Project Leaders
Volunteer Teaching and Travel in South America

Dom Williams - Latin America Projects Director

After gaining a degree from the University of Northumbria, United Kingdom, Dom spent 4 years investigating, researching and travelling South America, finally settling for Guatemala where he has lived since 2000. Dom says “Central America, and Guatemala in particular is one of the last really unexplored, exploreable regions on earth”. Dom and Doreen set up their first Indigenous project in San Andrés Itzapa, Guatemala in 2003 and due to the success and advances made, they have set up further Indigenous projects in Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador and Honduras with the help of local community leaders.

Carla Haylor - Project Manager Peru

After finishing University in 1999 where she studied European Business with Technology at Brighton University & the Politecnico di Torino, Carla spent the following 7 years building a career within the Logisitcs industry. During this time she took a sabbatical in 2005 to travel in and around Central and South America. For part of this sabbatical, Carla volunteered on GVI’s Teaching Indigenous Children in Guatemala project, the result of which has lead to her following her heart & brought her back indefinitely as a Project Manager, at present (June 2007- May 2009) within Peru.

Tracey Lumsden - Project Manager Ecuador

Tracey, originally from the United Kingdom, has worked with GVI for the past two years, starting as a volunteer in Guatemala before taking a managerial role in a new project at Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. She moved to take over in Ecuador in 2008 and plans to remain there for the foreseeable future.