Regional and Country Office Directors

Nidhi has worked extensively in India on pressing social development challenges and in several countries across Asia, Africa and North America on issues spanning health, education, livelihoods and humanitarian response. She joined The Union from her previous role as Director, Program Quality and Impact with CARE, Canada.

With 30 years of experience, Nidhi has had the unique opportunity of working within diverse socio-economic contexts, in organisations of differing scales and across management levels. Setting up and managing country offices is Nidhi’s speciality.

John Paul Dongo has worked with The Union since 2011, most recently he supported The Union's DETECT Child TB Project which showed that strengthening child TB services in Uganda was associated with increased case finding and improved treatment outcomes. He is also The Union's lead for the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Child and Adolescent TB Centre of Excellence.

For over 35 years Kelland have been working as an international development and humanitarian professional in Africa and Asia. He brings extensive experience from working on health, education and environmental programs during his career.

In addition, he has over a decade of working experience in Myanmar. Kelland also has a wealth of experience in team-building, strategic thinking, and program management. He also holds a Master’s in Land Use Planning.