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The mission of the Kerosene Lamp Foundation (KLF) is to empower youth to grow into healthy and well-educated adults. KLF was founded in 2005 by Adonal Foyle, a native of St. Vincent & the Grenadines and professional basketball player. KLF uses basketball as a bridge to the next generation, promoting education and health awareness, providing free basketball clinics and building/refurbishing basketball courts. To date we have reached over 2500 children in the Caribbean and USA.
The name "Kerosene Lamp" refers to the lighting used by Adonal to study on an island without electricity, and symbolizes his mission to brighten the futures of today's youth. To date, we have assisted over 2500 children in the Caribbean and USA.
Kerosene Lamp Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Adonal Foyle is an NBA veteran currently in his third season with the Orlando Magic after playing ten seasons with the Golden State Warriors. He is also an activist with a deep commitment to improving the society in which he finds himself. KLF is his second non-profit organization, the first being Democracy Matters, a non-partisan campus-based project working to get big money out of politics and people in. In addition Adonal makes numerous community service visits and his work has been honored by a host of organizations. Most recently, he was inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame, and appointed Goodwill Ambassador to St. Vincent & the Grenadines. Adonal graduated magna cum laude from Colgate University with a BA in History, and is on the verge of finishing an MA in Sports Psychology at John F. Kennedy University.
Shiyana Valentine has been involved in every aspect of the Kerosene Lamp Foundation from its conception. She has served on the Board of Directors since its establishment in 2005 and has actively participated in all KLF activities to date. She was formally named the Executive Director in October, 2008. Before KLF, she was the Country Manager in the Bahamas for the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative where her role was to assist the Ministry of Health with integrating HIV/AIDS care into primary healthcare services and strengthening their antiretroviral supply chain to ensure that patients received an uninterrupted supply of medication. Prior to the Clinton Foundation, Shiyana spent three years with the Development Marketplace team at the World Bank where her primary responsibility was to manage a global grant competition that funds innovative and early stage projects with potential for development impact. Shiyana received a BA in History and Peace Studies from Colgate University, and an MA in International Development from American University.
Bobbie Dyer, Branch Manager, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Gideon G. Lewis, MD, FAAFP, Drs. Lewis & Lewis, P.A.
Gideon J. Lewis, D.P.M, AACFAS, Drs. Lewis & Lewis, P.A.
Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic center and NBA superstar, has joined the Board as of April, 2010. At the request of Dwight, KLF is now managing his Dwight Howard Fund with the mission to help at-risk kids around the world. DHF will kick off with a program for Haitian children affected by the earthquake, and we are currently raising funds to support this initiative. If you would like to donate specifically to DHF, please make a note of it when you donate.
Sabrina Mitchell is a born Vincentian and currently resides on the island of Bequia, in the Grenadines of St. Vincent. She is a business- woman by profession and is the General Manager of the Frangipani Hotel, manager of The Gingerbread Restaurant, Bar & Cafe on Bequia, and Managing Director of her family group of companies. She was educated at the University of Toronto in Canada. She currently serves as regional Secretary General of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation, as well as a Central board member of FIBA Americas, the continental controlling body of basketball, and is President of her local basketball affiliate, the Bequia Basketball Association. She owns and operates a private primary school, the Bequia Paradise Primary, located on Bequia and is involved in numerous community service organizations. Sabrina is a member of the Board of the Kerosene Lamp Foundation and also serves as the local coordinating officer of Adonal's Academic and Athletics camps. She is married with two daughters.
Michelle Briscoe
Toral Desai
Stephen Eriksen
Cathy Godfrey
Larry Green
Shomari Lewis
Adrian Williams
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