OUR PEOPLE
Dennis Marcus - President
I am a fourth-year History and German student. I have been lucky and honoured to do a lot of things in my life; from having my hand in an elephant’s mouth to living in a South African township; from working in restaurants and bars to meeting Heads of State.
Mark Warren - Fundraising
As someone who has a parent from Ghana, Africa and the problems it faces has always been known to me. Having visited Ghana myself and seen the poverty some people live in, despite it being one of the most stable and prosperous African countries, really showed me how Africa could do with some help, no matter the size.
Chris Pryke - Treasurer
My name is Chris, and I’m Treasurer for Dreams of Africa. The project is new to me, but what I currently lack in know-how I will make up for in enthusiasm! And thinking about it, that seems to be a motto for many of the things I’ve done with my nineteen years so far - whether I’m studying for my English degree here at Nottingham, SCUBA diving on some far flung reef…
Rob Chuter - Secretary
I am currently doing my second year of a PhD in Astrophysics here at Nottingham. I am organising the Little Big Africa project in Uganda this year, it is the first time Dreams of Africa have run a project like this but I am confident that its a good project and will run smoothly.
Lucy Ellis - Liason Officer
I’ve just travelled back from Africa where I spent three weeks researching in a small village in southern Kenya. I was studying for my dissertation, focussing on the issue of women’s education and dependency in marriage. We were pretty much living in a mud hut for three weeks; no running water, no electricity and thousands of spiders and scorpians!
Ffion Evans - Events
I became involved with Dreams of Africa, as I think it is important for people to be aware of the suffering and problems in other parts of the world, and any attempts to improve conditions and reduce the problems is worth helping.