Judith Eaton Chief Operating Officer Expand Judith joined Sand Dams Worldwide in 2013 as Head of Finance and has managed all finance, governance and support activities of the charity. Five years on Judith is now our Chief Operating Officer providing leadership to the team and supporting all aspects of Sand Dams Worldwide’s work. Judith has over 25 years experience working in the private sector having worked in public relations, media, hospitality, facilities management and healthcare. Prior to her appointment at Sand Dams Worldwide, Judith worked as Finance and Commercial Services Manager at Geneva Health, a heathcare recruitment specialist. Previous to this, Judith was Financial Controller for Baxter & Platts, a subsidiary of Compass Group. Alongside leading on all finance and operations at Sand Dams Worldwide, Judith also provides in-country financial and governance support for our overseas partners. She has also led a sand dam expedition and spent time much time with the communities; who she says are “the most rewarding and important part of the job”.Contact: [email protected]
Christine Whinney Head of Programmes Expand Christine has 10 years of international development field experience, and a Masters degree in Rural Development. She has managed a variety of programmes in the education, water and sanitation sectors across Africa and India. Christine joined Sand Dams Worldwide in February 2013, as Programmes Manager working primarily with ASDF. In April 2015, Christine’s role expanded to manage all of Sand Dams Worldwide’s programmes when she was promoted to Head of Programmes. Her role also includes developing new programmes, and collaborating with partners to build up Sand Dams Worldwide’s evidence work. Contact: [email protected]
Callum Sheehan Programmes Manager Expand After graduating from the University of Edinburgh in 2016, Callum spent three months working in a rural community in Nepal on a joint WASH and livelihoods programme. He then moved to southeast Madagascar, working for SEED Madagascar as a Project Development Officer, helping to fundraise for, and manage, a variety of conservation, health and livelihoods projects. Callum joined Sand Dams Worldwide in December 2017. His role focuses on maintaining the relationships with Sand Dams Worldwide’s partners, and overseeing project activities across the programmes in southeast Kenya and southern Africa. Contact: [email protected]
Rachel Palmer Trusts and Foundations Manager Expand Rachel joined Sand Dams Worldwide in 2017 as Trusts and Foundations Fundraising Manager, taking a lead on our applications to charitable trusts and foundations (after first working in a temporary role the previous summer as a prospects researcher). She has almost a decade of experience working in the UK third sector as a grant-writer and researcher. Prior to joining Sand Dams Worldwide, Rachel was Research Grants Officer for a refugee charity and an international affairs think tank. She also worked in a variety of roles including fieldworker and interviewer with asylum seekers and former immigration detainees, a research analyst for an anti-human trafficking organisation and researcher and evaluator at the British Red Cross. Contact: [email protected]
Sarah Joseph Programmes and Fundraising Officer Expand Sarah has worked in the charity sector for over eight years in a variety of different roles in fundraising and across a range of different causes, including a HIV and sexual health charity, a disability-led arts organisation, and a learning disability charity. After initially working with Sand Dams Worldwide in a temporary role, Sarah joined the team in January 2020. As Programmes and Fundraising Officer she supports with the management of Sand Dam Worldwide’s programmes, as well as with fundraising and reporting to our donors. Contact: [email protected]
Dwain Lucktung Communications Manager Expand Dwain previously worked as freelance journalist and Digital Content Editor for Ctrl.Alt.Shift (Christian Aid's youth political and social issue magazine), writing reports from countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mali, before joining Livity (youth engagement agency) as a Senior Content and Community Manager and youth mentor. His passion for international development brought him back to the third sector and he subsequently joined Sand Dams Worldwide in 2016. Since then he has been leading on their communications strategy, as well as curating and creating both online and offline content for Sand Dams Worldwide. Contact: [email protected]
Uilliam Barrow-Retallack Fundraising and Admin Assistant Expand A graduate of the University of Bath, Uilliam joined Sand Dams Worldwide as Fundraising and Admin Assistant in November 2018. He has experience working with small charities to provide support in areas such as administration, communications and fundraising. Spending 6 months as an intern with UNHCR in Geneva encouraged his aspirations toward a career engaged with global issues. He now provides support to the Sand Dams Worldwide team on a range of administrative and financial matters. Contact: [email protected]