The Gibraltar Team
The key team members on the Rock are:
Dr. Soma Pujari – Founder
Dr. Soma Pujari and her husband Anurag Dikshit founded the Kusuma Trust in order to reorganise the family’s direct charitable giving into a more structured, scaled and long term approach. Their sense of social responsibility has inspired the family to take steps in changing the fortunes of society’s underprivileged in India. In Gibraltar the project is driven by a desire to give back to the community that has been the cradle of the Trust’s activities. Dr. Pujari continues to be very involved with the activities of the Trust and provides strategic direction.
Peter Isola - Trustee of Kusuma Trust (Gibraltar)
Peter heads the law firm Isolas and is a highly respected lawyer and business leader. From 2002 to 2006 he was president of the Gibraltar Chamber of Commerce. He is recognised as an expert in financial services, corporate and trust law and has spoken at various conferences on corporate, trust and insurance.
Albert Isola – Trustee of Kusuma Trust (Gibraltar)
Albert is a Senior Partner at ISOLAS and has been much involved in the development and promotion of Gibraltar as a jurisdiction of choice in the financial services sector. Albert is highly regarded for his work in property development and project finance having been engaged in almost every development in recent years. He was an elected member of the Gibraltar Parliament (1996 – 2000) carrying on the traditional Isola family interest in local politics.
Joey Garcia – Trustee of Kusuma Trust (Gibraltar)
Joey is part of the commercial team at the Gibraltar law firm Isolas, who are the legal advisors to the Kusuma Trust. He has been involved in the set up of the Trust structure and advises the Trustees on all matters related to the Trusts accounts, investments and distributions as well as reviewing all agreements in relation to the Trust and its activities.
Dominique Searle
A graduate of Essex University in Sociology of Literature, Dominique has been Editor of the Gibraltar Chronicle since 1996 in the vanguard of public life on the Rock having joined the newspaper in 1984. He was a John Mackintosh Trust scholar and has been stringer for The Times of London and Reuters for many years as well as contributing to British and Spanish newspaper reports and opinion columns. In 2004 he was made an MBE (Member of British Empire) for services to journalism in Gibraltar. While in office he has supported many charities by furthering their cause and activities through the Chronicle.
Angela Almeida (Administrator)
A graduate of Oxford Brookes in Anthropology and Philosophy, Angela joined the Kusuma Trust Gibraltar in September 2010 and is tasked with the day to day administration of the trust's work and in liaising with the community groups that partner with us. She has field experience having worked with Maori elders in New Zealand and various volunteer projects worldwide as well as an office administrator in Gibraltar.
Latest New
Kusuma is happy to announce that we have organised the Millennium Mathematics Project to come to Gibraltar. The project which is active nationally in the UK and internationally will be delivered in schools by top mathematicians as part of an initiative to promote the enjoyment of maths. We are sure that the students of Gibraltar will find all the workshops very enjoyable. They will also be able to see a real WWII Code breaking Enigma machine 
Local Gymnast Georgina Cassar recipient of the Kusuma Trust Gibraltar sports scholarship, as pictured in the red Kusuma T-shirt returned to Gibraltar with her team mates to give an electrifying performance for the public at the Tercentenary Hall. Georgina and her team mates are part of the Great Britain Rhythmic Team who are training to compete in the 2012 Olympic games.
CHARITY TRAINING FAIR
Following the success of our taster session in May 2011 Kusuma Trust Gibraltar partnered with DSC to initiate and fund their first charity training fair. This training fair hopes to compliment our dedication to contribute towards helping charities become more efficient and bring in trainers where needed. With this in mind Kusuma Trust also provided a chance for charities to have free consultations with the trainers.
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Childline Gibraltar was set up in 2006 with the object of ending cruelty to children in Gibraltar from bullying to abuse. In summer 2010 Kusuma Gibraltar were delighted to agree a £10,000 donation for the coming year and to have helped enable Childline Gibraltar's restructure for a good future.