We to recruit Goodwill Ambassadors are an outstanding group of celebrity advocates who spread the ideals of JOHN GARANG HUMANITARIAN GROUP FOUNDATION Kenya through their name and fame. They extend and amplify the organizations work and mission and have generously accepted to use their talent and status to help focus attention on our work. Through their careers and humanitarian commitment they will make an important contribution towards the objectives and aims in the work of JOHN GARANG HUMANITARIAN GROUP FOUNDATION Kenya.

The Board of Trustees, Management, Staff and Children of JOHN GARANG HUMANITARIAN GROUP FOUNDATION Kenya would like to introduce our first goodwill ambassador Mrs. Angelique Pitteloud.

Being asked to serve as our Goodwill Ambassador is truly humbling,” said Angelique. “The chance to make a real difference is not an opportunity that everyone is given and is one I have no intention of taking lightly. The challenge facing Kenyan children is immense I can’t imagine an opportunity more exciting. I still have so much to learn, but as I progress I hope to bring more of my individual knowledge, experience and awareness to this role.”

In 2014, Angelique embarked on a fundraising initiative aimed at culminating in the development of a Medical Clinic & a Peace and Youth Resource Centre in Marsabit County in the Northern Kenya. The centre will support and benefit vulnerable families in the drought stricken communities of Marsabit.

Since 2011, JOHN GARANG HUMANITARIAN GROUP FOUNDATION Kenya has been working with communities in Marsabit. We first responded to a drought and famine situation in Marsabit through an Emergency Response Programme [EP] between August 2011 and September 2012. The EP later transitioned into a 5 year emergency recovery and development programme, through the SOS CV Family Strengthening Programme.

At the end 2016, the initiative had raised Kes 10 Million thanks to tremendous support from all the friends of SOS CV KE.

ABOUT ANGELIQUE PITTELOUD

AngéliquePitteloud was born 1971 in Kigali, Rwanda, the last born of a family of 11. Her parents raised her in a spirit of racial tolerance. Her father helped set up a school for ethnic minorities who were barred from attending public schools by the racist regime of the time.

Angélique has two degrees in social work and Project management from Rwanda and Switzerland. While living in Switzerland she worked for many years for the integration of refugees with the Swiss Red Cross.

In the run-up to the 2013 General Election in Kenya, Angélique was instrumental in producing one of the most successful peace songs entitled “HAKIYETU” (Our Right to live Together) which was aired on all radio stations.

Her on-going project is an Educational Film Documentary to be shown to all school children. The Documentary aims at explaining to young children that although we are born into different ethnicities, we must all learn to live peacefully together. Angelique believes that children should grow up without tribal allegiances to separate them, but with a sense of unity and understanding despite their ethnic diversity.

Angelique, a Swiss citizen, is married and has a 11year old daughter.