STAFF DIRECTORY
Maria Carla Fernández
Executive Director
Phone: +54 9 11 3280-7978
Argentina@bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Belgium
europe@bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Bolivia
Romina Vasquez Vargas
Program Manager
La Paz, Bolivia
Phone: +591 7 950 7381
Bolivia@bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Brazil
Roberta Cruz Lima
Executive Director
Rua Pintassilgo, 463, Moema
CEP: 04514-032 – São Paulo – SP
Phone: +55 11 96192-3039
Brazil@bestbuddies.org
www.melhoresamigos.org
Best Buddies Bulgaria
Tsetska Karadjova
Executive Director
Sofia 1404
8, Riccardo Vaccarini str.
Phone: +359 889 470 703
bulgaria@bestbuddies.org
www.bestbuddies.bg
Best Buddies Canada
Vicki MacCrimmon
Executive Director
1243 Islington Avenue, Suite 907
Toronto, Ontario M8X 1Y9
Canada
Phone: +14165310003
Fax: +14165310325
Canada@bestbuddies.org
bestbuddies.ca
Best Buddies Chile
Alejandra Escobar Peñaloza
Executive Director
Avenida Bustamente #26
Providencia, Santiago de Chile
Phone: +56 9 91654548
Chile@bestbuddies.org
www.bestbuddieschile.org
Best Buddies Colombia
Olga Lucía Lacouture
Presidente Consejo Directivo y Fundadora
Alejandra Arenas
Executive Director
Carrera 7b Bis # 124-58
Bogotá, Colombia
Phone: +57 1 702 60 44
Colombia@bestbuddies.org
www.bestbuddies.com.co
Best Buddies Costa Rica
Jehykin Umaña Mayorga
Executive Director
Avenida Escazú, Torre Lexus
Cuarto piso, Oficinas de Arias
Escazú, San Jose, Costa Rica
Phone: +506 40362860
CostaRica@bestbuddies.org
www.bestbuddiescr.org
Best Buddies Cuba
international@bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Denmark
Camilla Overgaard Nielsen
Program Manager
Landsforeningen LEV
Blekinge Boulevard 2
2630 Taastrup, Denmark
Phone: +45 36359620
Denmark@bestbuddies.org
bestbuddies.dk
Best Buddies Dominican Republic
Raquel Brea Bermúdez
Executive Director
Av 27 de Febrero 299
Edif. Chez Space Corporativo
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
Phone: +1 809 754 7725
RepublicaDominicana@bestbuddies.org
www.bestbuddiesrd.com
Best Buddies Ecuador
FEPAPDEM
Daniel Salas
Executive Director
Av.10 de Agosto N37-193
Quito, Ecuador
Phone: +593 2259441 ext. 3
Ecuador@bestbuddies.org
www.fepapdem.org
Best Buddies Egypt
Mr. Ahmed El-Etr
Friendly Family Association
12, Faisal Towers, El-Wataneya Towers
10th Floor
End of King Faisal St.
Pyramids, Giza, Egypt
Egypt@bestbuddies.org
www.friendlyfamily-eg.com
Best Buddies El Salvador
Alejandro Calderón
Executive Director
San Salvador, El Salvador
Phone: +503 70137239
ElSalvador@bestbuddies.org
www.bestbuddieselsalvador.org
Best Buddies England
Sean Porter
Jobs Program Supervisor
337 City Road
London, EC1V 1LJ
Phone: +44 (0)20 3559 8390
england@bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Finland
Pia Björkman
Program Manager
Inclusion Finland Kvtl /Kehitysvammaisten Tukiliitto
Association of Societies for
Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Pinninkatu 51
FI-33100 Tampere
Finland
Phone: +358505288381
Finland@bestbuddies.org
www.bestbuddies.fi
Best Buddies France
Thais Trobaugh
Executive Director
Phone: +33 635777264
France@bestbuddies.org
www.bestbuddiesfrance.org
Best Buddies Germany
Tim Thielicke
Executive Director
Germany@bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Ghana
Kojo Danquah Amankrah
Executive Director
P.O. Box CT 9887
Cantonment
Accra, Ghana
Phone: +233244815710
Ghana@bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Greece
Penny Papanikolopoulou
Executive Director
TACT HELLAS
26 Kapetan Varda St.
Athens 11744
Greece
Phone: +213 09 96 052
bestbuddiesgreece@gmail.com
www.bestbuddiesgreece.gr
Best Buddies Guatemala
María Cristina Bosch
Program Manager
Blvd. Los Próceres, 24-69 zona 10
Empresarial Zona Pradera, Torre 1 Nivel 18
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Phone:+502 2375 7794
Guatemala@bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Haiti
Bethany Appleton
Executive Director
myLIFEspeaks
P.O. Box 100972
Nashville, TN 37224
Phone: 1-855-541-5433
Haiti@bestbuddies.org
www.mylifespeaks.com
Best Buddies Hong Kong
Steve Fong Fu-fai
Ground Floor, No. 2A, Po On Road
Cronin Garden, Sham Shui Po
Hong Kong
Phone: +852 2307 7049
HongKong@bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Indonesia
Lanny Darmawan
Executive Director
lannydarmawan@hotmail.com
Best Buddies Ireland
Linda Keane
Executive Director
Ability West
Blackrock House, Salthill
Ireland, Galway R254 H91
Phone: +353 879971558
Linda.Keane@abilitywest.ie
www.abilitywest.ie
Best Buddies Israel
Avi Marcovitz, Ed.D.
