About
The People
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The first time Grace Seneiya rescued a disabled child was when she was barely a teenager. Since then she has built an inspiring model of child care in the North Central region of Kenya that traditionally did not have a system of caring for disabled children.
Using her skills and education as a rehabilitative teacher, Grace founded and manages S.H.E.R.P. (the Samburu Handicap Educational Rehabilitation Programme) which acts as a community home for nearly 100 disabled kids from the surrounding region.
Through Grace’s determination and example, the community has begun to change it’s perception of disabled children for the better. People come from all over the world to visit S.H.E.R.P. as a result of Grace’s passion to foster her community and provide a new model of learning for the future of the Samburu district.
Grace lives in Maralal in the Samburu district of Kenya with her husband and three children.
Find out how you can help Grace at S.H.E.R.P.
Grace Seneiya
Founder
The Samburu Handicap Education & Rehabilitation Programme
(S.H.E.R.P.)
Susan Standfield
Founder
The Children’s Photographic Gallery of Kenya (CPGK)
Sam Oliver
Film Maker
Since 2004 Sam Oliver has produced a collection of films across three continents often with strong social themes that inspire as much as they entertain. He studied Technical Theatre at the Herefordshire College of Art & Design, where he worked alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre on a selection of their touring shows.
Whilst still at college, Sam got the opportunity to collaborate on a short film with the National Film and Television School. Feeling an affinity with the new medium he soon decided to make the move from stage to screen. After traveling the world Sam began working in the UK film industry and proceeded up the ranks in North America where he set up a production company that he continues to run.
Sam currently divides his time between the UK, Mexico and the USA where he continually seeks compelling stories that deserve to be told.
Check out more of sam’s work here
Having spent 10 years learning how to produce broadcast television Susan Standfield made an important shift to apply her skills towards building enterprise in what is known as the ‘civil economy’.
Combining her love of children, photography and Africa - Susan has embarked on a daunting journey of constructing a photo-based art gallery near Nairobi designed to generate revenue for orphanages in Kenya.
“The dignity we choose to afford each person on the planet is right there for all of us to see in the margins of how we trade”, is the philosophy on which Susan is building The Children’s Photographic Gallery of Kenya. She believes that the spread of respectful, sustainable fair-trade commitments can rebalance global extremes of severe poverty and over-consumption.
Susan was born in Vancouver Canada and plans, in order to grow the business, to split her time between the UK, North America and Africa.
See what Sue is up to now
Joshua Oliver
Co-Producer
Josh Oliver is an award winning scholar for his outstanding achievements in Sonic Media at London's South Bank University where he studied as a mature student. Often working with his brother Sam Oliver, Josh has developed many unique technical skills and creative qualities within both the creation and direction of various films.
Director of his own company Nought2Sixty Productions since 2009, Josh is now collaborating with LSBU on a documentary following his latest project The Launch. The Launch documents the first live music performance in space and has already been in production for three years, shot across two continents and been featured on the BBC.
Josh has spent his working life split between North America and the UK, and now currently lives and operates out of London, UK.
Take a look at Josh’s project The Launch
