Volunteers

Emily Verellen
Program Officer-Binti Pamoja Co-Founder

Emily Verellan graduated in May 2002 from American University with a BA in International Development, Anthropology and Communications and from the London School of Economics in 2007 with an MA in International Development and Population Studies.  She was also a student of the School for International Training’s “Kenya-Culture and Development” semester in 2001, where she conducted an independent research project with street children in Nairobi. In 2002, she returned to Kenya to implement and facilitate The Binti Pamoja Center.  In 2006, she received a grant from The Fledgling Fund to publish a book about The Binti Pamoja Center, “LightBox”, which features photographs, stories and autobiographies from the teenage members of the Center. All of the funds earned through the sales of LightBox support The Binti Pamoja Center Scholarship Fund.  She currently lives in New York City and is the Senior Program Officer at The Fledgling Fund.