Paper Kite Children's Foundation :: Give Dreams Flight
Leadership Team
Board of Director
Tarik Kadri
Board Chair, President & Founder
Tarik Kadri’s experience with orphans in Bihar, India inspired him to found Paper Kite to ensure the children have full and healthy childhoods that prepare them for adult life.
He has extensive professional leadership experience including volunteer recruitment, and allocating and achieving budgets. Tarik has been a Big Brother through the Big Brothers program in Canada and has coordinated Rainbows, a program to assist children who are grieving due to a loss through death or divorce.
Professionally, Tarik is a civil-servant specializing in diversity and social justice and he is a registered social worker. He has achieved a Bachelors degree in Philosophy, a Bachelors of Social Work and is a Master of Social Work candidate at the University of Toronto.
Isabel Estañ
Board Secretary and Vice-President
Isabel is an Industrial Designer who thrives on creating memorable experiences for users through design. This passion has led her to pursue a means of creating truly memorable experiences in the lives of those in need. She believes that a fulfilling childhood is the building block for a rewarding and soaring future. Isabel is dedicated to ensuring that every child has access to the childhood they deserve.
Angela Wong
Board Member
Angela is deeply passionate about social justice issues relating to poverty and human rights especially in regards to labour rights and their right to health. Angela has been with Paper Kite since April 2010 and she was drawn to Paper Kite because she learned that the organization actually organizes an annual trip in which volunteers fly to Bihar and spend the funds accordingly – thus, promoting accountability and transparency to its donors. Angela has a Master’s of Arts in Asia Pacific Policy Studies from the University of British Columbia and she is currently studying law at the University of Alberta.
Dr. Sukhi Muker
Board Member
Dr. Sukhi experienced many hardships as a young child when his family migrated to Canada. At the age of 18 he was a high school dropout and immersed in a life of crime, violence and drugs. After a near death experience Dr. Sukhi made a commitment to dedicate his life to understanding universal laws of life. Today he serves humanity as an international keynote speaker, author and healer.
As a student of life he has studied over 250 different disciplines and formally obtained degrees in Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Psychology and a Doctorate of Chiropractic graduating on the Dean’s list with several honours and distinctions. Having been to India several times and spending a year traveling throughout the country he has experienced first hand the challenges and hardships children face.
Over the past 20 years he’s been deeply inspired to commit his life to the service of others. With the Paper Kite Children’s Foundation he’s dedicated to helping these orphans and especially young girls break the cycle of poverty and fulfill their deepest aspirations
Brian Newbold
Board Member
Brian is a Teacher-On-Call with the Surrey School District specializing in social and emotional education. Brian’s professional experience ranges from organizing science camps in Haida Gwaii and inner-city Surrey to coordinating educational programs for the British Columbia SPCA. A strong desire to speak out about social justice issues led Brian to run as a Member of Parliament Candidate in the 2008 federal election. Brian is thrilled to be able use his experience as an educator and an advocate to ensure the success of Paper Kite!
Chester Cheang
Board Member
Chester is based in Toronto and currently serves as Director, Treasury and Business Strategy for a leading global manager of hotel and resort properties. He had previously worked in the investment banking group of a major international bank and in the financial advisory and assurance groups of a Big Four accounting firm. Chester is a Chartered Accountant and received an honours degree in business administration from the Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario. He maintains an interest in corporate governance, public policy, and not-for-profit issues.
Jean-Claude Lizé
Board Member
Jean-Claude Lizé is currently Director of Programs at a human rights organization based in Ottawa. He has a background in human rights, law and mediation. He has several years experience working in the NGO sector and in the field. While living in southern Serbia, Jean-Claude worked for a grassroots organization dedicated to women’s rights, children’s rights and the development of civil society.
Jean-Claude is dedicated to the aims and goals of the Paper Kite Children’s Foundation and is committed to working with a great team of volunteers from across Canada.
Abhishaek Rawal
Board Member
Abhishaek is a recent business graduate and has a heavy interest in corporate and humanitarian law. Having lived in India for 5 years Abhishaek has seen the issues that Paper Kite is trying to deal with firsthand. He is an active volunteer in the community and has gathered valuable experience by acting as a recruitment and selection consultant for Access Probono.
He also works with Global Agents for Change as an HR assistant and workshop coordinator. Furthermore he works with The Canadian Red Cross as a resource leader (among other roles) as well as The Vancouver Anti-genocide and Human Rights group in various capacities. Professionally, he will be starting work with TD Bank in a client service role and is looking to enter law school in the near future. His passion and enthusiasm for Paper Kite’s cause will ensure that he serves the organization well.
Amanda Rogers
Advisory Board Member
Amanda first became interested in social justice issues as a young worker in the tourist industry in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Her early exposure to inequity and unfairness—both in the workplace and in the greater community—ignited a life-long interest in advancing causes which seek to make the world fairer for everyone. Professionally, Amanda does this as a union-side labour lawyer with a downtown Vancouver law firm.
Officers
Nancy Lum
Finance Officer
Nancy joined Paper Kite in September 2011. She was introduced to Paper Kite by a friend and soon learned that the foundation is 100% volunteer operated. She is inspired by the dedicated volunteers who work hard year-round, despite their busy lives, to raise money to improve the situation for the children in Bihar through Paper Kite’s four programs.
Nancy is a Chartered Accountant and currently works in an accounting firm in downtown Vancouver. She obtained a Bachelors of Commerce with honours from the University of British Columbia. Nancy has also studied abroad in Belgium and recently worked in Singapore.
James Caspersen
Volunteer Officer
James is a student at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, and has a passion for solving inequities in health outcomes both in Canada and abroad. This passion has led him to a wealth of experience with several non-profits, which he is thrilled to be bringing to his position at Paper Kite.
