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The Team

At Naledo our operations are run by our incredible team. We provide training and mentorship on everything business, from accounting to marketing. It is our hope that as each team member grows with us, they branch out and start their own social enterprise or influence other businesses, increasing our impact.

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Umeeda Switlo

Co-Founder/CEO

Umeeda has enjoyed a varied career that includes working as a marine biologist, entrepreneur, concert promoter and artist manager, non-profit and international development sectors.  Umeeda created Truly Turmeric and manages operations in Belize. 

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Belkis

Production Manager

Belkis is from Mafedi in Belize. She loves to cook and one day hopes to open a restaurant. Her passion for food makes Belkis the perfect production manager! She is always experimenting with new ways to use our turmeric.

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Finn

Security

Finn passed away, but he will always be a founding member of team Naledo. Finn helped keep the team safe and entertained. He liked chasing chickens and cats. He was adopted as a puppy when his family no longer wanted him.

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Nareena Switlo

Co-Founder/COO

She is an experienced project manager and business development specialist with a background in Anthropology.  She has worked with innovative organizations in Zanzibar, Kenya, Ghana, India, and Canada. At Naledo Nareena manages sales, distribution, and marketing.

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Romelia

Assistant Production Manager

My mother use to make coconut oil to sell in the caye where we lived. From her labour she bought her own property and built us a home. My father was also a hard worker he taught us that respect is very important and to always work decently. I now work at Naledo Belize where I know I will excel.

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Bella

Nature Relations

Bella passed away, but she will always be a founding member of team Naledo. Bella was found living under an ice cream shop. She was sassy and loved hanging out with the team at lunch and going into the field for grower inspections. 

Volunteer Team

Thank you to our volunteers for helping us increase our impact and empower our team to make Truly Turmeric and all the communities we work with even better!

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Tim Collins

Planning/Contruction 2016

Tim Collins met Umeeda through Cuso International where he has served in Vanuatu. Tim is an amazing person able to work with computers to construction. Tim came to Belize for 2 weeks and helped us set up our first small factory.

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David Crichton

Systems Design Volunteer 2017

David used his expertise in anthropology and IT to design our first farmer database to track our impact! He was in Belize for three months.

Thank you David. 

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Angela Niesing

Food Science and Safety 2016

Angela joined the Naledo team as a volunteer for three months. With 2 Masters degrees in Food Science from Germany and Canada she was well equipped to ensure that we met and exceeded all food safety regulations.

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Alison Chadwick

M&E Volunteer 2019

Alison volunteered with Naledo to create a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework to measure our impact in Toledo, Belize. She worked alongside our partnering growers, production staff, CEO, and COO to produce our impact report for 2019! Alison also collaborated with our COO to complete the B Impact Assessment, the first step to becoming a certified BCorp!

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