Project Leaders
Teach and Travel in South America for 12 Weeks

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.

Benn Jordan - Project Manager Ecuador

Benn was born and raised in New Zealand, where he developed a love for the outdoors. During an 8 week vacation from his job as a project manager for a New Zealand government department, he descended upon South America and his experiences with the indigenous people in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia encouraged him to come back and volunteer with GVI in Ecuador. After 8 weeks as a volunteer the opportunity arose to be a co-ordinator and he has never looked back. 'I just love South America, the people and the culture, and I am really happy to be here as a part of GVI'.

Carla Haylor - Project Manager

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 sabatical in 2005 to travel in and around Central and South America. For part of this sabatical, 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 indefinately as a Project Manager, at present (June - Dec 2007) within Peru.