The Team
We ensure all people can lead safe and healthy lives, enjoying full access to information, education and the opportunity for creative expression.
Our Founder
Caroline Baron
“I had an idea; I would rally the entertainment industry to bring films to the camps. We would hold outdoor screenings, feed the imagination and the soul while providing life saving messages on the big screen to people with little access to crucial information.”
Board of Directors
JULIUS MWATU, FCPA
Chairman
FCPA Julius Mwatu is the Managing Partner at CPJ & Associates and has extensive experience in the accountancy profession spanning over 20 years specializing in audit, tax, integrated reporting, and governance. He is the immediate past Chairman of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) and a fellow of the Institute. Julius holds an MBA in Finance and a BSc. in Statistics. He is a Certified Public Accountant of Kenya - CPA (K), a Certified Secretary – CS, a Financial Analyst – FA, and a Certified Integrated Reporting (IR) Practitioner. FCPA Mwatu serves in various boards in both public and private sectors and has previously served in various local and international boards.
AMELIA HANIBELSZ
Secretary
Amelia is an Award-Winning Executive Producer, Primetime Emmy-Nominated Supervising Producer, Genesis Award-Winning Producer-Director, and most recently, Executive Director of Development at ABC News Studios/ Disney, where she focused on developing premium documentary specials and series for Hulu.
DR. MARANGU NJOGU
Treasurer
Marangu Njogu is the Chief Executive Officer of Windle International based in Oxford, providing strategic leadership and bringing together the international and regional strategies for Windle. He has three honorary doctorate degrees from the Guelph University, University of British Columbia, and York University. He is an internationally-recognized leader in the development of refugee education whose work over almost three decades has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of African refugees. He played a key role in the establishment of BHER in Dadaab.
DR. WILLY MUTUNGA
Member
Willy Mutunga is the former chief justice and president of the supreme court of Kenya. A reform activist, Mutunga recently served as the commonwealth secretary-general’s special envoy to the Maldives. Mutunga helped launch the Kenya Human Rights Commission and later served as its executive director. Currently, he serves as a distinguished scholar-in-residence at the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School. Mutunga received an LLB from the University of Nairobi and an LLM from the University of Dares Salaam.
MARK SOMEN
Member
Mark Somen is a hospitality professional with over 25 years of experience in 3 different continents. His career in the Hospitality Industry began in his native country, Kenya, at the age of sixteen. Somen sits on various boards of charities. He is the Chair of FilmAid Kenya. He sits on the board of Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust – an organization in Kenya’s Chyulu Hills, focusing on conservation, health, and education. And finally, he is an advisor to A Plastic Planet, with the mission of turning the plastic tap off.
Caroline Baron
Founder
Management Team
Nairobi Team
STELLA SUGE
Executive Director
JOSEPH MASIKA
Deputy Director Operations
JOSEPH N. NGUGI
Programs Manager
BEATRICE KOROIT
Admin and Human Resource Manager
Kakuma Office
ANTONY MURATHI
Area Manager, Kakuma
Dadaab Office
JOSEPH MASIKA
Area Manager, Dadaab
SAMUEL MURIMI
Senior Programs Officer