ABOUT US
From our founders to our volunteers, every Vavenger is an important leader in the campaign to end Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
The Team
Hoda Ali & Mabel Evans
Co- Founders
Shivdi Singh
Project Manager
Katie Hurd
Head of Development & Programming
Megan Barcley
Social Media & Branding
Soraya Ali
Head of Operations and Communication
Olivia Compton
Project Development and Research
Community Ambassadors
We have partnered with and identified key Community Ambassadors to support in the fight against FGM. By way of fundraising, project managing and general assistance we are able to enhance and support the work of our community ambassadors.
Sarian Kamara
Keep the Drum Lose the Knife - Sarian is the Director of Keep the Drum Lose the Knife (KDLK), a Community Interest Group set up in the UK and Sierra Leone to end FGM and support survivors. Sarian currently works as FGM Facilitator and change agent in The Vavengers Reaching Out To Your Community project in Peckham, London.
Leyla Hussein OBE
The Dahlia project - Leyla Hussein, psychotherapist and campaigner speaks of the essential need to ensure that survivors of FGM have access to psychological support as well as physical support. From this, the Dahlia Project grew to what it has become today – a unique specialist holistic service providing both psychological and physical support to survivors of FGM.
