BA Education, MAof Social Work

Emma attributes her success to her mother, who greatly valued education. Education quickly became her passion and she has championed quality education as a right for every young person, no matter their background.

After 16 years of teaching in a prestigious private school, she began working with disadvantaged children who attend the government schools, focusing on their educational challenges and inequalities and helping them to achieve better health and life skills.

Today, Emma leads Seb’s Projects India (the Sebastian Hunter Memorial Trust’s headquarters in India) to take a truly local approach to development, working with each individual that needs assistance to find a sustainable solution to poverty, and promoting education above all else as the answer to inequality in India.

BA Anthropology, MA in Development Studies

An anthropology graduate, Gerri began her career working with refugees for the UN Refugee Agency. Her experience with the agency taught her that the greatest change happens at the local level, and she came to India to commit herself to helping make the changes that are so needed by the poorest in these communities.

Since joining the Seb’s Projects team, she has worked with Community Health and sustainable Livelihoods programs in the Jawadhi Hills tribal region and in the rural/slum areas of Vellore. Currently coordinating the Illuminae, SLP and HEAL programs, her passion is using a community led approach in these areas to empower poverty affecting the female population, to improve their health and individual lives and to encourage them to become leaders in the  welfare of their community.

BS Engineering, Postgraduate Diploma in Marine Engineering

Anup graduated as a marine engineer with an interest in social advocacy. He now works on our tribal village projects, managing the Thattankuttai tribal school project, the Eco Trail, as well as the environmental education and livelihood generation project and the HEAL program. He is dedicated to empowering the most disadvantaged people in the Indian community from the local level upwards.

MA Social Work

Mic studied in both India and Australia, developing a passion for working with young and underprivileged children. He currently works on our DREAM and READ programs in rural schools and orphanages across the District, introducing interactive and exciting new ways to inspire children from the poorest communities to develop and follow their dreams, and providing guidance and support to the first generation of educated tribal children in Jawadhi Hills.

Postgraduate in Education

Sunderamoorthy and Sampath have worked in our Thattankuttai tribal school since 2010. They are committed to the education and welfare of the community they work in, and live in the Jawadhi Hills throughout the week, not only teaching but also advocating for rights to education and welfare for the community.