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 george | founder & chief dreamer (usa) George Srour, 28, is the founder and Chief Dreamer of Building Tomorrow, Inc. (BT). Srour attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA, where he graduated in 2005 with a major in Government and International Relations. During his college tenure, Srour founded and served as editor-in-chief of the College’s first online daily newspaper, The DoG Street Journal. He also served as a two-year Chair of the College’s Judicial Council and as a student director of the college’s orientation program. Upon graduation, Srour was awarded the James Monroe Prize for Civic Leadership and the inaugural William E. Simon Fellowship for Noble Purpose. Using both awards, Srour started BT from an unused room in his parents’ house in fall 2005. In 2007, BT was recognized as a top up-and-coming social change organization by Echoing Green, an organization providing seed funding for social entrepreneurs. Srour was also named one of the Top 100 Most Powerful People in Indiana by Indianapolis Monthly.
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 joseph | country director (uganda) Joseph Kaliisa Bagambaki holds a Bachelors’ of Business and Administration and a Diploma for social work and project management & administration. He has both managerial/financial and project implementation skills and is experienced in sustainable grass roots programs. Driven by ambition, he has a passion to work for vulnerable women and children; he is a human rights activist. Joesph is currently the Country Director for BT in Uganda
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 maggie | jack of all trades (usa) Maggie Kirkpatrick, 24, is BT’s Jack of All Trades. Kirkpatrick attended the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. where she graduated in 2008 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Biomedical Engineering. Throughout college, Kirkpatrick served on the executive boards of the BT chapter at U.Va. and Engineering Students without Borders for two years, studied abroad throughout Southern Africa and traveled back during the summer of 2007 to design and install a solar lighting system for a preschool in Limpopo, South Africa. Kirkpatrick also co-founded U.Va.’s Engineering & Community Engagement Program— a multidisciplinary academic program within the School of Engineering and Applied Science that provides students with an avenue to apply their resources and skills learned in the classroom for the benefit of under-served communities around the world. Upon graduation, Kirkpatrick joined forces with Srour to provide further opportunities for students of all ages to put their resources, time and talents to good use by providing their peers in sub-Saharan Africa with access to something we all-too-often take for granted: an education.
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 willy | education officer (uganda) coming soon!
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 liz | financial optimist (usa) Liz Braden is a recent graduate from the University of Virginia where she majored in Religious Studies and Linguistics. Liz participated in the Building Tomorrow chapter at UVA during her four years there. Liz is new to Indianapolis and the Midwest in general; growing up in Memphis, Tennessee. Liz is an avid Memphian, taking on the task of telling anyone and everyone everything about Memphis – including the fact that it has the best BBQ ever, houses the headquarters for Fedex, and is the home of the blues as well as Graceland. Liz is excited to be working for BT!
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 vincent | community development asst. (uganda) Vincent Luboobi comes to the Building Tomorrow team after completing studies in electrical contracting at Kisuubi Technical Institute. While Vincent hopes to return to the classroom to continue his studies, he’s thrilled to join the Building Tomorrow Uganda team as a resident project lead.
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 jjumba | community development asst. (uganda) coming soon!
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 henry | community development asst. (uganda) coming soon!
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