About Us

Lotus Relief Charitable Trust (UK)
was established and registered with the Charity Commission in the UK in 1998.
Lotus Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe e.V
was established and registered as a charitable Association in Germany in 2007.

Wolfgang Sietz and Ifegenia (Ivy) Christou, set up Lotus Relief Charitable Trust and are Trustees of Lotus-Trust and Vorstand and Members of Lotus-Hilfe. They are joined by Ross Badger, a business associate of long standing, who became a Trustee of Lotus-Trust in 1998 and Member of Lotus-Hilfe in 2007, and by Axel Siepmann also a business associate of long standing who became a Member of Lotus-Hilfe in 2007 and at a later stage a Trustee of Lotus-Trust.

Lotus’ Trustees are located in the UK and Germany.

Lotus Trustees and the READA team with community members, Tra Peang Veng village
Lotus' Part-time Country Representative located in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Erik van Rensburg was Lotus' Country Coordinator based in Siem Reap for 2 years and now is a part-time representative and friend of Lotus. Erik is still based in Siem Reap is now able to monitor and control Lotus' projects through regular meetings with the READA-Lotus Project Manager and through the establishment of measuring charts for each project.