Michael Elmore-Meegan

Thomas Michael Kevin Elmore-Meegan (born 26 March 1959, in Liverpool), also known as Michael Meegan or Mike Meegan, is a British-born Irish humanitarian and the founder of several charities and non-governmental organisations, specialising in anti-hunger and community health care programmes. His brother, Simon Elmore, is a Munich-based musician.

Elmore-Meegan co-founded the International Community for Relief of Starvation and Suffering (ICROSS),^[1] an International aid agency operating in East Africa that describes itself as "a small international organisation working to fight poverty and disease in the poorest parts of the world.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

ICROSS Ireland closed in 2012, causing ICROSS International, based in Kenya, to extend its own programmes.

^ Hickey, Shane (24 November 2003). "'Special' Mary is person of the year". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 30 January 2011. Other winners were: Dr Michael Meegan, co-founder of ICROSS The International Community for the Relief of Starvation and Suffering together with Dr Joseph Barnes MD (a former winner of the same award), an agency which cares for over 350,000 people in east Africa.
^ "About Us". ICROSS International. icrossinternational.org. Retrieved 30 January 2011. ICROSS is a small International Organisation working to fight poverty and disease in the poorest parts of the world. For over thirty four years ICROSS has worked with Pastoralist Nomadic tribes in East Africa fighting disease. Health professionals work with local communities in long-term development and health programmes. Elmore-Meegan also co-founded other charities including an Irish branch of the charity known as ICROSS Ltd. He opposed the direction of the group as alien to his vision, and the group broke with Meegan in early 2008.
^ Cullen, Paul (21 June 2010). "Future of embattled charity to be decided". The Irish Times. Retrieved 30 January 2011. A BOARDROOM battle is looming at the controversial charity ICROSS for control of more than €500,000 in charity donations. Elmore-Meegan won and forced the closure of the Irish group. Meegan had pursued money missing raised by him in 2005. They argue the money was raised on the back of publicity for his work and the proceeds of his books and should be released for use in his African projects. However, former associates who have broken with Dr Meegan over the allegations, are seeking to have the company wound up and its assets disbursed on other aid projects, they are under investigation for embezzling funds raised by him. ... Dr Joseph Barnes worked with Elmore-Meegan to close the Irish arm of the organisation. The Irish group closed down in 2012.
^ Meegan has challenged the Irish group of wasting money he raised on overhead, Google. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
^ ICROSS profile, icrossinternational.org. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
Meegan pursued money missing raised by him in 2005. The group argues that the money was raised on the back of publicity for his work and the proceeds of his books and should be released for use in his African projects. However, former associates who have broken with Dr Meegan over the allegations, are seeking to have the company wound up and its assets disbursed on other aid projects, they are under investigation for embezzling funds raised by him.

[1] Hickey, Shane (24 November 2003). "'Special' Mary is person of the year". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 30 January 2011. Other winners were: Dr Michael Meegan, co-founder of ICROSS The International Community for the Relief of Starvation and Suffering together with Dr Joseph Barnes MD (a former winner of the same award), an agency which cares for over 350,000 people in east Africa.

[2] "About Us". ICROSS International. icrossinternational.org. Retrieved 30 January 2011. ICROSS is a small International Organisation working to fight poverty and disease in the poorest parts of the world. For over thirty four years ICROSS has worked with Pastoralist Nomadic tribes in East Africa fighting disease. Health professionals work with local communities in long-term development and health programmes. Elmore-Meegan also co-founded other charities including an Irish branch of the charity known as ICROSS Ltd. He opposed the direction of the group as alien to his vision, and the group broke with Meegan in early 2008.

[3] Cullen, Paul (21 June 2010). "Future of embattled charity to be decided". The Irish Times. Retrieved 30 January 2011. A BOARDROOM battle is looming at the controversial charity ICROSS for control of more than €500,000 in charity donations. Elmore-Meegan won and forced the closure of the Irish group. Meegan had pursued money missing raised by him in 2005. They argue the money was raised on the back of publicity for his work and the proceeds of his books and should be released for use in his African projects. However, former associates who have broken with Dr Meegan over the allegations, are seeking to have the company wound up and its assets disbursed on other aid projects, they are under investigation for embezzling funds raised by him. ... Dr Joseph Barnes worked with Elmore-Meegan to close the Irish arm of the organisation. The Irish group closed down in 2012.

[4] Meegan has challenged the Irish group of wasting money he raised on overhead, Google. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

[5] ICROSS profile, icrossinternational.org. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
Meegan pursued money missing raised by him in 2005. The group argues that the money was raised on the back of publicity for his work and the proceeds of his books and should be released for use in his African projects. However, former associates who have broken with Dr Meegan over the allegations, are seeking to have the company wound up and its assets disbursed on other aid projects, they are under investigation for embezzling funds raised by him.

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