The Right Team
We pool our resources with a small but diverse network of individuals who help us build the right team for each and every project.
Our Partners
Our partners share our commitment to helping others score their own development goals. We usually propose a multi-disciplinary approach, and pool resources with a small but diverse network of individuals who help us build the right team for each and every project.
Martin is a freelance filmmaker and screenplay writer. He has worked as a director of photography, cameraman and sound engineer on numerous film productions, both locally and internationally. He is author and director of several successful films and has run film training workshops since 1986 in the Pacific, Europe and Brazil. Martin was Executive Director of the Environmental Law Centre, a Papua New Guinean Non Government Organisation, from 2001 to 2004. During that time, working to support rural communities affected by industrial exploitation, he started to create and design what he calls "Forum Process Filmmaking" - a method of filmmaking suited to remote communities in Papua New Guinea that supports rural livelihoods by utilising "cinematic democracy" within a participatory and public responsibility forum. He has successfully applied some elements of this genre in his new film "Crater Mountain Story".
Henry has qualifications in Business Administration, Business Development, Business Training and Business Accounting. He has an extensive track-record developing the micro-small enterprise sector from local up to national levels. Henry is currently assisting the PNG Small Business Development Corporation to develop the entrepreneurial capacity of school children through the Know About Business Programme with financial support from AusAID. He's also helping the Kokopo District Government manage a successful and independent Micro Finance Scheme for previously "unbankable" entrepreneurs.
Shona is a Graphic Designer with a Bachelor of Visual Art. She is based in Cairns and works with clients from small business owners to corporate organisations.
Braden is a Forester with post graduate qualifications in Business Management. He builds physical and financial models of forestry businesses for a wide range of uses. These models form the basis of a business planning process and provide very useful tools for outside parties considering an investment in forestry projects, as well as to guide internal parties of their place within a project. Due to the growing interest in climate change, Braden has integrated carbon related issues into many models. He has also developed specific business models of trees grown specifically as carbon sinks. Braden is keen to combine his expertise with local know-how.
Kulala holds a BSc degree in Forestry, MSc degree in Forest Industries Technology and PhD in Social Forestry. Kulala has held senior positions in the government and non-government sectors, as well as bilateral research and development projects. He is currently a senior lecturer at the PNG University of Technology, where he led the establishment of a Forestry Training Facility that delivers an up to date curriculum spanning the social, environmental and production aspects of forestry. Kulala's current research interest includes understanding farmer land-use decision-making processes, as well as translating, developing and communicating research findings and concepts in a way that can be internalized and adopted by the landowners.
Neville is a Forester with a M.Ph. in Plant Taxonomy, and a background in applied forest research and management. He has substantial PNG experience, focusing on the conservation, development and utilisation of forest genetic resources. He specialises in high-value plantations, plant propagation, small-holder agroforestry systems, regeneration of disturbed sites, tree improvement programmes, training and extension. He led the establishment of the PNG National Tree Seed Centre, and has written over one hundred publications including training manuals for balsa growers and tree breeders.