Barbara Down lives in Newcastle upon Tyne with her husband David. They have two grown up sons, Chris and Andrew. Until January 2007 she was working as a nurse in one of the local hospitals but is now working full time on the IofC websites. She is web manager of the xChange and is also editor of the UK IofC website and co-editor of the English-speaking international IofC website.

Joseph was born in 1968 and went to school in his hometown in Kenya before proceeding to Bhopal University, India, in 1987. He graduated in Arts and Law and returned to Kenya in 1993. As well as being a Certified Public Secretary, he is currently practising law in Nairobi, having his own law firm and several associates working with him. He is very much involved in the Clean Kenya Campaign, "a massive effort aimed at curing the rot" in his country.

Dr Adu-Sarkodie is a researcher on sexually transmitted infections and Aids. He is a specialist and lecturer in a teaching hospital in Ghana.