[校友风采] 蓝山校友非洲善举

                                         蓝山校友非洲善举

                                          2012年12月12日

       蓝山国际酒店管理学院（BMIHMS，Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School）毕业生Adam Sargeant，通过自己成立的非政府组织帮助非洲处于危险中的人们。

       Adam于2003年完成了他的学业，接受过酒店教育的他，目前担任伦敦酒店协会（Hospitality Guild）总经理，Uplifting Men and Youth in Africa (UMaY Africa)董事会主席，以及伦敦Quo Vadis Trust董事会成员。

       在国际商务领域发展几年后，Adam于2009年初从迪拜到肯尼亚（Kenya）。也正是在此期间，他决定通过志愿非政府组织肯尼亚妇女艾滋病防治网络（KENWA，Kenya Network of Women with AIDS）贡献一点自己的力量，同时研究一下非政府组织的可持续性。

       在走访了各种城市贫民窟和农村社区后，他发现许多HIV呈阳性的男性和年轻人缺少医疗支持，这直接影响了治疗HIV呈阳性的女性项目所取得的效果，这也是引发肯尼亚许多社会问题的重要因素。

       为了解决这个问题，他于2009年12月成立了一个非盈利非政府组织Uplifting Men and Youth in Africa (UMaY Africa)。这个组织名称的缩写发音像英语You-May（你可以的），该组织已经运营2年多，Adam担任董事会主席。

       在肯尼亚的贫民窟工作，UMaY Africa主要为那些HIV呈阳性的男性和具有感染HIV高风险或容易参与犯罪的年轻男女提供帮助和支持，其中还提供专门的母亲健康项目。

       他们将重点放在基层，并且已经发展了一个结构体系，将各种专业人士集合在一起，与正在努力解决他们所面临的挑战的人士共享UMaY的管理权和决策权。这些人士包括：经济学家、艾滋病专家、法律和管理专家，以及来自非正式聚居地的社区代表，例如老人、基层社区组织协调者和年轻的大使。

       多样化的股东群体能够保护组织免受其它非政府组织所面临的问题的困扰，例如缺少责任感、腐败、裙带关系、缺少基层信息和理解。

       Adam是努力工作和卓越领导的典范，这也是我们在酒店管理课程上想要让学生学到的特质。他通过运用自己的能力帮助那些处于危险中的人们，并使他们的生活有了极大的改变，这更加彰显了这种精神，意义深远。

       我们希望Adam和UMaY团队在未来的工作中一切顺利，也期望听到更多有关他们成功的消息。

       更多有关UMaY Africa的信息，请访问其网站 www.umayafrica.org。

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Blue Mountains Graduate Making a Real Difference

12 December 2012

Adam Sargeant, a former Blue Mountains International Hotel ManagementSchool (BMIHMS) graduate is making a real difference through his NGO helping those at risk in Africa.

Adam completed his course in 2003 and from his hospitality education he is currently the General Manager at the Hospitality Guild, London,Chairman of the Board at Uplifting Men and Youth in Africa (UMaY Africa) and Director and Board Member of Quo Vadis Trust, London.

He moved to Kenya from Dubai in early 2009 after several years in international business development.  It was during this time he decided he wanted make a difference by volunteering with the NGO – KenyaNetwork of Women with AIDS (KENWA) while researching the sustainability of Non Governmental Organisations (NGO’s).

After several months working in a range of urban slums and rural communities,he saw that the lack of support being offered to HIV+ men and youth had adirect effect on the lack of progress being made with the programs for HIV+women and was a significant contributor in many of Kenya’s social problems.

This led him to establish a not-for-profit NGO called “Uplifting Menand Youth in Africa (UMaY Africa)”inDecember 2009. The organisation, pronounced You-May, has been operating forover two years and Adam serves as Chairman of the Board.

Working throughout Kenya’sslums, UMaY Africa primarily supports HIV+ men and youth (maleand female) at high risk of being infected by HIV or getting involved withcrime, including a specialised maternal health program.

They have a grass-root focus, but have developed a structure that brings together a mixture of professionals who share the governance and decision-making powers of UMaY with the people who face the challenges they areworking to resolve. These people include economists, HIV/AIDS specialists,legal and governance specialists and community representatives from informalsettlements such as elders, coordinators of grass-root community basedorganizations and youth ambassadors.

This diverse group of stakeholders protects the organization from many ofthe problems other NGO’s face including lack of accountability, corruption,nepotism and lack of grass-root information and understanding.

Adam eptiomises the hard work and leadership we wish to instill into allour graduates, on our hospitality management courses and he took this furtherby using his abilities to help those at risk by making a significant differenceto their lives.

We wish Adam and the UMaY Team the best of luck in their continuedmission, and look forward to hearing more about their success.

Find out more about UMaY Africa, by visiting their website www.umayafrica.org

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