Our Organisation

This is our leadership structure across Europe, Central Africa, South Africa and South Asia, featuring the directory of our Fellows worldwide. Over the years various Fellows came and went, and we do wish to thank all of them again most sincerely for their valuable work in the past. We would not have been where we are now without them.

Our Chapters

Europe

The Netherlands has been home to COMMEET ever since its official inception in 2017. In 2025 the onboarding and offboarding of Fellows led to new dynamics and new opportunities. In order to allow more room for cultural differences in a more finetuned, regional approach, we introduced a major organisational change by creating separate Chapters. We now call our home Chapter the European Chapter.

Central Africa

For years COMMEET has been working with organisations in Rwanda and Uganda (Rape Hurts Foundation). These Fellows are still very active and now form our Central African Chapter.

In charge & field work:

  1. John Bosco Harerimana
  2. Hellen Tanyinga
  3. Abaru Peace

South Africa

The people in our network in South Africa that are part of WESSA, United Nations University, KwaZulu-Natal Regional Centre of Expertise (UNU-RCE) are informally shaping the beginnings of this Chapter in the hope of spreading the good work in their area.

In charge & field work:

  1. Jim Taylor
South Asia


Commeet is active mainly in Bangladesh and Malaysia , where our focus is on the Rohingya refugees.

The Rohingya photographers, called Rohingyatographers, aiming to raise awareness for their cause,

are our central partners here.


In charge & field work:

  1. Sigfried Janzing

The Board

Jos Hermans

| Founder and Chair

External relations, Toolkit Team

The Netherlands

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Peter Frambach

| Secretary

Field work, Newsletters, Webinars, Website

The Netherlands

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Rob Braeken

|Treasurer

The Netherlands

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Sigfried Janzing

| Field work, Toolkit Team, Webinars, Website Portugal

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Jo Spaubeck

| Field work, Fundraising

The Netherlands

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Project Fellows

Akpezi
Ogbuigwe

Toolkit team

|Nigeria

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Alexandra
Mifsud

Toolkit team

|Malta

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Anouk Crapts

Field work

|Maastricht

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Ayar Ata

Toolkit team

|UK


Betty Wuzu

Field work

|Uganda

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Chloe Haywood

Toolkit team

|UK

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Edith Okupa

Toolkit team

|USA

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Eva Janssen

Policy advisor

|NL

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Geerte Courtens

Field work

|NL

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Giulietta Leone

Newsletters

|Portugal

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Glenn Strachan

Toolkit team

|UK

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Halima Hasan

Field work

|NL

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Ian Roderick

Toolkit team

|UK

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Joe Culhane

Toolkit team

|USA

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John Baines

Toolkit team

|UK

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Jonathan Ostar

Fundraising

|NL

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Luca Riccioli

Toolkit team

|Italy

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Marilena
Kourtella

Website builder

|Cyprus

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Marjan Heuts

Field work

|NL

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Mohd Said
Nurumal

Toolkit team

|Malaysia

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Nilar Win

Toolkit team

|Malaysia

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Rob Vermeulen

Fundraising

Toolkit design

|NL

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Roger Petry

Toolkit Team

|Canada

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Ros Wade

Toolkit overall

management

|UK

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Saima Raza

Toolkit team

|UK

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Sandra Nicolau

Field work

|Portugal

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Sara Bartoli

Toolkit team

|Italy

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Thandar Soe
Sumaiyah
Jamaludin

Toolkit team

|Malaysia

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Viv Bayramova

Toolkit Team

|UK

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Nel Knapen

Field work

|Netherlands

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Marjolein Luimes

Field work

|Netherlands

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Gerrit Vernimmen

ICT support

|Netherlands

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