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Meet our Team
Mensah Adjekwei
Mensah Adjekwei
Project LIaison, Ghana,
Odile Bartlett
Odile Bartlett
Co-founder, Chair Canada, Vice-Chair USA.
Radhames Carela
Radhames Carela
Project Liaison Wine to Water Filters Dominican Republic
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Keira Charles
Communications Specialist Canada & USA
Jules Higiro
Jules Higiro
Project Liaison Shelter Them Rwanda
Marty
Marty Hock
Treasurer USA. Director USA
Deo Kalule
Deo Kalule
East Africa Director
Ben Kinene
Ben Kinene
Project Liaison Kawolo Hospital & Special Projects Uganda
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Timothy Muttoo P.Eng. MPH
Cofounder | Chief Technology & Public Health Officer Canada, Deputy Executive Director USA
Zachariah Mulawa
Zachariah Mulawa
Country Director Uganda
Samuel Muthinja
Samuel Muthinja
Chair USA
Francis Mutua
Francis Mutua
Country Director Kenya
Dario Nolasco
Dario Nolasco
Project Liaison Servants Heart Ministries Dominican Republic
Noémie Plumier
Noémie Plumier
International Development Advocate
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Abby Radke
Board Member
Jesus
Jesús Ramirez
Project Liaison Cuba
Joel Trumbo
Joel Trumbo
Executive Director USA, Director Canada
Amanda Vokoun
Amanda Vokoun
Fund Development Coordinator USA

Mensah Adjekwei

Project Liaison Ghana

George serves as the Project Coordinator for our ground partner Care Givers Foundation Ghana. George has led H2O4ALL’s ground water/sanitation projects at the Danchira Village and Tsopoli Village. He facilitated all communication between the Traditional country/village authority and H2O4ALL and the Givers Care Foundation. He oversaw the project implementation from beginning to end and continues to give on going maintenance support. George Adjekwei Mensah graduated with a Higher National Diploma in tourism from the Cape Coast Polytechnic in 2004. In 2013 he obtained a degree in Strategic Communications from the University of Ghana, AUCC Campus. He has served as an operations manager in Ghana and Mali, practicing tourism to Togo,Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast and Senegal and also with the UN. George has worked for many organizations in Ghana from around the world with, Ministry of Tourism and Creative Art, Harvard University Business School, Grand Valley State University(GVSU) United Airline Crew, Google Ghana, Untamed Wildlife(Netherlands), Akwaba UK (Ghana Escapes), H2O4ALL (Canada and USA), BOSS Church( USA) Cedar Mountain Protocol Department and Youth Ministry, Aglow For Jesus(Accra) ABC Transport. M&J Travel and Tours, Land Tours, GTDC, General Electric Ghana(GN).

Odile Bartlett

Co-founder, Chair Canada

Odile Bartlett is the Co-founder and Chair of the Canadian Board of H2O4ALL. Odile has an extensive business background in financing foreign trade and nursing and healthcare management. She designed and implemented “just-in-time” materials management systems to improve hospital performance while reducing waste and cost of medical-surgical supplies. Her passion for philanthropy has allowed her to serve on several boards where she has developed expertise in board governance. Being challenged by the results of good intentions and bad aid in developing countries, Odile is committed to creating a sustainable model for WaSH intervention. This is the catalyst that prompted her to cofound H2O4ALL.

Radhames Carela

Project Liaison Wine to Water Filters Dominican Republic

Radhames serves as our ground partner Wine to Water’s Master Ceramist. In 2006 Radhames began work on the WTW Ceramic filter for impoverished communities with Lisa Ballantine. Radhames is a clay artist who has been working with clay his entire life. He has been working with clay for 50 years. In his community, people traditionally made pots to store water, which helped him better understand the importance of the filter in the process of water purification. In 2014 H2O4ALL was awarded a prestigious Canadian Grand Challenges award ‘Synergy for Water Now’ under the leadership of Timothy Muttoo. Radhames, Lisa Ballentine, Brad Ponack and Timothy led the team to improve the efficacy, optimize the manufacturing and testing protocols and of the WTW filters. Radhames’ favourite hobbies are visiting the mountains and being in touch with nature. He loves TV comedies, programs that always make him laugh.

