Rosemary Kunene - Founder

Msc. in Cooperatives & Social Enterprise candidate. B.A. in Applied Addiction Studies and Community Development.
Passionate about community empowerment and participation.
With over 5 years lived experience in Direct Provision centre.
A social entrepreneur with a strong business acumen.
Experienced community organiser and integration events / activities coordinator.

Karen McHugh - Director

Experienced Chief Executive with a demonstrated history of working in the civic & social organization industry. Skilled in Social Work, Event Management, Leadership, Managerial Finance and Strategic Planning. Passionate about equality and human rights.

Ruta Maciuliene - Director

Small business Accountancy, Bookkeeping, Payroll, Tax advice

Naeem Iqbal - Member

Executive MBA, MA Communication for Development, and MSc Communication. Accountant and audit senior in a Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors Firm.

Muhammad Achour - Member

MSc Sustainable development/design, BA hons Architecture Teaching assistant at DCU, Director and founder of Places of ARcture, an Irish association aims to engage local communities with art and architecture, Artist Residence of Mother tongues festival as a creative practitioner, member of City of Sanctuary Dublin, Co-organizer of Sanctuary in Nature & Heritage project.

Uruemu Adejinmi - Member

Councillor on Longford County Council and the Deputy Chairperson of Longford Municipal District. She is married with 3 children.
Uruemu holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics, an Executive MBA and a QQI Level 9 Certificate in Risk and Financial Analysis.
Uruemu is also on the Board of Management, St. Michael’s National School; Director, St. Christopher’s Housing Association; Director Longford Enterprise Development Company CLG.

Francis McEvoy - Member

A Chartered Accountant and Financial Advisor, with experience in the charity sector since 2002.

Sharon Dalani Mpofu - Member

Community Development Management, People Management and Strategy, Administrator, Immigration Support Administrator, Healthcare Service skills, Currently living in Direct provision and studying towards my Immigration Law.

Favour quote: "FEAR has two meanings Fear Everything And Run or Face Everything And Rise".

Clíodhna Murphy - Member

Clíodhna Murphy is a legal academic at Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology. She teaches and researches in the area of Migration and Human Rights. She is the Chair of Maynooth University's Sanctuary Committee.