The Kondwa Children’s Foundation is excited to welcome three energetic new Board Members.  All the new members have visited Zambia as part of the 2007 Volunteer Trip and have experience that will greatly benefit Kondwa’s mission. 

Laurie Holland

Laurie has done cross-cultural service and volunteer work in both Kenya and Zambia, Africa. She received her bachelor’s degree in Cross-Cultural Studies from Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minnesota and her master’s degree in Counselor Education from San Jose State University in San Jose, California.

She has also been honored by the San Jose Rotary Club with an Ambassadorial Scholarship to participate in a Group Study Exchange program in Argentina in March 2007 and a 6-month Cultural Ambassadorial Rotary Scholarship to live in Mexico and study Spanish.

Adam Hardin

Adam is a behavior specialist who works for the Hamilton County Board of Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities. His job involves working with children and adults with Mental Retardation who also have behavior problems. 

He went on the trip in summer of 2007 and helped to provide educational assessments to the children at Kondwa Day Center and area schools. In his free time, he serves in the Navy Reserves, coaches basketball, and watches way to much Law and Order. He lives in Southgate, Kentucky.
Phoebe Goodwin

Phoebe is a teacher and has been working with middle school children. She just started a new job at a high school in South Tucson where she is teaching chemistry and geometry and loving it. 

Phoebe attended the KCF Volunteer Trip 2007 and helped to lead a very beneficial teacher training workshop. She will be working with future trips and teacher trainings.

Phoebe lives in Tucson, AZ and is from the east coast.