LAMB Foundation

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Faces of LAMB Foundation: Lotoya Annon-Simpson (Jamaica)

Lotoya Annon-Simpson (Jamaica)

LAMB FOUNDATION AFFILIATION: Lotoya is a LAMB Foundation Board Member. She sits as the Secretary of Friends of LAMB Foundation (our NGO in Jamaica) as well as head of our Community Center Committee. Her main focus will be ensuring the NGO in Jamaican remains up to date with rules and regulations, as well as continue to work of the Clinic Project in Moores, Clarendon. She is a past resident of White Marl (a near by community to Moores) and a past student of Moores Primary School. Her connection to the community and those surrounding made it a key interest to assist as best she can to help.

She learned about LAMB Foundation about two years ago and wanted to join. Through an advertisement on Facebook asking persons to sign up, she signed up to help.

“Growing up around of Moores for over 25 years, I always want to see my community equipped with all the major and necessary facilities that would aid residents in being free from diseases and illness or have the services at hand. My goals and desires for the foundation is to see all our dreams come through for our little community, our founder Lecia A M Brown, a great inspirer, a leader and a go getter, I want to thank for the opportunity in believing in all of us that we are committed in making LAMB Foundation a success.”

OTHER WORK/AFFILIATIONS: Lotoya is presently the Parish Records Clerk in the Public Health Department at the Clarendon Health Department Services.

September 21, 2016
Faces of LAMB Foundation: Lavinia R. Ogolla (Kenya)

Lavinia R. Ogolla (Kenya)

LAMB FOUNDATION AFFILIATION: Lavinia is a LAMB Foundation Board Member. She sits as the head of Marketing and Social Media Committee and is majorly in charge of research and General LAMB Foundation information and calendar activities. She is a Kenyan Native, a philanthropist wanting to change her home and social entrepreneur currently and in the past involved in key social activism. She became involved with LAMB Foundation in 2013 when she met the founder Lecia Brown in Kenya, and helped with the LAMB volleyball camp held in her country.

OTHER WORK/AFFILIATIONS: She has in the past worked as a Communications liaison for Justice Advocacy Africa; a non-profit organization aimed at promoting pro bono work and improving judicial trial skills among African lawyers. (JAA) s mission is to promote the rule of law in Africa by providing education and training in ethical and professional advocacy to African lawyers. Currently she is also working with young women from various counties in Kenya for the purpose of empowering the youth, promoting and acceptance of youth in entrepreneurial circles and bringing together young women to share ideas and interact through the initiative; Daughters of the Nile. DoN works in solidarity with the youth connecting their voices, sharing ideas, spreading inspiration to eradicate poverty and ensure social justice prevails.

She dedicates 60 days out of the year for pro-bono/voluntary work with various activists and institutions of interest. Her interests include; advocacy and awareness campaigns, Public interest litigation. She is also passionate about Art and Media as expedient tools for activism.

‘I was a Trainee Radio presenter (98.1 Equator FM) run by my university, Developing content and hosting a social educative program that was meant to create positive impacts on the lives of students and the neighboring communities. It is then that I realized how crucial media is in the process of change through creating awareness so I very much encourage the positive use of it’.

Professional skills: Proposal and report writing; logistics, planning and organization; development project administration and communication management; implementing monitoring and evaluation; international relations and diplomacy; internal policy formulation; grant and budget management; philanthropy.

Her mission is to encourage awareness amongst Kenyan youth for them to lead through education and have the potential and right information to meaningfully change and solve core societal problems.

July 21, 2016
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June 13, 2016
Faces of LAMB Foundation: Brian James (USA)

Brian James (USA)

LAMB FOUNDATION AFFILIATION: Brian James is a member of the Camps Committee. In November, 2015 he was able to host a scholarship game in Clarendon, Jamaica with LAMB Foundation and a host of local supporters (see link to John Green Memorial Scholarship Match Recap). At an event initially planned for 26 registered participants, over 50 high school student athletes were in appearance which highlighted the need that exist for opportunities to play and study abroad. We are actively in phase II of that initiative in supporting those identified for potential scholarships with the application process. We are also putting together the initial launch of the 2016 John Green Memorial Scholarship Match.

OTHER WORK/AFFILIATIONS: Since completing my collegiate studies in 2004 with an MBA from Wright State University in Dayton OH I have been passionately working to do my part to give back to youth development primarily in Jamaica. As a former scholar athlete I received a lot of support sometimes from strangers who invested time and financial resources to aid my goal of earning a degree through athletics. I will always owe and debt of gratitude to those people.

I made a commitment to do the same when I am in a position to uplift other young men through sports and education in ways that will impact not only their lives but the lives of their families and communities. Through my years playing Division I soccer, first at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA and finishing up at Wright State University I developed a network of coaching contacts at all levels from Division I, II and Junior College. That network has grown over the years.

I have also maintained a strong network of local coaches and reliable contacts in Jamaica and here in the U.S. who help identify candidates that may be eligible for athletic scholarships. The support provided to these candidates include not only referrals to coaches but administrative and educational support in maneuvering what can be a confusing athletic scholarship application and eligibility process especially for foreign students. That process will include applying for, studying and taking the SAT and or the ACT examination, registering and completing the NCAA Eligibility Center certification, ensuring the appropriate national examination subjects are taken and passed at the right grade levels and securing transcripts reflecting the appropriate educational system conversion. In recent years some of the candidates to earn scholarships with the support of the Foundation in some capacity include Richardo Israel (recent graduate of the University of Cincinnati read more), Jordan Thorpe (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee), Derron Duncan (Lewis & Clarke Community College), Andrew Brown (Cincinnati State), Tevin Brown (Cuyahoga Community College), KeVaughn Blake (Cuyahoga Community College), Xahne Reid (University of Kentucky), Donovan Morgan (Point Park University / Alderson Broaddus University) to name a few.

May 21, 2016