Peter is a Chartered Accountant, recently retired from his own consultancy business.  Active in his local church, he is involved in intercessory prayers and occasionally preaches. Peter is also a retired Trustee of the Bible Society.  

He lives in Tredington in Gloucestershire where he is treasurer to the local parish; and is married to Jill.

He first visited Rwanda in 2007 and has been many times since then.  He is always inspired by the trust in God that permeates every aspect of Rwandan life, and their enthusiasm for worship, both of which can be lost in Western culture. 

Jim is a retired Church of England minister. He first went to Rwanda in 2000 with a group of clergy concerned to listen to and learn from the church in Rwanda in the aftermath of the 1994 Genocide. 

His involvement has grown out of that experience: firstly in encouraging the parish where he was incumbent to fund a Health Centre in Shyogwe where there was no health care whatever. 

Developing friendships and visiting Parishes and projects in the Diocese has become a key part of his ministry since joining the Trust in 2011. 

He lives with his wife, Judy, in Tunbridge Wells.

Judy has visited Rwanda and was amazed by the enthusiasm and joy of its people especially the children. She is a retired teacher with a special interest in literacy. She is also keen to encourage pastors' wives as she has supported Jim in the very different parishes they have served in. She now enjoys being closer to their children and grandchildren in retirement near Tunbridge Wells.

Greg is a solicitor who has, with his wife, Stephanie, been involved in Rwanda through the church they attend in Dorridge (near Birmingham) since 2002. They have both visited several times. He is about to complete an MA in Mission and is principally interested in theological training, having been a local preacher for many years. When not practising as a lawyer, he is Chair of Governors at a multi-ethnic primary academy in Birmingham and a Trustee of a childrens' centre in Sparkhill, where Stephanie is a GP. 

Sarah is a HR consultant and mum of two teenagers. 

She has a heart for the people of Rwanda and fell in love with the landscape and the work of GrassRoots Rwanda when she visited in 2017 with her son. 

She has a passion for fundraising and sharing the story of her friends in Rwanda with others in her local community. 

Sally is retired from Education Management in further and higher education. She plays an active part in the church family of St Michael and All Angels in Bishops Cleeve and lives in Woodmancote nearby with her husband, Colin.  

She has been inspired by the love and dedication of fellow Trustees and of those working in the parishes in Rwanda enabling the projects to flourish. She is hoping to visit Rwanda as soon as possible to witness the beauty of the country and its people.

Mary was born in 1946 and has lived in Bishop's Cleeve since she was 9 years old. She is a retired nursery nurse, having worked in nursery schools and then for 32 years in the special care baby unit in Cheltenham Hospital. 

She is a dedicated (47 years) guider in the 1st Bishop’s Cleeve Brownie unit. 

Until 2021, she was a Street Pastor in Cheltenham. Mary currently helps with the 4-7-year-old children in St Michael’s Church on Sundays and is a choir member. 

Mary has great belief in the work of GrassRoots Rwanda. 

Paul is a retired vicar who was in ordained ministry for 32 years. He came to hear of GrassRoots Rwanda through his former colleague, Jim Stevens, and some of the parishes where he last ministered supported the charity. 

In October 2019, he and his wife, Kate, visited Rwanda with other Trustees and supporters of the charity and we saw first-hand the difference GrassRoots is making in a number of communities across Shyogwe Diocese. When invited to become a trustee, he was pleased to be in a position to say ‘yes’.

Paul has three children and five grandchildren. When not helping at the local food bank or assisting in the church where he worships, he enjoys walking (the picture was taken at the start of the West Highland Way), singing and pottering in the garden.