Executive Director
Rechv Tseret 4, No. 1
Jerusalem, Israel 9346304
Israel@bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Kenya
Enouce Ndeche
Executive Director
288-00610
Nairobi, Kenya 254
Phone: +254723954556
Kenya@bestbuddies.org
www.bestbuddieskenya.org
Best Buddies Lebanon
Pascale A.Khalil
Executive Director
Kesrouan
Ain el Rihani
Lebanon
Phone: +9619230856 / 9613669708
Lebanon@bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Macao
Yanming Tsui
Executive Director
Avenida Comercial de Macau, FIT Centre, 5 Andar A, Macau
Phone: (853)8294 6894
Fax: (853)8294 6895
yanmingtsui@bestbuddies.org
https://www.bestbuddies.org.mo/
Best Buddies Malaysia
Joanne Lean
Program Manager
Oasis Place
Level 16, Menara Sentral
Vista, No. 150, Jalan Sultan
Abdul Samad, Brickfields,
50470 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Phone: + 603 2276 9111
malaysia@bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Mexico
Tita Edid de Kahan
Executive Director
Plaza Carso Lago Zurich 245
Edificio Falcón Piso 20
Col. Ampliación Granada
México D. F. C. P. 11529
Phone: +52 53391770
Mexico@bestbuddies.org
www.bestbuddies.org.mx
Best Buddies Mongolia
Ariunaa Gombosuren
Executive Director
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
ariun777@gmail.com
Best Buddies Netherlands
Rob Pennings
Board Member
Postbus 16
3240 AA Middelharnis
Netherlands
Phone: +31187471237
bestuur@bestbuddies.nl
bestbuddies.nl
Best Buddies Nigeria
Opeoluwa Alonge
Executive Director
Phone: +2348039340945
Nigeria@bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Northern Ireland
Linda Mc Kendry
Executive Director
CAN (Compass Advocacy Network Ltd)
20 Seymour Street
Ballymoney
County Antrim
Northern Ireland
BT53 6JR
Phone: 028 2766 9030
Fax: 028 2766 8271
linda@compasspeople.org
www.compasspeople.org
Best Buddies Panamá
Vivian de Torrijos
Executive Director
Corregimiento de Ancón, Llanos de Curundu, 1995
Panamá, Rep. De Panamá
Phone: +507 232-8890/+507 232-8879
Panama@bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Paraguay
Fundacion Saraki
María José Cabezudo
Executive Director
Avenida Artigas, 1389 c/ General Santos
Asunción, Paraguay
Phone: +595 21 202155
Paraguay@bestbuddies.org
https://www.bestbuddies.org.py/
Best Buddies Peru
Proyecto Inclusión Perú
Paula Flores
Executive Director
Calle Amat y Juniet 502,
Urbanización La Virreyna, Surco
Lima, Perú
Phone: (511) 980 948 633
Peru@bestbuddies.org
www.bestbuddiesperu.com
Best Buddies Philippines
Michelle Aventajado
Executive Director
Manila, Philippines
Phone: +63 0920 9472759
Philippines@bestbuddies.org
BestBuddiesPhilippines.com
Best Buddies Poland
Jagoda Bazylko
PSONI Gdansk Branch
ul. Jagiellońska 11
80-371 Gdansk, Poland
Phone: +48 502 891 767
jagoda.bazylko@psoni.gda.pl
Best Buddies Qatar
Laalei Abu-Alfain
Executive Director
Phone: +974.4495.6000
bbq@bestbuddies.org.qa
www.bestbuddies.org.qa
Best Buddies Russia
Denise Roza
Executive Director
Letnikovskaya st 11/10 bld 5
Moscow 115114
Russia
Phone: +74957253982
Russia@bestbuddies.org
bestbuddies.ru
Best Buddies Saudi Arabia
Asma Batool
Program Manager
ACCEL International
3732 Ajyal Dist
Dhahran, Eastern Province 34512-9278
Saudi Arabia
Phone: +00966506662948
Saudiarabia@bestbuddies.org
www.accel.sa
Best Buddies Singapore
Mr. Philip Li
Program Manager
Association for Persons with Special Needs
11 Jalan Ubi, Block 4, #01-31
Singapore 409074
Phone: +6564796252
philip@apsn.org.sg
Best Buddies South Korea
Tae Young Kim
Executive Director
AI Corea
45 Jangji-dong
Songpa-gu
138-732 Seoul
Republic of Korea
Phone: +821094940908
Fax: +8224433841
liebekind@aicorea.org
www.bestbuddies.kr
Best Buddies Spain
Maria Luisa Lanau
Executive Director
Fundación Best Buddies España
Carrer Llibertat, 47 bajos
Barcelona, Spain
08012
Phone: +34 644 974 330
Spain@bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Tanzania
Moses Mongo
Executive Director
Tanzania@bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Turkey
Hasan Barış Uz
Program Manager
Barbaros Mahallesi Fesleğen Sok. No:8
Batı Ataşehir, İstanbul, Turkey
Phone: +90 216 688 31 53
Fax: +90 216 688 74 92
www.bestbuddiesturkey.org
Turkey@bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Uganda
Christa Numbers
Executive Director
Embrace Kulture
Phone: +256 790 534 643 / +1 508 498 5338
christa@embracekulture.org
Best Buddies Ukraine
Tetiana Mykhailenko
Executive Director
Phone: +38 (066) 487 5703
www.bestbuddiesukraine.org
Ukraine@bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Venezuela
Fundación Paso a Paso
Angela Couret
Executive Director
Torre Las Mercedes
Piso 6, Ofc. 603, Chuao
Caracas, Venezuela
Phone: +58 212-959-7475; 959-7396
www.pasoapaso.com.ve
Best Buddies Vietnam
Trinh Thi Le
Program Coordinator
Action to the Community Development Center (ACDC)
P905 Dream Center Home
282 Nguyen Huy Tuong Street
Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Phone: +84 9 8774 0351
Vietnam@bestbuddies.org