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Period poverty: Can reusable products solve the issue?

Half the world’s population gets period. It is one of the most ordinary things a human body does. Yet for women in Niger, it is still an expensiv...
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From Seoul to York and Everywhere In Between: Celebrating Over 35 Years of Being Good Neighbours

Good Neighbours UK is celebrating the anniversary of the global Good Neighbors partnership. It was started by a group of friends in Sou...
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Classrooms Without Borders: Good Neighbours UK Brings Nepal’s Inclusion Story to York St John

James Gold from Good Neighbours UK (GNUK) recently delivered a guest lecture at York St John University, as part of the first-year Sociology modu...
Marc Greene (Chief Executive Canopi Foundation & Education Saves Lives) with Zarina Douglas-Sori, Chief Executive, Good Neighbours UK

Wa Kanday Gooro! Bringing Accessible Health Education to Zarma-Speaking Communities

Marc Greene (Chief Executive Canopi Foundation & Education Saves Lives) with Zarina Douglas-Sori, Chief Executive, Good Neighbours UK ...
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Promising Signs: Follow-Up Research Shows Shifting Attitudes Among Young People in Ghana (Get the Report here)

In 2023, Good Neighbours UK and Good Neighbors Ghana began working with the University of Manchester on a research partnership to understand and ...
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GNUK Partners with YorKits to Provide Nigerien Girls With Sustainable Menstrual Kits

Good Neighbours UK sincerely thanks YorKits for their partnership and donation of reusable menstrual hygiene kits, which are helping to improve m...
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Zarina Douglas-Sori
Chief Executive
Zarina studied international development at the University of East Anglia and since 2001 has worked for charitable organisations in the United Kingdom and overseas in the fields of poverty alleviation, inclusion, food security and sustainability.

Zarina is passionate about community-led development and empowering minority and disadvantaged groups to lead positive and impactful development and social change. Prior to joining Good Neighbours UK, Zarina worked as a grant officer for Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. Zarina has experience of leading and managing development programmes. She spent 13 years in West Africa supporting farming families to improve their subsistence and commercial agriculture. Zarina is bi-lingual in English and French and loves learning languages. In her free time Zarina enjoys crochet, karate and yoga.