Our staff and volunteers
Ken Campbell - CEO
Ken has 35 years' experience in community sport, leisure management and sport for development. From late 2004, he spent 2 years in Tanzania as a VSO volunteer before returning to his home country of Scotland where he set up his own sport and international development consultancy called Sport+. This led to Ken returning to Tanzania to carry out various assignments from clients such as UK Sport. In 2009, Ken founded YES! Tanzania,and in the same year he left his consultancy to join Pilotlight, a UK charity that helps other UK charities with their strategic business planning. In 2016, Ken left Pilotlight to enable him to take up the position as part-time CEO of YES! Tanzania.
Mark has worked in social and market research for 25 years and is also a non-executive director of two companies and an advisor to boards of charities in Scotland. Mark undertakes strategic development research for governments and third sector organisations, and through this, has experience working in health, sports for development, social justice, education and career development amongst other areas of societal development. In 2010, Mark visited Tanzania to help YES! Tanzania determine how best they could help young people through sport. Mark was so enthused by the potential for YES! Tanzania that on return he was delighted to accept the role of Chairperson.
Alex has been working in the voluntary sector in Edinburgh for 12 years. He currently works with the national family support charity Circle (SC 037181) managing Circle's West Lothian & Haven Projects. Previously he worked as a youth development worker at the Muirhouse Youth Development Group (SC 028495) and has also worked for The Council of Europe's Youth Department as a freelance trainer. Alex visited Arusha in Tanzania in October 2012 to gain a better understanding of the needs and hopes of young people in Tanzania and so he could more effectively support the organisation's work.
From 2002 onwards Robbie became actively involved in delivering football/HIV education projects throughout Africa on behalf of TackleAfrica. In this capacity Robbie has delivered football for development programmes in countries including Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, which Robbie first visited in 2004. An experienced community football coach with a background in sports/social inclusion initiatives, Robbie is employed as programme manager with Street Soccer Scotland in Edinburgh. Robbie plays football regularly and travels extensively as a proud supporter of Hibernian Football Club and the Scottish national team.
Lewis is currently Head of Early Years and Elementary PE in a large international school in Singapore. With a background in Special Educational Needs provision, teaching, coaching and mentoring, Lewis has been involved with education, leadership and empowerment for 15 years. Service is one of Lewis' main interests and he continues to be involved in volunteering, including working with HealthServe in Singapore as well as the Special Olympics. He is passionate about the opportunities that sport and leadership can provide for all, and the endless potential of the young people in Tanzania. 
Amalie was born in 1995 in Copenhagen, Denmark. From her earliest years, she has been committed to sports both in Denmark and in the USA. In 2014/2015, she was selected to be a volunteer through Action Aid International for 5 months in Kenya and Tanzania. Amalie founded a boxing project for street children at the stadium in Arusha. In August 2015, the 
Huruma worked as a community development consultant with CASEC for 10 years in different parts of Tanzania. Using sports as an entry point, he established a number of youth clubs in schools and out of schools for the purpose of creating awareness about HIV/AIDS, STDs and illegal drugs. He also established 40 school health clubs in Mbulu and Kilolo Districts, and 20 school health clubs in Arusha.