As Vibeke Tuxen decided to resign, Nepenthes had to look for someone to fill her shoes. After having interviewed some very qualified applicants Karin Elisabeth Lind was chosen, Nepenthes Central America writes in a January-newsletter.
Who is she?
Karin is 36 years old; she is married to Kristoffer, together they have a 9 month old son. Karin has spent most of her adult life studying, traveling and working with development countries.
Karin Elisabeth Lind holds a Master Degree from the Institute of International Developments Studies and Institute of Environmental and Socio-Economic Planning at Roskilde University. Her master focused on natural resource management in developing countries.
From 2000 to 2003 she worked for CARE Denmark with agricultural development and natural resource management in Bolivia, Ghana and Uganda.
The last 3 years she has been the leader of the natural resource management sector of CARE International in Uganda working with strategic leadership, project development and technical support to the programs in the sector.
She applied for the position as the leader of Nepenthes Project Department because she felt that it would be interesting to work with an organization based on volunteering, that combines poverty reduction and nature conservation and also has a focus on connecting the activities in developing countries with the activities undertaken in Denmark.
Also she wanted to return to Denmark to be closer to friends and family.
Visions and expectations:
Her future expectations regarding her work in Nepenthes includes working together with dedicated colleagues – employees as well as volunteers, and also to put her mark on where Nepenthes is heading in the next 10 years.
She hopes to strengthen the collaboration and coherence between the various departments in Nepenthes so they can get the full advantage of each other and thereby strengthen the work in Central America as well as in Denmark.
In cooperation with her future colleagues in the project department she also wants to strengthen and streamline the working procedures so they can become even more competitive and cost-efficient, but at the same time maintain the strength and quality of the projects.
She points out that creating a balance between conserving nature and reducing poverty is a very important part of Nepenthes work.
She is very aware that this work needs to consider the existing policy environment, local and national interests, and not least how to genuinely involve the target groups in the management of the natural resources to achieve sustainable change.
