My name is Desmond. Born in a family of eight with an educator for a father and an administrator for a mother, handling concepts has been of intrigue to me. I went to boarding secondary school with the same enthusiasm nonetheless not cognisant of the grave impact of my mother's retrenchment and the financial situation my family will find its self in. Thus I was of curiosity and inquiry into the antecedent of some world calamities - family separation, poverty, deaths, malnutrition and corruption.
Entirely, I acquired new viewpoints and worked towards merging the young curious and persistent boy I was once and the grown me, conscious of the challenges within and around me. This translated into my academic life as I desired to discover what would enable me design and implement creative and tangible solutions to problems in my society. Following my graduation, I opted to take a break from formal education, to explore this via more extra-curricular activities - taking from their past positive impact.
The welding of my economic status, persistence, love for society and desire for change, have led me to the next part of my goal; practically implementing academic and hands-on skills I have learnt and will keep on learning, to design and implement sustainable solutions to problems. I want to be at the forefront of making a tangible sustainable difference and my interconnected experiences have informed my pursuit of community development using art as the medium thus; ANIKA

I work for Anika as the Programs and Operations Manager implementing the Sema-Anika project, Cultural exchange program and the Art for SDGs project. My roles and responsibilities on a day to day basis include, development of projects, partnership engagement, event planning, report writing, managing and implementation of a social media strategy and digital marketing.

Performed research, reports, administration, report writing, logistical support and monitoring of partner project activities

My roles involved Social Media Management, Photography, Videography and project coordination. I also assisted in drafting, managing and assisting in implementation of the departmental strategic plan. In conjunction with the Korean Embassy, I co-planned and executed the Korean Festivals (2016/7/). I also managed and implemented the social media strategy by creating social media tools to increase awareness of the Korean Language and Culture and creating new content. Its during this time that gave birth to the Bridge Magazine that helps in sharing stories of Korean expartriates vis-a-visa.