Our founding directors
The founding directors of Cornerstone Foundation (Australia) Inc. are Wayne & Bev Stevens.
Wayne is a qualified Technology Studies teacher with 14 years teaching experience, having worked previously in the automotive industry as a fitter and turner/toolmaker and production engineer. Wayne & Bev have fostered a number of disadvantaged children over a 10 year period. They have 2 children of their own and they are also very proud grandparents.
In 1998, Wayne & Bev made the decision to spend 6 months working in a war zone among the ‘Acholi’ people of Kitgum, northern Uganda. During this visit Wayne & Bev saw first-hand the impact of a brutal war and the pain and suffering of children. This experience did not leave them unaffected and resulted in them never being the same again. They returned to Australia with a clear vision to build the ‘Cornerstone Vocational Training Centre’ for orphaned and destitute teenagers.
Since 2000Wayne and Bev, together with the support of the CFA management committee and CFA members, have worked hard fundraising and planning the Cornerstone project.
It’s been a long road but for all who have been involved it is exciting to see this special project finally become a reality for the people of northern Uganda.