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Who We Are

Project Hope & Charité is a team that loves Jesus and considers serving orphans and widows in the Central African Republic as a way of serving Him.

The PHC team straddles both sides of the ocean: Africa and North America.  We present our team here by continent.

Africa-Based PHC Team

	Madame Alexandrine Zokoe Madame Alexandrine is the Director of FEC (PHC’s name in French). Alexandrine is a trained mid-wife and skilled teacher of children.  She resides with her husband in Bangui, her home serving as the hub for much of FEC’s activities.
	Madame Delphine Lorkette Delphine serves as Assistant Director, serving closely with Alexandrine.  She is also responsible for planning and coordinating the vocational training of PHC teens.
	Gervil Ngouyou Gervil is PHC’s academic dean and is tasked with ensuring that PHC orphans receive a quality academic and spiritual education.  He is a gifted teacher who taught at PHC school for two years before being promoted to the position of academic dean.
	Appolinaire Yanguere Appolinaire is a long-time friend of Project Hope & Charite.  He started out as PHC’s first teacher, and then became Academic Dean for a year.  In 2009 he was promoted to Assistant Director of the PHC Center at Bercail in Bangui, PHC’s smaller orphan center located on the southwest side of the capitol city of Bangui.
	Ginger Hock ~ C.A.R.-Based Director, Hand-in-Hand Ginger is PHC’s Africa-Based Director for the Hand in Hand orphan schools.Tim Hock, Ginger’s husband, helps out in many ways including maintenance and physical plant at the PHC Center, and advising on gardening issues.
	Emmanuel Bouyete ~ C.A.R.-Based Coordinator, Hand-in-Hand Emmanuel works closely with Ginger in directing PHC, contributing invaluable insight and experience.  Under his direction HnH orphan school progra, has grown to 41 schools (2010-11).

USA-Based Team

	Barb Wooler ~ USA-Based Director, PHC/HnH Barb comes to Bangui 3-4 months each year to work alongside PHC’s directors: Ginger Hock, Hand-in-Hand Director, and Alexandrine Zokoe, Sponsorship Director.  Barb attends the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church in Winona Lake, Indiana.
	Carole Gordon ~ Office Administrator Carole administrates all matters having to do with the logistics of sponsorship.  She continues to keep the office work going when the rest of the PHC crew is out of state or country.  Carole attends the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church in Winona Lake, Indiana.
	Marti Thompson ~ Office Assistant Marti works alongside Carole Gordon in the office, her specialty being the PHC database.  She worked as GBIM’s short term team coordinator before coming to volunteer with PHC’s team.
	Judi Orme ~ Web Master Judi manages the news side of the PHC website. Judi is married to Pastor Larry Orme of the Penn Valley Grace Church in Telford, Pennsylvania.
	Brenda Artrip ~ Communications and Videography Brenda is PHC’s videographer, photographer, and publication layout and design person.  Brenda has a vibrant love for God and is very active in her local church in Columbus, Ohio.
	Becky Dick ~ Christmas Gift Caper Coordinator and Special Projects Becky’s areas of help are many and varied, from helping with mailings, to travel arrangements for PHC teams, to teacher training seminars for PHC teachers in Africa.  Becky attends the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church in Winona Lake, Indiana.
	Miriam Pacheco ~ Public Relations Miriam’s primary job is PHC Public Relations, but is always ready to pitch in to help with mailings or other urgent needs.  She attends the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church in Winona Lake, Indiana.
	Myra Taylor ~ PHC Correspondence Myra served in the Central African Republic with her family from 1988-1998.  She is responsible for all correspondence generated by sponsors, ensuring that sponsor letters orphans and orphan letters to sponsors find each other, and are in a language that both understand.
	Sherry Hammers ~ PHC Translation Sherry’s mastery of the French language came through her service (with husband Dan) as GBIM missionaries in France in the 60′s and 20+ years as a French teacher at Worthington Christian School in Columbus, Ohio.  She is responsible for all English to French letter translation.
	Shannon Moyer ~ PHC Transcriber Shannon works closely with Myra and Sherry on the Correspondence team, serving as letter transcriber.  She fell in love with orphans when she visited the Central African Republic in February 2010.
	Terri Learst ~ PHC Social Networking and Email Terri maintains and manages PHC’s email database and Facebook postings.  She is a sponsor and will have firsthand experience of Africa when she travels to the Central African Republic in May-June of 2011.
	Kathy Brand ~ USA-Based Hand-in-Hand Coordinator Kathy is the USA-Based Coordinator for Hand-in-Hand partnerships.  Kathy attends the East Side Grace Brethren Church in Colombus, Ohio.
	Sylvia Totzke ~ Fair Trade Development Sylvia is developing a new area of PHC ministry: small business enterprises for orphans.  Her past involvement and history with Africa missions projects provides a solid base for her present focus for PHC.  She and her husband are church planters in Columbus, Ohio.
	LeeAnn Parsons ~ PHC Travel Lee Ann helps PHC in many ways including transcribing notes and letters.  A retired librarian, she also has a strong heart for putting quality reading materials in French in the hands of PHC orphans.  She attends Grace Brethren of Columbus.

PHC Board of Directors

The PHC Executive Board is made up of four Central Africans
and four expatriots (North American and German). 

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The PHC Story

How God Brought Together Our “Dream Team”

In 2004 Barb Wooler (GBIM, C.A.R.) and Alexandrine Zokoe started Project Hope & Charite, recruiting three pastors wives and one other GBIM missionary, Ginger Hock, to the team.  Since then our team has grown to a staff of about 45 in the Central African Republic and a staff of 13 volunteers at the GBIM/PHC headquarters in the U.S.A.

The Growth of PHC Ministry

The pilot orphan group of 55 orphans was officially launched in September of 2004.  Since then, the sponsorship branch has grown to include 1100 orphans (2010-11 school year) and a second branch of orphan ministry was added to help orphans outside of Bangui.  This branch, called Hand-in-Hand orphan schools, was started in 2007 and as of 2010-11 includes 41 local church-based orphan schools where 1700 orphans are educated and fed.

True Team

The PHC team is built on trust and commitment, to the Lord first, and then to each other.  The team in the USA is solely volunteer.  The PHC Director, Barb Wooler, is a GBIM missionary.   The team is strongly relational, with strong accountability built on a foundation of trust, respect and gratitude for each other and the unique contributions each makes.