Meet the Team

Meet the team who have contributed to develop the Friendship Cards. Getting there has been quite a journey and we encountered  many challenges along the way. We would like to thank all the people who made this dream come true. Special thanks to all those who believed in us,  gave us ideas and supported the Foundation over the past years.

 

The concept will succeed if each one of us believes in contributing part of our life for the good of society. We therefore need volunteers who believe in the idea and share it with others.  Once Friendship Cards work for you, please pass it on, the true joy and happiness in a relationship comes from giving, from sharing your experiences with others, so they too can be happy.

Joanna Sant Fournier

Cofounder

Joanna works as a Learning Support Assistant in a Primary School. For the past 20 years she has dedicated part of her life doing voluntary work with children and families. Together with her husband Julian in 2012 they have set up the foundation to reach out and help others build strong relationships.

Julian Sant Fournier

Cofounder

Julian works as family court mediator with the Family Court in Malta since 2002. For the past 14 years he has dedicated part of his life doing voluntary work together with his wife Joanna preparing couples for Marriage. Together with her husband Julian in 2012 they have set up the foundation to reach out and help others build strong relationships.

Dr Amanda Bezzina

PSCD Teacher

Amanda is a PSCD teacher at St Margaret College and a Visiting Assistant Lecturer within the Department of Youth and Community Studies and the Department of Counseling at the University of Malta. She is the President of the Malta PSD Association. Her areas of research are: Personal and Social Development, Youth work, Holistic Education, Employability, Well being and Generic competences.

Stephen Camilleri

Education Officer PSCD

Stephen is a counsellor by profession.. He is currently the Education Officer in charge of Personal Social and Career Development (PSCD) subject with the Directorate for Learning and Assessment Programmes and a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Malta. He was one of the founders of the Executive Council of the Malta Association for the Counselling Profession (MACP) and was a member of the Children and Young Persons Advisory Board. His main areas of interest include PSCD, emotional literacy, career education, sexuality and relationships education. He occupied various positions with the Education Department, that of a teacher, a Guidance teacher and also as a counsellor.

Sarah Jane Pulis

PSCD teacher

Sarah Jane has been a Primary School Class teacher from 1984 to 2008 and a PSCD teacher since 2008. Sarah Jane is a committee member of Malta PSD Association . As a class-teacher her crowning achievement was the collaboration between her students and Chev. Tony C. Cutajar in the writing of his novel ‘Bieb is-Sultan’.

George Mario Attard

Design and Creative Consultant

George continuously produces works between the realms of fine art, music and design. During his academic pursuit he was selected by the Dean and awarded a Master of Arts Distinction by the University for the Creative Arts, UK. He was awarded with the Best Illustrator Award by Digital Arts, Malta and 1st place by Design Bridge, London with Sugar As Salt Design Team, UK. In 2015 he founded Ażeegonën Studios in Malta and Gozo providing graphic design and creative consultation.

Suzannah Galea

Primary School Teacher

Suzannah graduated with a first class degree as a primary school teacher from the University of Malta. She has also read for a Masters Degree in Education in the field of Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties with the University of Malta

Michiel Paetzel

Web Design & SEO Consultant

Michiel has many years of experience in operations iGaming and SEO sector. His experience was invaluable in settling up and designing the various web sites for the foundation.

Naomi Gatt

Graphic Designer & Illustrator

Naomi graduated in B. Communications and Psychology in 2010. Since then Naomi has been working as a full time graphic designer with Outlook Coop and has also had the opportunity to illustrate for children's books and book covers. This art was always important to her and she would spend most of her free time drawing and writing, especially as a young girl. Throughout the past years she has had the pleasure of taking part in collaborative exhibitions which were a great experience.

Share the idea with your friends

Our wish is to share friendship cards with children all over the world. Can you imagine if all children could learn communication and conflict resolution skills from the time that they are young ? The world would be a better place . This is our contribution to society, help us share it with others …. pay it forward

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