Graham and Sue are Trustees of AFIRM and became involved in 2004. Graham works in logistics and Sue is a nurse.

Their business and nursing experience is a great blessing to the ongoing work of AFIRM. Sue also helps with administration.

Barry and Gill are the founders of AFIRM having first visited India in 2000. They operated as an un-registered charity for 4 years before becoming registered with the Charity Commission. They have a daughter, Son-in-Law and 3 grandchildren.

Barry is a retired carpenter and builder and brings a wealth of building knowledge to the on-going projects. He also loves to share the gospel and preaches in the small churches in India.

Gill is a retired Secretary/PA and currently does most of the administration tasks for the Charity.

Pastor John Peters is the founder of Charisma Ministries in India. His wife died in November 2005. He has two sons, Calvin who is 15 and Colin who is 10.

He studied for 4 years at New Life Theological College in Madras and gained B Th. He also gained a Masters in Divinity after studying for 3 years at Kor In Theological College Bangalore. He was a Students Dean  3 years and is also a Professor in Family Counselling.

He was the Principal of Kor In English School for 4 years through his knowledge and expertise built the school up to be the best school in the district providing education for 850 children.

John always had a burden to help orphans and widows and now oversees all the work of Charisma as well as running Gospel Central Church which has 100 to 120 believers.

Kathy & Stan are married with 3 children and 3 grandchildren.  They became involved in AFIRM after Barry and Gill’s first visit.  They are Trustees of AFIRM.

They helped organise car boot sales, garage sales and clothes sales and are great at helping with fundraising events for the Charity. Stan also edits any video footage.  Kathy is very creative and loves to organise events.