Board of Directors
Chair and Treasurer
Matt Price
Chair and co-founder of Life for African Mothers, Matt is a Broadcast Sound Engineer based in London. He was one of the first people to respond to the Panorama programme ‘Dead Mums Don’t Cry’ by contacting the programme and Dr Grace Kodindo to find out what could be done to help, initially, the mothers of Chad. He is married with 3 sons.
Co-CHair
Philomena Davies
Recently retired from teaching Religious Education and now living back in Cardiff where she was born and raised. She is married with 2 children. Philomena is a proud and supporting member of LfAM.
Secretary
Martin Aylott
Martin worked as a learning disability nurse for 36 years before semi retiring in 2011, he now sits on panels as a clinical adviser at care and treatment reviews carried out on behalf of the Nottingham Clinical Commissioning Group.
Martin met Angela Gorman through there work with the trade union Unison and is a proud supported of LFAM.
Martin has visited Sierra Leon twice once in 2012 and more recently in 2019 and was very happy to be able to sponsor LFAM country representative Morlia Kamara through university.
Martin has 2 children (now adults)
Julie Morgan
Julie has been to Africa on a number of occasions as part of her Parliamentary work, she has seen first hand the huge health challenges faced by people especially in poorer areas. Julie feels maternal mortality is especially tragic and women dying in the process of giving life should be greatly reduced, and not dying as the result of lacking items that are inexpensive and readily available in the developed world. “Seeing LfAM working to provide these dedicated professionals with the tools they need is wonderful”..
Racheal Aghbonkese
Racheal’s doctoral research work focuses on maternal mortality in Nigeria, one of the countries in Sub Saharan Africa, which has some of the highest maternal mortality rates worldwide. Yearly, thousands of women lose their lives in the process of giving life and many of these go unnoticed, in some of the remotest parts of the world. The extent and longevity of the problem has always been a personal passion for her. In the past she has worked with NGOs and interest groups on the subject and these opportunities have brought home the reality of the maternal health challenge. The challenges might seem overwhelming and the solutions complex and multidimensional, but simple approaches like those employed at Life For African Mothers are making a difference, one woman at a time. “These small differences will one day culminate in great change”.
mercy esong
I am a member of the Welsh Cameroonian Women’s group. We as a group are passionate about the maternal health of women not only in Cameroon but across all developing countries. It is because of this passion that we decided as a group to cooperate with LFAM to see how we could help to better the lives of mothers in developing countries. I was made a member of the board of trustees for LFAM a couple of years ago and this to me was a great honour.
david brough
I am a Registered Nurse with extensive experience of working in health and social care across a broad range of clinical specialties. I am currently working as a Clinical Lead Nurse for Dementia Care with a specific interest in the non pharmacological management of complex behaviour and palliative care for individuals with advanced dementia.
I have a longstanding interest in international cooperation and collaboration as a means of improving healthcare and outcomes for all citizens
Peter Lindsay
Peter has been a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Cardiff for the last 25 years. He has made trips to Sierra Leone for training courses and to provide medical cover at the Aberdeen Women’s Centre in Freetown. He is pleased to support LFAM with his professional perspective.
sam falloon
I have been a practicing hospital midwife for four years. I'm married with six children.
I joined the board of trustees quite recently having undertaken three visits to Africa with LFAM in the space of a few months. The experience changed my perspective, boosted my confidence and influenced my practice in a very positive way. I wanted to continue to contribute to the work of LFAM and so joined the board. My role is to advise the board on midwifery matters and assist in volunteer recruitment and design content for skills sharing workshops.
I came to midwifery later in life after having my own children. Previously I had been a qualified primary school teacher, a social science research officer and had also worked for a community renewable energy project.
