Facilitators

Felicity Fallon joined Sphere in August 2021 and is Head of Learning and Events. Prior to joining Sphere, she worked in education, tourism and heritage. Her roles have encompassed teaching, training and business development for the public and private sectors. She is co-founder of Lake Aid, an association supporting displaced children and families in Annecy (France). She attended a SphereTraining of Trainers workshop in Albania 2022, and has since facilitated anumber of in-person workshops in Poland, Slovak Republic and UK, as well as online sessions for participants all around the world.

AnaPinto de Oliveira isa Public Health Doctor, holding a Master’s degree in Microbiology and a PhD inInternational Health. She has extensive experience in Public Health: epidemiological surveillance, health planning and working with vulnerablepopulations. She is an independent humanitarian action consultant withexperience in Portuguese-speaking countries. She is also a consultant to theWorld Health Organization's Technical Group on Immunization for the AfricanRegion. She is the coordinator of the Public Health and Humanitarian ActionResearch Group at the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of theUniversity of Algarve and coordinates their Postgraduate course of HumanitarianAction.

Zeynep Sanduvaç is an independentconsultant, and board member of Nirengi Association. She is a Social Worker,B.A., Public Administration, M.A., Sphere trainer and Core HumanitarianStandards Instructor. Zeynep has been working on Conflict and Disaster RiskReduction (C-DRR), Psycho-social Support (PSS), Education in Emergencies (EiE),Child Protection in Emergencies, Business Continuity in Emergencies andStrategic Human Resources Management related national and internationalprojects for over 20 years.

Aya Yagan is a listed Sphere Trainer and Technical Director at NSDation. She has experience of delivering Sphere table top exercises in both online and inperson formats As a seasoned MEAL Advisor with a focus on enhancing program quality, accountability, and inclusion, she excels in devising strategic frameworks for organizations, leveraging monitoring and evaluation activities to drive learning and improvement. Aya has served as a team leader for project evaluations with international organizations, providing emergency response for populations affected by earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria.

Yaman Attasi has responded in Syrian crises during the last 14 years, always trying to to apply Sphere humanitarian standards.