About Kimber

The best word to describe me is ‘multivalent’, which means:

“Having many applications, interpretations, meanings and values.”

Trained in therapeutic intervention to work with vulnerable individuals, groups, and communities, I have served as a counsellor, manager, facilitator, leader, instructor, trainer, consultant, coach and mentor in over a dozen countries. 

I’ve not only lived an extraordinary life – from vulnerable origins to a career in humanitarian emergencies, to surviving life-threatening illnesses – I’ve continually reflected on the meaning and teased out the learning and growth presented in these experiences.

Crisis as opportunity, I say.  

As a result, I possess an enormous toolbox of skills, expertise and knowledge from which to draw, to serve you, your team, organization or community.

I meet you as you are, where you are, in service to others. Together we define your needs - within your organization and/or social, cultural and religious context - and co-create and deliver the workshop, training, or project that meets them.  

Educational Foundations

Organizations

  • Action Contre La Faim (FRANCE) – Ethiopia

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade – Canada, Malawi 

  • International Institute for Child Rights & Development – Malawi

  • International Rescue Committee - Sierra Leone

  • Médecins Sans Frontières (FRANCE) - Sudan

  • Right To Play International – Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Ethiopia 

  • Save the Children International - Indonesia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda

  • Save the Children US - Malawi

  • Terre des Hommes - Indonesia, Canada

  • The Child Protection Minimum Standards Task Force – Indonesia

  • The Global Child Protection Working Group – Canada, US, Indonesia

  • UNICEF – Pakistan, Sierra Leone

  • West Coast Community Resource Society - Canada

 

  • University of Victoria – Canada

  • University of KwaZulu Natal - South Africa

  • University of Indonesia 

  • Chancellor College – Malawi

 

  • Bartimaeus Family Services - Canada

  • Brayden Supervision Services - Canada

  • Burnside Gorge Community Association - Canada

  • Connaught Heights Elementary School - Canada

  • Fairfield Community Association - Canada

  • WJS Canada - Canada