Sam Yates

In 2005 I founded, established and began running an education based charity working to alleviate poverty for the rural poor in Tanzania. The charity is called Livlife, the website can be found at www.livlife.org. My role within this has been extensive, but has included the following: Programme co-ordination and management of 18 concurrently running education projects in Tanzania, including budgeting, financial management, monitoring & evaluation, allowing us to reach over 1,000 beneficiaries annually. Further parallel projects have included the building and development of three education centres in the Arusha region of Tanzania and adjacent kindergartens, outreach programmes for more remote regions, links to Employment projects, the building of a tailoring workshop and the development of related education programmes in tailoring / business and the development of a School-to-School Project which creates links between classrooms in the UK and Tanzania and includes regular overseas development trips. Secured funds of over £100,000 since April 2008 from a range of different sources: individual givers, supporter-led fundraising, building corporate relationships, fundraising events, volunteer student groups, campaigns, trusts & grants and through effective supporter stewardship. Marketing the charity through a variety of methods including social networking, videos, photography, press releases in local, regional and national magazines & newspapers and public speaking events