About ChildVoice International

ChildVoice International is a Christian, nonprofit humanitarian organization whose mission is to assist child victims of war around the world through advocacy, research, and effective demonstration projects. We work with local on-the-ground NGOs in war-torn countries and assist them to improve outcomes for children of war - responding to short-term needs including sanctuary, education, and psychosocial and spiritual development, as well as long-term needs including vocational training and microfinance programs.

ChildVoice International was founded in 2006 in response to the ongoing plight of children impacted by the twenty-year civil war in northern Uganda. Child victims of war in this region - including abducted children, children newly escaped from captivity, former child soldiers, and those orphaned or left destitute by rebel activity - are caught in the spiral of poverty and lack hope for the future. Working with Ugandan leaders, the principals of ChildVoice International are creating an organization that aims to facilitate an organized, long-term response to this crisis and create best practices for other regions around the world ravaged by war.

Our Team

ChildVoice International's staff consists of U.S.-based and international staff with backgrounds in social services, humanitarian aid, program development, church mobilization, and volunteer coordination. Collectively, our staff has decades of experience in working with high-risk populations around the world. Our team includes the following personnel:

• Conrad Mandsager, Founder and Executive Director. Having worked in the realm of faith-based nonprofits for two decades, Conrad has served more than a dozen organizations working with high-risk populations including Prison Fellowship Ministries, Feed the Children, Joni and Friends, and Victory Outreach.
• Jolly Nyeko, International Coordinator A native Ugandan, Jolly has spent her career working to improve outcomes for impoverished children in Africa. A former country director for Feed the Children, Jolly currently runs the Uganda-based Christian social services organization Action for Children.
• Susan Arico, Communications Director. Susan leads CVIs work in the areas of partnership-building, communications, and strategy development. Susan has worked extensively with large nonprofit organizations focused on service to high-risk population including the Salvation Army, Hope International, the American Bible Society, and Esperanza USA.
• Nathan Mandsager, Church and Community Mobilization Director. An associate minister at a large, international church based in Schenectady, New York, Nathan has spent five years working at the heart of their missions programs. He has led a number of mission teams to Bulgaria and South Africa, focusing on the long term needs of orphaned children.