MEET OUR BOARD MEMBERS & VOLUNTEERS
Georgia Evans President & Founder
Georgia Evans President & Founder
Georgia Evans President & Founder
Georgia Evans is the founder and president of the Village Care Project. She had a dream of helping indigenous people in Tanzania, Africa obtain clean, safe drinking water and mosquito nets to prevent malaria.
Georgia also owns Westwind Graphics.com and produces signs, banners, flags, storefront and vehicle graphics etc. She loves outdoor and wildlife photography, hiking, biking, travel & camping! georgia@villagecareproject.com
Sharon Bleicher Vice President
Georgia Evans President & Founder
Georgia Evans President & Founder
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Sharon Bleicher is an environmental scientist who is passionate about empowering people, resource conservation & sustainability. She has worked in public health, consulting and volunteered with non-profits for the past 22 years.She is excited to partner with the Village Care Project to affect the lives of others in a constructive and positive way and believes that no act of kindness is too small!
Julie Edwards Spencer Treasurer
Georgia Evans President & Founder
Julie Edwards Spencer Treasurer
Julie Spencer is our Board Treasurer and CEO/Owner at Checks & Balances Daily Money Management, LLC in Fort Collins, CO.
Jennifer Bauder Board Member
Jennifer Bauder is an active board member who has helped us significantly with fundraising for our past and future project trips! Many thanks for all her help!
Steve Skaar Volunteer
Steve Skaar has called northern Colorado home since 1968. He finished high school in Greeley and college in Fort Collins at CSU, then began a career in Denver as a commercial banker. After starting his family in 1991, he relocated to Fort Collins. He feels blessed with many family members living nearby! Steve's interests include biking, fly-fishing, scuba, gardening, hiking etc. He also enjoys travel and has been to southeast Asia, South & Central America, and Africa. His favorite trips involved being part of this VCP project team. "There is nothing quite like the cultural immersion experience of living and working daily with locals, and learning about and from them!" Steve looks forward to leading a team back to Tanzania in the future for VCP.
Ariel Steele Volunteer
Ariel Steele Volunteer
Ariel Steele is a small business owner who works with farmers and ranchers in Colorado to help them to conserve their land with conservation easements. She loves hiking and trail running and cruising in the classic cars that her husband builds. Her favorite is their 1959 teal blue El Camino with big fins and lots of chrome! Ariel also loves traveling the world with a group of friends – learning and experiencing the local cultures.
Elizabeth Schmidt Volunteer
Elizabeth Schmidt says, " I originally hail from NY/NJ/PA. My career took me west to Ohio, Arizona, and Nevada where I met and married my wonderful husband, Brian. We moved to Colorado to be closer to his family, at which point I decided to give up my 30 year career in IT and decided to start my own business doing real estate. I'm now a licensed agent working in Northern Colorado helping folks achieve their real estate dreams.
Heather Carson Volunteer
My name is Heather Carson. I am a retired special education teacher, mother of three and grandmother of four. I'm so excited to join the May 2024 Village Project Team as we distribute much needed supplies in Tanzania. I expect to have an amazing, life changing journey.
Maria Anderson Volunteer
Maria Anderson Volunteer
Hi, My name is Maria Velazquez Anderson. I’m married to a great guy, Alan. We have four grown daughters, all married and (drum roll) 6 amazing grandchildren. I have lived in Colorado more than 40 years, but grew up in the south in Tennessee and Virginia. I had a 35 year career in nursing but retired in 2023. I have grown up always trying to help others around me and have traveled to Central America and Asia at different times. This is my first Africa trip and this organization’s ideals align best with my desire to help out. More later after the trip!!
HOW DID PROJECT GET STARTED?
Georgia Evans
Georgia Evans is the founder of the Village Care Project. She started going "Into Africa" taking Community Size Water Filters to a Masai village while on a wildlife photo safari.
