Emmanuel graduated from the University of Nottingham with a Masters in Architecture and Environmental Design. He has worked mainly as an in-house street fundraiser with many charities such as World Vision UK, British Heart Foundation, British Red Cross and Marie Curie.

Emmanuel is confident and motivated in his work with PL9 because of a dream he had of Philip.

“It was like Phillip gave me his blessing and pushed me to be involved and be a part of this wonderful organisation.”

Losing a young man to cardiac arrest did not “sit right” with him and together with his mother Juliet Lamin and others, they sort to educate, detect, and raise awareness of cardiac issues in their local communities beginning in the boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich. They provided screening for children as well as petitioning for defibrillators to be provided in the schools.  PL9 developed further and wider not just affecting the local community but communities across the UK.

Emmanuel has always been involved in active mentoring and awareness, instilling and inspiring people around him to do the same.  His vision is for the work of PL9 to grow worldwide, providing heart screening for people in the most vulnerable situations and making sure adequate equipment is around to aid if cardiac arrest is to happen.

“It is what keeps me going, seeing one more soul aware of cardiac risk in the youth and working to eradicate the stigma that young people cannot have cardiac issues because they are young.  It makes it all worth it, one step at a time.”

Emmanuel intends for heart screening to become mandatory for young people in schools and other curriculum in order to prevent the loss of young lives.

“To save our young ones, is to save our future!”