About Us

Trustees

Meet the people serving Vinjeru School Trust.

Trust Board

Trustees

Trustees provide governance, fundraising leadership, and bursary support for the schools.

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Ross Power

Chairman

Ross is a committed Christian who attends Fullbridge Church and has lived in the Maldon district most of his life. He is employed as a Senior Technician in the Design Technology department at the Plume Academy in Maldon. He has worked with young people, particularly teenagers, in various formats over the last 44 years. He had been a leader at Fullbridge Church for many years but stepped down to be involved with this project that is reaching out to the young people of Kapiri Mposhi. He is married to Bertie and has two adult sons.

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Bertie Power

Vice Chair / Secretary

Bertie currently works in local government but spent 11 years as a teaching assistant at a primary school and worked alongside Ross in church youth work for many years. She is passionate that education should be available to all children, whatever their circumstances in life. Bertie also worships at Fullbridge Church where she and Ross help to lead worship and assist in the children’s work. Bertie & Ross have been married for 40 years and work well as a team.

Martin Hodder

Fundraising Coordinator / Acting Treasurer

Martin is married to Gillian and has two sons Adrian and Stuart. He is a computer programmer in Geographic information systems (GIS) and an active member of Longmeadow Evangelical church. He is very excited about being involved in this project and hopes that many children will be helped through it.

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Gillian Hodder

Fundraising Coordinator

Gillian is Martin’s wife. She works part-time giving pastoral care to the women and elderly of Longmeadow Evangelical Church. She is enthusiastic about Vinjeru Trust School and loves the fact that a relatively small amount of work done here can make such a big difference to the children in Zambia.