Jason Davies jason_davies17@hotmail.com Jason is a musician and a singer/songwriter. He serves on the Community Builders administration team in Vancouver and coordinates volunteer activities.
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Milann Davies milann_davies@hotmail.com Milann is a teacher and a talented organizer. She serves on the society’s administration team in Vancouver and helps to coordinate special events.
Galina Freed galinafreed@yahoo.com Galina has studied at a graduate level in psychology. She was born in Russia. Galina serves on the society’s administration team and as a tenant support worker.
Crystal Hidalgo crystal@afyadesign.com Crystal is an audio engineer and has taught school in El Salvador. She is fluent in Spanish and lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, Pablo. Crystal is the society’s web master and works on the administration team.
Julie Roberts julieraphael@hotmail.com Julie is a paramedic and coordinates the society's compassionate adoption services in Vancouver and Hope, BC. She serves as a director of the society and is the human resources coordinator.
Steve Long steveraphael@hotmail.com Steve is a paramedic and a log home builder. He coordinates the Afya Community Services activites in Metro Vancouver.
Amanda Wideman the2awesomes@hotmail.com Amanda is a paramedic and has lived in a L’Arche community in Toronto. She gives leadership to the tenant support team in Vancouver.
Catherine Wiebe catherine.wiebe@fraserhealth.ca Catherine is the manager of Health Services for Fraser Health in Hope and Agassiz . She serves as a consultant for the society’s administration team.
Gordon Wiebe gwiebe@telus.net Gordon is a retired minister and works in residence at the Dodson Rooms on Hastings in Vancouver. He is a director and serves the society as a consultant and program developer.
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The community builders blog explores the power of small in healthy community development initiatives and seeks to understand why redemption is resilient in a world dominated by natural selection. Gordon K. Wiebe is a retired minister who lives with his wife, Catherine, at the Dodson Rooms on Hastings in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Personal interests include quiet coffee meetings with benevolent business investors, innovative social service providers and agenda-free altruists. In Canada the Community Builders society coordinates best practice market housing initiaitves and models compassionate adoption for at-risk infants. In Sub-Saharan Africa the society promotes self-sufficiency through relationally-based mirco-enterprise. View the Blog
Best Practice Housing Staff and Volunteers
Michael Cowan cowan229@hotmail.com Michael is a long-time resident of Vancouver and has a wide range of community development skills. He oversees tenant affairs in the four rooming houses operated by Community Builders in Vancouver.
Albinus & Debora Samsoni albinusmruga@yahoo.com Micro-Enterprise coordinator in Msamvu, Tanzania.
Alfred & Edina Roger semen_roja@hotmail.com Micro-Enterprise coordinatre in Italazya, Tanzania.
David and Lise Ash
The Ashs purchased the
Dodson Rooms on Hastings with
the guidance and support of Hart
and Anita Molthagen in 2004. In
2006 David and Lise agreed to
sole ownership of the building and
subsequently have provided further
strategic investments in order to
make it possible for Community
Builders to provide sustainable
building management services
through the efforts of indigenous
tenant staff and volunteers.
Hart and Anita Molthagen
The Molthagens purchased the
Jubilee Rooms on Main in 2000
and are the founders of the
privately owned, safe and
supportive housing development
initiative for single room
accommodation in Vancouver's
Downtown Eastside.
David Ash is a director of the society. He is a social entrepreneur and has invested in numerous Canadian and international relief and development initiatives.
Collin Chitty is a society director. He is an aircraft mechanic engineer and has recently had a year long cross cultural experience in the South of France.
Don Nelson is the society's secretary/treasurer. He is a Certified General Account with over 30 years experience managing in administrative affairs for Canadian-based charitable organizations.
Joseph & Margaret Rugashoborola jrugash@yahoo.com Micro-Enterprise coordinator in Kimara, Tanzania.
Damianus & Regina Thomas damianusthomas@hotmail.com Micro-Enterprise coordinator in Mbeya, Tanzania.
Gradius & Jesca Theonest theonest@hotmail.com Micro-Enterprise coordinator in Tegeta, Tanzania.
Rob and Deborah Harden The Hardens purchased the Powell Rooms on Powell in 2006. Rob teaches a wilderness course for the North Vancouver School Division and Deborah is a lawyer and a nurse.
Julie Roberts is the society's president. She is a paramedic and has provided hands-on leadership for Community Builders activities for ten years.
Gordon Wiebe is the society's chair. He is a retired minister and the co-founder of the Community Builders Benevolence Group.