Nikki Barltrop
With almost 25 years of experience in the hospitality & food & beverage fields, Nikki has worked everywhere from Michelin starred restaurants & private members clubs in London, to 5 star hotels across the Middle East & South East Asia. Nikki spent 5 years living & working in Yangon, Myanmar, as COO & Director of 57 Below, one of the countries premier hospitality companies, behind brands such as Parami Pizza, Union Bar & Grill & Gekko before she left in the April of 2021. She is now Director of Operations for the Peppina group of restaurants in Thailand.
Nikki has extensive charity contacts in Myanmar, having worked with many of them at a grass roots fundraising level since 2016. Most recently Nikki ran bar operations for the “Raise Three Fingers” charity fundraiser in London which raised $55,000 for charities in Myanmar.
Charity 1: Crossing the Gain Line
Crossing the Gain Line used to coach rugby to young people in Yangon. They now feed them and their families, delivering food and supply packages to them each week.
They are non - political charity so they can still get food directly to the families that need it. They are 100% volunteer so their costs are virtually zero.
They are now providing food packages to over 1000 families per week. Each food package contains food, personal cleaning products, hand sanitiser and washing powers. It cost about £12. You can see the work they do on the website and Facebook page.
Website: http://crossingthegainline.org/