Team
Lola explains: “I’ve always believed that I simply got lucky with the situation that I was born in. I could have been born at the mercy of any number of challenges- physical, geographical or environmental… and just because I wasn’t, doesn’t give me the right to overlook and ignore the plight of those who were. I believe we all have the duty to somehow get involved and make the world a better place and not sit back and expect the world to change on its own. Or for world leaders, wealthy conglomerates or successful businesses to continuously step in. We all share this planet and we are all responsible for it.”
Lola firmly believes that if everyone in the entire world did one small thing to help another, anything at all, and did so wholeheartedly and sincerely, the world would be a very different place.
Lola also the Founder and CEO of Aid in Motion, runs all projects with the help of a small group of loyal volunteers, and credits all the successful projects to “team effort executed with inspiring and unwavering spirit”.
Roshni manages the Karama Kanteen, and Water for the Weak, which aims to support low income individuals in the inner city areas with food products. The Karama Kanteen works with local surgeries to identify vulnerable persons who are in need of extra provisions and Roshni manages the relations with both the Doctors and Donors and ensures that all the donations are accounted for. Roshni has been on board since August 2008 and really has done a wonderful job, and genuinely cares for these men. She is a reliable and wonderful member of the VID team.
To find out more about how to get involved in this project, take a look at our Karama Kanteen page!
Neha has done a wonderful job of putting The Pink Ribbon Book Club together. In a very short space of time, the volunteer network collected over 10,000 donated books and under Neha’s guidance, sorted them ready for the official launch in October 2010, Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Neha coordinates both the volunteers in the field who collect books for the project and the volunteers on the day, as well as keeping record of how many books the project sells and how much money it raises for this great cause.
To find out more about how to get involved in this project, take a look at our Pink Ribbon Book Club page!!
Lovely Maddie has come on board and taken over from the fabulous Cathy Nelson-Williams to whom we are forever grateful to and miss terribly, to help organize Funday Sunday, a scheduled calendar of events for children with special needs. She manages the calendar, the attending children and the relationships with the venues who come on board to welcome the children free of charge.
To find out more about how to get involved in this project, take a look at our Funday Sunday page!!
Rose could not have come back from holiday at a better time this year, and not only saved the day by stepping in at the last minute as Project Manager for the last few weeks of our 2010 Ramadan Campaign, but she has come on board permanently to help manage our Blood Donor Project which is launching on October 2nd, 2010 and we couldnt be more delighted (and relieved) to have someone like Rose as both part of our team and managing such an important project!
To find out more about how to get involved in this project, take a look at our Blood Donor page!!
Shirley Lawson is the member of our team that you contact if you need a certificate which verifies your efforts with volunteer projects and events, executed through Volunteer in Dubai. Should it be for your school, or your employer Shirley can help you with whatever you need confirmed, so long of course as you indeed volunteered ;-)
When you contact Shirley please mention the date and event you attended, and if there is more than one, please list them all. Shirley will then confirm with our system and request feedback from the Team Leader on duty at that event. Once all the boxes are ticked, she will email you back your certificate!
To apply for a certificate, please email Shirley on: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Sofia manages the Aid in Motion Project which aims to deliver new and second hand goods that have been donated either by the public or by organisations, directly to the Labourers living in the Sonapour Labour Camp.
Sofia oversees the whole project making sure the project runs smoothly all the way through from the collection of the donated items all the way to the distribution of the goods to the labourers. She also organises hot food donations in the labour camp, keeps a record of what and how much has been donated and tries to raise awareness of this cause by liasing with external organisations such as hotels, schools and private companies. She has always believed “No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.”