Keira Charles

Communications Specialist Canada & USA

Keira Charles is the social media communications specialist for H2O4ALL. She is an upcoming graduate of Arcadia University with a degree in Psychology. Before working with H2O4ALL, she was an editor at the online college magazine Study Breaks and a journalism intern for the Borgen Project, as well as a research intern for Moonstone Arts Center in Philadelphia. She is slated to become an English teacher for City Year Philadelphia in the 2021-2 school year. In her free time, she enjoys writing science fiction and fantasy.

Jules Higiro

Project Liaison Shelter Them Rwanda

Jules Higiro is the Rwanda Country Director for Shelter Them. Jules leads Shelter Them Rwanda to empower vulnerable and underprivileged children in Rwanda, by first ensuring they are integrated in an environment where their basic growth and development needs are met, and by then providing them and their families with the tools and resources they need for these children to have a bright, independent and sustainable future.

Jules is working alongside H2O4ALL on a new safe water project at the Shelter Them Gateko Village Community Centre. The initiative will provide fresh water for all the needs of the 3,000 people in and around Gateko. The benefits of the well will be life-changing:

Marty Hock

Director USA

Marty is proud to be married to his wife Kerri for 28 years. He has four children and two granddaughters. He has been an educator for 25 years and currently serves as an elementary school principal in the Sacramento, California, area. Marty is an avid gardener and loves being outdoors in nature.

Deo Kalule

East Africa Director

Deo serves as the Coordinator of Special Projects for our ground partner Reach One Touch One Ministries (ROTOM ) in Uganda, East Africa. Deo is experienced with a demonstrated history of working in the civic & social organization industry. Skilled in organizational Leadership and management, Nonprofit Organizations, Strategic Planning, Volunteer Management, Team Building Facilitation, and Research. Strong sales professional with a Master of arts in organizational Leadership and Management and Bachelor’s degree of social work and social administration focused in Social Sciences from Uganda Christian University.

Ben Kinene

Project Liaison Kawolo Hospital & Special Projects Uganda

Ben serves as H2O4ALL’s ground partner of our projects at Kawolo Hospital in Uganda, East Africa. The Kawolo hospital is on the Kampala–Jinja Highway, in the town of Lugazi, in Buikwe District, about 34 kilometres (21 mi), west of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital. This is approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi), east of Mulago National Referral Hospital. Ben has been instrumental in the maintenance and sustainability of our projects that have been operating at the hospital since 2012.

Timothy Muttoo P.Eng. MPH

Cofounder | Chief Technology & Public Health Officer Canada, Director USA

Timothy Muttoo is a Canadian engineer, entrepreneur, and Co-founder of the innovative not-for-profit charity H2O4ALL. He graduated with a master’s of public health at the University of Waterloo. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Toronto Metropolitan University. Timothy has worked professionally as a licensed engineer in the water sector across North America, designing, innovating, and commercializing new technology that has affected millions of people in urban cities.

Wanting to marry his expertise and beliefs for humanity, he co-founded the not-for-profit charity H2O4ALL, which restores water, hygiene, and sanitation to developing countries. Timothy has worked on the ground across the world on the front lines of over 100 rural communities affected by poor water and inadequate sanitation. He has initiated sustainable technology, tools, and good practices in over thirteen different developing countries worldwide. He has come alongside more than 55 charitable organizations and three national governments, increasing sustainability through interventions in rural areas.

Zachariah Mulawa

Country Director Uganda

Zac serves as our ground partner in Uganda East Africa, he has worked with H2O4ALL since 2012 while he was working with the organization Save the Mothers Uganda. With a Masters in Public Health and a bachelors in Development Studies, Zac continues to excel with community and organizational management skills. He has been involved in the start-up and support of growing associations, volunteering with a number of charity organizations in Uganda and Canada. 

Samuel Muthinja

Director USA

Born in Meru, Kenya and now resides at Roseville, California. Professionally, Sam is a registered nurse (RN) with a bachelors of science degree in nursing (BSN) and a masters of science degree (MS) in workforce education and leadership. Samuel firmly believes that those of us blessed enough with resources to take care of ourselves and our families have an obligation to help those in need anywhere and everywhere in the world.

Francis Mutua

Country Director Kenya

Francis Mutua is the H2O4ALL Country Director for Kenya. He has a passion for community service and humanitarian activities. In 2011 he took part in Operation enduring freedom in LOGCAP IV Afghanistan, where he supported the troops as a civilian contractor under DynCorp International USA for four years.

