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OUR TEAM

​Green Kordofan is run with minimal administrative overheads, ensuring that the maximum amount of funding and donations go directly to support our work with young people in Yida refugee camp, South Sudan
Our Director
Raga Gibreel, founder and director of Green Kordofan, is a graduate of Sudan University for Science and Technology and the University of Reading.  Her work as a reporter for the Citizen newspaper in South Sudan helped inform her knowledge of the plight of the region’s people and her passion to make a difference. She now works tirelessly to further Green Kordofan’s aims and achievements.

Patron
Olivia Warham MBE
Olivia Warham is a former director of Waging Peace and currently chair of Article1, a charity that supports refugees from Sudan to build a meaningful life in the UK through crisis support, information and community groups. She has written many articles about Sudan in the national Press.

Our Trustees
Pete Keenan
Pete Keenan is a caseworker supporting refugees in the UK with legal advocacy, counselling and human rights issues. He collaborates with multiple Refugee NGOs and is an advocate and Parliamentary lobbyist on refugee policy with Detention Forum, which challenges the UK’s use of detention.

Nagwa Shagga

Nagwa is a mother, a dedicated human rights activist and the chairwoman of the Nuba Mountains Solidarity Abroad.  Her involvement with Green Kordofan has helped us to reach members of the diaspora community and develop our contacts in Sudan. She became a trustee in 2015

Omema Dain
As an activist, Ms Dain has helped to build a skill-sharing community for women's rights and support for Sudanese womens’ groups in the diaspora. For this, she has used her skills in sociology and law, especially during the toughest periods for Sudan.

Tom Law
Tom is a Media Development Consultant and Journalism trainer. He was formerly Deputy Director of the Ethical Journalism Network, where he led global campaigns to combat hate speech, improve migration reporting and build trust in news media. A trustee for Green Kordofan since 2015

Sonja Miley
Sonja is Co-Executive Director of the NGO, Waging Peace and its sister charity, Article 1.
She holds a Bachelor degree in Psychology and is a certified BHSP (Brennan Healing Science Practitioner). In addition, she is a qualified Family Constellation Facilitator. With extensive training focused in psychological sciences and facilitation of groups.  Sonja also has 25 years’ experience working in multicultural environments and delivering a holistic approach to engagement and has led and supported marginalised groups internationally.
 
 
See more about our work and our supporters
  1. https://damiancollins.com/greenkordofan/
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZwah4FG13U
  3. https://www.thelooker.co.uk/our-man-in-westminster-damian-collins-mp-5/
  4. https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/related-documents/conference_on_the_conflict_in_the_nuba_mountains.pdf
  5. https://www.sudaneseprogramme.org/events-archive-2013-2017
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