with assisting with the charity’s convoy to North Africa. He is currently studying for a PhD in ‘Success Factors for Charitable Community Projects’ at Lincoln University, using AfCiC as one of his case studies. He is also a potential Chairman of Property for Action (PAL), an Investment Company which is being set up to open shops for AfCiC to lease and expand its retail outlet.