Francis also serves local tea farmers as their representative (Non-whole time director) in a local tea processing factory. He champions farmers’ empowerment through sound corporate governance practices and fair trade.

Francis first joined H2O4ALL as a volunteer. After moving into the role of Project liaison, he led the efforts to reach the water-challenged local community in Kenya’s Mulika Dispensary 5 in 1 project. He is motivated daily by H204all’s slogan, “Making a difference one drop at a time.” He loves hiking, singing, and traveling in his free time.

 

Dario Nolasco

Project Liaison Servants Heart Ministries Dominican Republic

Dario Nolasco is the Director of Operations for Servants Heart Ministries in the Dominican Republic. He has been with Servants Heart Dominican Republic for 6 years. He is married to Rebeca and has a son, Daniel who is 6 and a daughter, Mariel who is 3. In his spare time after spending time with his beautiful family, he loves to ride horses, and a motorbike. He likes to be spontaneous and spend time sharing his heart with others. He is also a Pastor with the Dominican Assemblies of God.

Noémie Plumier

International Development Advocate

Noémie Plumier is one intriguing chameleon, being French and Canadian with Spanish roots. She graduated with a Master’s Degree in International Public Law and Political Sciences, specializing in International Relations. She is currently doing a Master’s degree in International Environmental Law.

For three years, Noémie volunteered in WASH and Human Rights projects in Ghana, Zimbabwe, and the Dominican Republic. She has extensive knowledge of how the climate crisis affects the natural world, particularly from water-related issues coupled with gender inequalities, peace, biodiversity, migration, and more. With this experience abroad.
Noémie is now the Youth Advisor at the Water and Climate Coalition, and a Strategic Partnerships Facilitator at the World Youth Parliament for Water.

In her spare time, she explores the mountains with her horse. Her dream is that all sacred rivers, lakes, glaciers, and forests worldwide are legally protected entities with inherent rights recognized in human systems of law.

ABBY RADKE

Board Member

Abby is currently a member on the Board for for H20 4 ALL. She is a graduate from University of Portland with a major in civil engineering and currently works at a private engineering consulting firm. Abby has had international engineering project experiences, such as designing an irrigation system for a group of 600 women in Malawi, and installing biodigestors for a rural community in Ghana. She is super excited to be apart of H20 4 ALL’s mission and is passionate about clean water accessibility!

Joel Trumbo

Director, Chair USA.

Joel is the Executive Director of the USA branch of H2O4ALL and a director on the board of H2O4ALL Canada. Joel first became involved with the Canadian organization in 2012 when he organized a volunteer team from California to work on a safe water project in the West African nation of Ghana. Joel founded the US branch of H2O4ALL in 2015 along with Timothy Muttoo and Odile Bartlett, the co-founders of H2O4ALL Canada.

Joel believes that assuring access to reliable sources of safe water and adequate sanitation facilities is a critical human rights issue and essential in reducing human suffering worldwide. It is also why he has dedicated the back half of his life to H2O4ALL’s mission.

In a previous life, Joel worked for almost four decades as an environmental scientist for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). During his time with CDFW, Joel worked on invasive species control and the impacts of pesticides on wildlife. A frequent speaker and lecturer, Joel is also the author of several papers on pesticide impacts on fish and wildlife and the use of herbicides to control invasive exotic weeds. 

Joel and his wife Donna live in Roseville, California, and have two sons and three grandchildren. Joel is an avid hiker, backpacker, and snowshoe enthusiast in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Amanda Vokoun

Fund Development Coordinator USA

Amanda serves as the Coast to Coast Coordinator and is excited to bring this idea to fruition. Amanda studied biology and environmental science in college and was very involved in creating the Green Revolving Fund for sustainable projects on campus. She also traveled to the Dominican Republic as a public health intern, enjoys participating in leadership development initiatives, and looks forward to helping progress H2O4ALL’s mission. Amanda is passionate about advocating for environmental justice and is excited to help connect like-minded leaders to increase access to safe water. She believes that there is power in numbers. The more people are aware of resource disparities and imperfectly striving to be more sustainable, the more communities are positively impacted worldwide. She enjoys running, hiking, and going on adventures with her friends and family in her spare time.