Meet the Team
Georgina Kwakye
Founder & Managing director
Georgina Kwakye founded Pimp My Village in 2012. Before Pimp My Village Georgina founded an NGO called Ghanasi to support the projects of her father. She saw the potential of Diaspora putting up projects in their country of origin and wanted to support more Diaspora. More information: www.georginakwakye.com
Callista Fazzi
Secretary
Callista Fazzi previously worked in Communications and Sales and has been a wedding officiant since a few years.
Callista has been supporting Pimp My Village for years by contributing with her expertise, commitment and network.
Jan Willem te Gussinklo Ohmann
Treasurer
Jan Willem worked in the communications field for years and eventually started his own business. He founded GUSSCOM and helps organizations with telling their story, internal communication and corporate communication. He supports Pimp My Village as treasurer, but also with the Storytelling of the Diaspora organizations.
Annual Reports
2020:
Our Vision- Empower with local people
Local Changemakers empowers Migrants and Diaspora* who were born in developing countries, but now live and work in Europe and
put up projects or businesses in their Country of Origin.​
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These Diaspora and Migrants are aware of what is going on in their country of origin, still have regular contact with family and friends and are motivated to use their knowledge and expertise effectively in the projects or business. Another additional benefit is that migrants know the language and culture and usually have a local network.
The results of their initiatives are therefore often effective and sustainable. ​
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Local Changemakers believes in this empowering form of Development Cooperation and business development and therefore offers migrants, diaspora, local NGO´s and businesses a platform to work together and share knowledge.
​We make their work visible by sharing their stories and offer trainings, coaching and Masterclasses to improve workmethods.
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* Diaspora is a large group of people spread over the world. For instance the African Diaspora that live in Europe. A Migrant is a person who moved to another country for diverse reasons.
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