Annual Report - Ascend Alliance

IN-COUNTRY
DIRECTORS, ADVISORS & STAFF
ETHIOPIA DIRECTORS
Semalign Belay, Berouk Mesfin, Tesfaye
Degefa , Abiy Befekadu, Gosaye Yoyannes.
ETHIOPIA ADVISORS
Teshome Assefa, Tulu Bulo, Tesfahun
Gebre, Tesema Gebremedhin, Megersa
Geletu, Mengistu Gonsamo, Damo Hawia,
Kebede Kuma, Samuel Mola, Kidist
Mulgeta, Meseret Nigussie, Gebisa Rago,
Abiyu Tesema, Feyisa Temam, Megersa
Teklu, Daniel Yohannes, Nigatu Yohannes.
ETHIOPIA STAFF
Nigatu Ayele, Region Manager; Addis
Bekele, Accountant & Documentation
Specialist; Almaz Merga, Secretary &
Cashier; Abebe Yoseph, Translation Specialist,
Kidane Moreda, Program Coordinator,
Genet Bekele, Secretary.
MOzAMBIqUE DIRECTORS
Yussuf Mamad Bagasse Costa, Gilbero Josè
Faria, Gimo Manuel, Gimo Tomo Antonio
Mapenda, Calissua Saquina Alberto Simoco.
MOzAMBIqUE STAFF
Efigenia Almirante, Region Manager
BOLIVIA DIRECTORS
María Luisa Arano, Marco Guthrie, Gina
Mendez.
BOLIVIA ADVISORS
Vargas Addy, Javier Alvestegui, Carmen
Arauz, Adrian Artunduaga, Maria Rosa
Becerra, Jorge Becerra, Alberto Blanco,
Juan Carlos Cruz Ortiz, Antonio Delgado,
Franco Dhelma, Marco Eguino, Juan
Carlos Enrique, Douglas Franco, Flores
Franklin, Edgar García, Luis García,
Rosario García, Rosangela Goncalves, Luis
González, Verónica Guardia Mercado,
Roler Ibañez, Méndez Johnny, Cuéllar
Luis Alex, Mario Ovando, Jorge Piñeiro,
Rita Salvatierra, Mirtha Tapia, Carlos Vaca
Guzmán, Dulce Vaca Guzmán, Jane Vaca
Pinto, Oscar Villareal, Carolina Villareal,
Marcelo Yarvi.
BOLIVIA STAFF
Santa Cruz: Luis Rossel, Region Manager;
Jhon Acuña, Program Coordinator; Maria
del Carmen Aranz, Program Coordinator;
Brigam Barrientos; Giovanna Nava, Accountant;
John Riley Piccolo, Intern; Brady
Radmall, Intern.
ECUADOR DIRECTORS
José Guzmán, Jorge Ochoa, Diana Peña,
Vicky Pulla, Marcelo Valencia.
ECUADOR ADVISORS
Sebastián Arteaga, Paúl Fernández, Priscila
Garate, Leonardo Loja, Oscar Ludeña,
Guido Medina, Marcos Molina, Diana
Moscoso, Rosa Neira, Angélica Ochoa,
Gabriela Orellana, Lenin Orellana, Adriana
Peralta, Jorge Pulla, Mariela Rivadeneira,
Karla Sarmiento. Ivan Valladolid.
ECUADOR STAFF
Cuenca: Silvia Peña, Project Manager;
Elsa Peña, Program Coordinator; Maria
Eugenia Lopez, Accountant & Secretary;
Fernando Narvaez, Translation Specialist;
Jed Stephensen, Intern. Riobamba: Luisa
Loza, Region Manager; Adrián Zabala,
Program Coordinator.
PERU DIRECTORS
Jorge Ramos, Ricardo Solis, Luis Zegarra.
PERU ADVISORS
Tom Calame, Margarita Marchino, Manuel
Perez Ocampo.
PERU STAFF, LIMA
Jessica De Montreuil, Region Manager;
Victor Campos, Accountant; Erasmo
Cardenas, Program Coordinator. Cusco:
Nancy Paco, Program Coordinator; Elvira
Sardon, Program Coordinator.
“Working for ASCEND brings me
the opportunity to grow as a person
every time I have the opportunity to
help those in need, see their progress,
the unconditional love they show me
and it gives me energy to work even
harder. Thanks to ASCEND I have the
opportunity to understand their lives,
their history and to bring them the hope
of a better future. “
–Maria del Carmen Araúz
Bolivia Program Coordinator
“I love ASCEND! I have been a volunteer
during an expedition and at headquarters
and see the impact that ASCEND
makes in the lives of those wonderful
people served! I couldn’t think of a
better organization with which to be
involved.”
–Andrés Calderón,
Headquarters Volunteer
ASCEND ANNUAL REPORT 2