Thare Machi Education

Associates

We have invited over 30 people to become Associates and although they are mostly from the UK at the moment this will develop into a global network as the project progresses.

Associates are mostly self-funded which means that the overall central administration of the charity is much smaller than it would otherwise be.

People can apply to become an Associate only after they have actually done something useful for us!

The UK Associate team includes: Mechanics, Solicitors, Students, Project Managers, Musicians, Housewives, House Husbands, Drivers, Managers, Teachers, Electronic Technicians and Doctors to name just a few. The list below will grow month by month as new Associates are adopted into the project.

Some Shining Examples:

REYNOLD PETERSON, Ren is a retired builder from Bognor Regis who has been part of the team since being part of the launch party in India in 2002. Since then he has accompanied both Steve and Bev on trips to South Africa - most recently in December 2007 to launch the multi-language HIV disc there.

JYOTSNA CHANDRANI works for UBS in London having met us during her studies at Warwick University. Jyotsna‘s family are originally from India and have a tea plantation in Assam. The whole family has been involved in obtaining translations into the Bengali and Assamese languages and Jyotsna has represented us at meetings in London. In addition the Chandranis have driving the idea of creating an Indian branch of tme in order to raise money tax effectively in India.

CAROLINE PACK works at Warwick University in the International Students Office and funded herself to go to South Africa in 2007 to visit tme projects and obtain new recordings. Caroline often puts us in touch with potential new Associates and partner groups through her contacts at the University and she also ran the Great North Run in 2007 donating half the sponsorship money to tme.

Other Associates so far include:

Andrew Bain

Hannen Beith

Richard Berry

Joy Briffa

Nigel Briggs

Kay Bugg

Jeff Burgess

Jyotsna Chandrani

Sarah Colley

Ruth Coyette

Barbara Crowther

Clive Dove-Dixon

Rachel Duncan Brown

Gareth Eastgate

Paul Groves

John and Stephanie Hacker

Mark Harrington

Jonathan Hattersley

Andrea Hill

William King

Ted Lankester

Carl Lewis

Ann Loscombe

Alaina MacGregor

Richard Mallinson

Elizabeth Nyaruai

Caroline Pack

Reynold Peterson

Betty Pettle

Geeta Sarcar

Richard Suffern

Miranda Train

Christine Wheatley

David Whitby

Andrew Williams

Richard Wood

We are always looking for more people to help especially if they are able to write new scripts in English, find people to translate them into other languages or work with others to record the foreign language soundtracks.

CLICK HERE to read more about the ideas behind the Global Associates Programme.

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