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Amend.org's programs focus on the neglected epidemic of
childhood injury in developing nations. Our focus is prevention:
stopping injuries before they happen. All of Amend's
work is evidence-driven, measurable and self-sustaining.
Amend is a New York City–based nonprofit. Please
see our Programs page for more information on what we do.
Amend is a charitable nonprofit under section 501(c)(3)
of United States IRS tax code. All contributions to Amend
are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
Jeffrey Witte
Jeffrey is Amend.org''s executive director. Prior
to founding Amend in late 2004, he worked as a political
organizer and in media production.
Isaac Kofi Yankson
Kofi is Amend.org's Ghana country director. He holds a
BSc
(Biology) and diploma in education from the Universiy of Cape Coast in Cape
Coast, Ghana, and holds a MPH from the Kwame Nkrumah
University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana.
Muhsin Barko
Muhsin is Amend.org's Ghana office manager. He has many
years’ experience as a researcher and public health
administrator.
Kingsley Amoako
Kingsley is Amend.org's Ghana program manager.
Michael Drexler
Michael Drexler is executive director of structured
finance at ABN-AMRO.
Leila Kazemi
Leila Kazemi is currently completing her Ph.D
in international relations, focusing on the effects of
foreign investments on developing countries. She has been
involved with a number of national and international organizations
devoted to promoting social progress.
Julie Kennedy
Julie Kennedy heads up program evaluation at Millennium
Promise, a global NGO dedicated to achieving the Millennium
Development Goal of halving extreme poverty by 2015.
Adam L. Kushner, MD, MPH
Adam L. Kushner is a board-certified general surgeon who
practices exclusively in developing countries.
Vivien Labaton
Vivien Labaton is a lawyer in New York City. She is currently
on a fellowship at the Center for Reproductive Rights.
Moby
Moby is a well-known musician, social activist, entrepreneur,
and artist.
Ben Wikler
Ben was press secretary for Sherrod Brown's U.S. Senate
campaign, producer of The Al Franken
Show on Air America
Radio, and a contributor to The Onion. He is currently
campaign director at Avaaz.org, a global advocacy organization.
Alexander Berberich
Alexander is a filmmaker who dedicates much of his time
to global issues.
Andrew Boose
Andrew is the founder of AAB Productions, a leading event
production firm with experience in New York, Paris, Los
Angeles, Venice, San Francisco, Cannes, Boston, Berlin,
Philadelphia, Milan, and elsewhere.
S. Khatun Huber
S. Khatun Huber is a writer, executive coach and member of the International
Coaching Federation. Certified as a rescue professional by Wilderness Medical
Associates, she specializes in wilderness search & rescue and urban mass
casualty disaster scenarios. She is also a member of the Red Cross Disaster Reserve
and has been a regular commentator and panelist on Sirius radio.
Uzodinma Iweala
Uzodinma has received a number of prizes for his writing, including
the Eager Prize, the Horman Prize, the Le Baron Briggs Prize, and the Hoopes
Prize. He is the author of the novel Beasts of No Nation.
Bianca D'Souza
Bianca is a public health professional with extensive
international experience in program design, implementation,
and evaluation. She currently lives in London and works
on the tuberculosis control team at the U.K. Health Protection
Agency.
Alex Guerrero, MD
Alex Guerrero is a physician based in New York City specializing
in developing world trauma surgery and injury epidemiology.
He has worked in Africa and Latin America.
Charles Mock, MD, Ph.D
A pioneer in the field of injury in developing nations,
Dr. Mock is active worldwide with injury-prevention initiatives
and is the head of trauma care at the World Health Organization.
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