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Hero of the Month

We are thankful for all volunteers, citizen reporters, translators, donors, and so many friends and lightning safety advocates who have offered their time, funds, expertise, and so much more to make ACLENet a success. Here are some of those who have contributed:

2023-01 - Frank Shumbusho, Rwanda, Citizen Reporter since 2015
2023-02 - Martin Omara, Uganda, ACLENet staff, Finance Officer, and volunteer project manager for school installations
2023-03 - Stephane Schmitt, France, Monitor of news reports for French speaking countries, Newsletter translator (French)
2023-04 - Kenneth Roets, South Africa, Lightning Protection expert and member of ACLENet's Lightning Protection Working Group
2023-05 - Ronald L. Holle, meteorologist and international expert on the demographics of lightning injuries, serves on ACLENet's Executive Committee and Board of Directors
2023-06 - Mary Ann Cooper, MD, Managing Director, ACLENet
2023-07 - Charles Tonny Mukasa Lusambu, ACLENet Board of Directors, Retired Commissioner of Basic Education, Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports
2023-08 - Paola Luria, from Brazil, translates the Flash to Portuguese every month
2023-09 - Barnabas Akantambira, Uganda Country Coordinator, has been responsible for coordinating all of ACLENet's activities in Uganda since May of 2021.
2023-10 - Mitchell Guthrie, A dedicated leader of the Lightning Protection Working Group
2023-11 - Daile Zhang, Board of Directors and Social Media Director for ACLENet
2023-12 - Isaac Tumuhimbise has been with ACLENet since 2016 as Chief Installer of the Lightning Protection Systems at all of the schools we have installed.

Isaac has a wealth of experience in the field and is instrumental in advising the Lightning Protection Working Group design team on what will and will not work in the field.
2024-01 - Kimberly Loehr, long time supporter of ACLENet
2024-02 - Daniel Esteban Villamil Sierra, lightning safety advocate since college
2024-03 - Katie Flanagan, Professor of Sports Medicine
2024-04 - Richard Tushemereirwe, ACLENet Co-Founder
2024-05 - Taufeeq Nsamba, our earliest volunteer
2024-06 - Gopa Kumar - well known lightning and electrical safety activist, lightning expert, and BENEFACTOR of Mulabana Primary School
2024-07 - Jeff LaPierre - Newsletter volunteer translator for French
2024-08 - Mohamed Nayel, PhD, Flash translator for Arabic
2024-11 - Ken Nixon serves on the Board of Directors, is a special adviser to the Lightning Protection Working Group design team, and has recently traveled to Uganda to meet staff and visit schools that we protect.

South Asian Lightning Network
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American Meteorological Society
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LARC - Lightning & Atmospheric Research Center (Nepal)
Bangladesh Assoc for Social Advancement

Bangladesh Lightning Safety Program
Lightning Strike and Electric Shock Survivors International

Lightning Strike and Electric Shock Survivors International support group
Lightning Protection Concepts
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The Lightning Gurus
Polytech
Ludwig Family FoundationLudwig Family Foundation has awarded ACLENet a $99,908 grant to protect 3 model schools in Uganda that will offer lightning safety education to teachers, students, parents and local officials in their districts. It will also allow us to decrease the cost of lightning protection for schools by assembling a list of locally sourced materials to avoid expensive imports and to design a set of lightning protection 'templates' for typical school buildings instead of designing each one separately. The Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports has helped by giving us the architectural plans for the new schools they are building and several experienced lightning protection specialists have volunteered their help as well.
International Lightning Safety Day
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National Weather Association
Lightning Safety Alliance - Jennifer and Mark Morgan
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Latin American Lightning Education Network
Center for Excellence in High Voltage Engineering
University of Witwatersrand