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About Us

History

Community Group created in 2015 as a result of identified needs by Refugee and Migrant women. Registered as a CIC in 2019.

The structure of Baobab is a Board of Directors; the majority of whom are experts by experience, and paid workers. We are a 9-strong, part-time, term-time  and full time working Staff Team, We also have a number of sessional Workers who are mainly interpreters, and Influencer Group members.

Many different nationalities are supported. The majority of women we advocate with are from Ethiopia and Eritrea, which stems back to our first casework years being in the Birmingham Women’s and Children’s’ Centre, rooted from the Calais jungle.  Women are also from  Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Egypt, Cameroon, China, Congo, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Iraq, Iran, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Kurdistan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, South Africa and Vietnam.

.Volunteers include Advocates, Interpreters, Fundraisers, Directors, Influencer Group members.

Membership, includes women who have accessed services and want ongoing information and assistance, which is provided through our WhatsApp Group which has over 100 members. As well as our newsletter subscribers of over 200 members who access information, advice and updates on issues affecting women we assist.

Who We Are

Meet The Team

CMWH Housing Worker
Agnes Tanoh

Agnes is responsible for co-ordinating the Coventry Migrant Women’s House; running meetings and supporting residents with house matters.

Financial Resilience Advocate
Bridget Obi

Bridget is involved because she loves to challenge inequality in the society. She brings knowledge, energy, creativity, and compassion  to the project.

Development & Fundraising

Beth brings organisation, focus, lots of spreadsheets and occasionally fresh baked bread as skills to the team! 

Influencing Coordinator

With her lived experience of the system, Espoir is adept at understanding issues women face, utilising empathy and knowledge she articulates these to stakeholders and others working to create change.

DA / NRPF Advisory Group Coordinator & Advocate

Mireille is involved with Baobab as she wants to contribute to Baobab growing up positively. She brings knowledge, listening and understanding skills to women, finding out the best way to support.

Mohinder Kaur

Mohinder is an adept and astute casework mentor. She has  developed and improved systems and staff for a significant time.

NRPF and Asylum Policy Advocate

Sarah is involved because women connecting to Baobab  give her energy to challenge social injustices, and knowledge about the world. She brings experience, loyalty, hard work and persistence.

Creative Wellbeing Artist

Sheva is vivacious, creative and 100% committed to the work that Baobab do with refugee and migrant women.

Talha cares about others and creating a more equal world.  She  brings organisation, listening, form filling, french Language and accounts logic and experience to the project.

Community Interpreters

Speaking Arabic, Albanian, Amharic, Farsi, Hindi, French, Punjabi and Urdu

 

 

 

 

 

Directors

Amrita Dhinsa:  Activist​, qualified barrister & solicitor.

Amrita is involved because she believes in Baobab’s work and vision. As a director she can input into strategy and draw on her experience in regulation, law and policy.

Amandas Ong, anthropologist and researcher.

Amandas  brings several years of trauma-informed training in conflict zones and difficult environments to her role as a director at Baobab.

Managing Directors, profiled above

Beth Ash 

Bridget Obi

Espoir Njei

Sarah Taal

Sheva Martin

Talhatou Diallo

Shadow Directors

Shalom Dula

Beauty Museve

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