We are a global coalition of Christians holding governments to account for their pledge to halve extreme poverty by 2015.

Micah Challenge is served by a small international team, and a global Board of Trustees.

Staff

Joel Edwards

is the International Director. Joel has been involved in Micah Challenge since it started in 2000. He travels the globe inspiring the Church to get involved in advocacy with and for the poor as part of their core mission.

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Amanda Jackson

is our Campaigns & Policy Coordinator. She previously headed up our Australia campaign. Experienced in communications, church life and the campaigning world she is a real asset to the international team and the national campaigns.

Vikki McLachlan

administrates for the international team and the Board. She has been involved with Micah Challenge since 2004 and has been attempting to organize Joel Edwards since 2002. She is currently studying for an MSc in Poverty Reduction and Development Management.

Board

Steve Bradbury, Chair

Steve is the Director of the Micah 6.8 Centre, Melbourne, Australia, a Tabor/TEAR/Eastern University collaboration. Formerly the Chair of the Micah Network, Steve served for 25 years as the National Director of TEAR Australia (1984-2009), and has taught graduate and undergraduate courses on poverty, mission and development at the Bible College of Victoria and Whitley.

Rev Dino Touthang

Rev Dino is the Executive Director of EFICOR, India, a Christian relief and development organization engaged in holistic transformation. Rev. Dino has more than 25 years of experience in relief, rehabilitation and community development both at the grassroots and in framing strategies and policies for implementation.

Rev. Dino also serves as the Pastor of the Kuki Worship Service, Delhi (KWSD), an interdenominational Fellowship of Kuki Christians residing in Delhi.

Dr Geoff Tunnicliffe

Geoff serves as the International Director/CEO for the World Evangelical Alliance. In the course of his work assignments, Geoff has travelled to over 100 countries. He has served as a church planter, mission executive and ministry consultant.

Geoff seeks to envision and motivate people to actively participate in responding to major global issues such as poverty, HIV/AIDS, human trafficking, human rights and spirituality. He regularly meets with government leaders and is sought out by the media to comment on these key issues and provide an evangelical Christian perspective.

Tehmina Arora

Tehmina is the General Secretary of the Christian Legal Association, India. She has written over 30 articles on human rights issues, published in leading national dailies and magazines. Tehmina is frequently called upon to address groups at seminars across the country on the rights of religious minorities in India. She worked briefly at the Supreme Court of India as an advocate before joining the Christian Legal Association.

Loida Carriel

Loida is a citizen of both Ecuador and Peru. Loida work with Paz y Esperanza as one half of a justice missionary couple, promoting justice by caring for victims of sexual and domestic violence in Perú and Ecuador as well as mobilizing the evangelical church in integral mission and working for vulnerable peoples' access to justice.

Loida worked in Ecuador for more than 10 years as a journalist for HCJB La Voz de los Andes, and has extensive leadership experience in women's rights, social watch and political advocacy projects.

Paul Cook

Paul is Advocacy and Media Director of Tearfund UK. He coordinates Tearfund's research, lobbying, campaigns and media work on climate change and disasters, water and sanitation, HIV/AIDS and governance and corruption. Paul has a background in grassroots campaigning and human rights advocacy.

Canon Grace Kaiso

Rev Grace is a theologian and an ordained minister in the Anglican Church who serves as the General Secretary of the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA). He was trained in Uganda, New Zealand and Canada and has been actively involved in issues of urban ministry with special focus on empowerment of the poor.

Rev Grace worked with World Vision International as Project Manager and Facilitator of urban projects for 10 years and played a key role in advocacy for human rights and good governance in Uganda.

Sheryl Haw

Sheryl is the International Director of Micah Network and draws on over 20 years relief, development and advocacy work. Prior to joining Micah Network, Sheryl lectured at All Nations Christian College on Integral Mission and coordinated the development of the HAP International Standard on Accountability and Quality Management.