Before her first trip she researched the village and realized a desperate need for clean drinking water. The women were hauling water from basically any stream
Georgia Evans is the founder of the Village Care Project. She started going "Into Africa" taking Community Size Water Filters to a Masai village while on a wildlife photo safari.
Before her first trip she researched the village and realized a desperate need for clean drinking water. The women were hauling water from basically any stream or pond they could find. It was filthy and she wondered how they could drink this without getting sick.
So she found a simple solution, community size water filters. She took 2 of the larger community size plus 50 personal water filter straws to this Massai village in Africa. Then she hired guides and personally delivered and demonstrated how to use them so the villagers could have water clean for drinking.
These filters provide clean water that is free of disease so they can be healthier, happier and more productive.
On her second trip she also added mosquito bed nets that help prevent malaria to her project and gave one to every adult villager.
Since then she transformed the personal project into a public non profit.
Then she returned to 5 more villages with 3 volunteers in Jan 2020.
NOW since a layoff due to covid VCP is planning the next April 2022 trip back Into Africa Project.
On her second trip she also added mosquito bed nets to help combat malaria, a dreaded and life threatening disease, especially for children. Bed nets are such a simple solution and a "no brainer"!
Almost all the remote villages are in dire need of clean water and malaria bed nets.
So please realize this project is very important to these people!
Georgia Evans, founder of the Village Care Project was honored with two awards
"2018 Woman of Inspiration" Award
"2018 Colorado Woman of Vision"
by the Colorado Women of Influence Foundation
About Us
OUR MISSION
OUR MISSION
OUR MISSION
The Village Care Project mission is to help indigenous villagers of the world obtain clean water and better health, happiness and productivity. We seek to fight poverty by "helping them help themselves" to a better standard of living.
We are currently focused on helping people obtain clean water to indigenous semi nomadic village people in
The Village Care Project mission is to help indigenous villagers of the world obtain clean water and better health, happiness and productivity. We seek to fight poverty by "helping them help themselves" to a better standard of living.
We are currently focused on helping people obtain clean water to indigenous semi nomadic village people in Tanzania, Africa.
We are also providing malaria bed nets to help curb the dangerous disease carried by mosquitoes.
Our History
OUR MISSION
OUR MISSION
Georgia saw a desperate need for clean water free of disease such as dysentery, etc. in African villages. Women and girls gather water from all kinds of places and the water is HORRIBLE!
Georgia Evans began her project by taking community size water filters to a Maasai village in Tanzania, Africa while on a photo safari.
Since then Georgia
Georgia saw a desperate need for clean water free of disease such as dysentery, etc. in African villages. Women and girls gather water from all kinds of places and the water is HORRIBLE!
Georgia Evans began her project by taking community size water filters to a Maasai village in Tanzania, Africa while on a photo safari.
Since then Georgia has been back and has donated, delivered and demonstrated large water filters and hundreds of malaria bed nets to 5 villages.
Our Team
OUR MISSION
Our Team
Our amazing team is committed to helping others. Georgia and her team of board members, guides, translators and volunteers take their convictions and turn them into action.
We are an all inclusive group...of many races, religions, beliefs, ages and backgrounds with the common purpose of helping other humans!
WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP US?
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Our amazing team is committed to helping others. Georgia and her team of board members, guides, translators and volunteers take their convictions and turn them into action.
We are an all inclusive group...of many races, religions, beliefs, ages and backgrounds with the common purpose of helping other humans!
WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP US?
Think you would be a good fit? Get in touch for more information!
Did you know you can become a volunteer and go on a future trip? Contact Georgia at villagecareproject.com
CONTACT US HERE
Seeking experienced volunteers: Grant Writers
Fundraiser Pros
Business Marketers
Proud Member of Loveland Chamber of Commerce
Our Mission
At Village Care Project, we strive to improve the lives of remote African villagers by providing them with clean water filters, mosquito bed nets, waterproof roof tarps and solar lanterns. Our aim is to break the cycle of deadly waterborne diseases and malaria to give villagers a chance at a better future.