Board of Trustees : . VITAL for Children

Board of Trustees

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The Trustees oversee and monitor the administration, growth, and projects of VITAL.

They also investigate new projects and are responsible for support, development, and new relationships of the organisation. None of the Trustees are compensated for, nor benefit financially from their involvement in VITAL or any of its projects. The Trustees choose VITAL′s projects based on merit, cause and need while monitorng them regularly for progress and satisfactory completion. They ensure that all of the money raised goes into the undertaken projects. To this end VITAL works with credible, well-known non-profit organisations that have a proven track record and support the causes that align with the objectives of VITAL. Such organisations include: Child Rights and You (CRY), Child In Need Institute (CINI Asha) and the Hope Kolkata Foundation.

	Yvonne Neuman Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, Yvonne received her BPharm from The Victoria College of Pharmacy, Victoria, Australia. Many years later Yvonne received her ITEC Diploma in Anatomy, Physiology & Body Massage; ITEC Certificate in Sports Massage; RSA/Cambridge Certificate in CELTA (Certificate in English Langge Teaching to Adults) / TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language). Having spent the last two decades devoted to her husband and her two sons, Yvonne has now focused her efforts towards helping children worldwide and the development of VITAL. Yvonne's interest in sports has led her to raise $8000 in the World Swim Against Malaria, and at the London triathlon raising thousands of dollars for children suffering from poverty around the world. Read Yvonne's blog here.
	Christel Cornilsen Born in Nambour, Australia, Christel was educated at the Newtown High School of the Performing Arts in Sydney and completied a BA Communications: Writing and Cultural Studies from the University of Technology Sydney. Christel was elected to attend the United Nation’s Global Young Leaders Conference of 2005 in which she helped devise and propose developmental policies concerning women and children of developing countries as part of the Human Rights Commission of the United Nation’s Global Summit for Youth. Christel has participated in campaigns and fundraised for non-profit organisations such as Amnesty International, Medecins Sans Frontiers, Green Peace and the World Society for the Protection of Animals.
	Mithra Neuman Born in New York City, USA, Mithra was educated in New Jersey and received his BA in Business Administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University and an MBA in Economics, from Georgetown University, Washington, USA. Having lived and studied with yoga master Swami Satchidanada, he began teaching yoga in New York City and then went into the natural food business. He moved to England with his wife and son to study with John Makepeace at Parnham House School for Master Craftsmen in Woodworking. Upon finishing this 2 year intensive program, he began historical building restoration work and founded Westrock Limited based in the UK. More recently over the last three years, with his reduced involvement in Westrock, Mithra has dedicated his time to black and white photography.
	Gloria Proops Educated in London at the Lycee Francais de Londres & always involved in voluntary work since a teenager, Gloria joined the Soroptimist International & became heavily involved with Human Rights and the Status of Women, representing S.I. at International Conventions as well as Press Officer for the Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. Trained by Sir Ian Blair (before his appointment to Scotland Yard) for the Victim Support Scheme. Previous memberships include being a Prison Visitor at the female Holloway Prison; Conscience, an organization to help free people from Political Oppression, in particular, the Refuseniks, beforeco-fpunding the Agunot Campaign in 1995 to help release Jewish women from their marriage, after receiving their Civil Divorce.
	Aravinda Neuman Born in New York City, USA, Aravinda was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, UK and received his BSc with a concentration in Real Estate & Finance from the School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University, New York, USA. After working for Falcon Funding and the Falcone Group, a real estate private equity firm and integrated real estate company in Boca Raton Florida, Aravinda recently joined Westrock Limited, a real estate company based in the UK. Aravinda has directed and fundraised a number of events, including WEF (Winchester Entertainment Festival) in aid of Childline
	Arjuna Neuman Born in Yeovil, England, Arjuna was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, UK and received his BA in English with an emphasis on creative writing from the University of California Davis, USA. Arjuna completed a year at University of the Arts London, Central St. Martins College and presently studying at the California Institute of the Arts-Valencia for his Masters degree in Fine Art. Arjuna previously worked as a fundraiser for ActionAid and directed a fundraising event for ChildLine. Arjuna occasionally works freelance by taking photographs. Arjuna has held several solo and group exhibitions as well as having his own poems published. See some of his photos and poems
	Michelle Fraedrick Michelle attended the University of Oregon where she received an extensive background in both business management and financial accounting. In 2007 she relocated to Florida to pursue a degree in marketing at Florida Atlantic University.

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