T. Edwin is the founder of Alliance for Youth Development and Advocacy, which enhances youth capacity in community-based organizations, human rights and protection, and civic education and governance through training and mentoring. He also serves as the Youth Programs Coordinator with the Children Assistance Program, where he coordinates business development training and mentoring activities for 13 adolescent girls’ clubs, manages … Read More
Rosana D. H. Schaack
Rosana is the Executive Director of Touching Humanity In Need of Kindness (THINK), a home for war affected adolescent girls and young women. The home provides shelter, medical care, psychosocial support, academic and vocational skills training, and life skills training. Rosana also serves as the Program Manager for Child Protection at Samaritan’s Purse International Relief, Liberia. She has a Bachelor’s … Read More
Betty Katsonga Liwimbi
Betty Katsonga Liwimbi is the Research and Training Coordinator for the Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation, based in Lilongwe, Malawi. Her work involves doing research, capacity building training, fundraising, monitoring and evaluation, reporting and implementation of project activities. Betty holds a Bachelor in Education and Humanities degree from the University of Malawi, Chancellor College.
Charles Banda
Charles is the Radio and Advocacy Program Manager for Youth Net and Counseling (YONECO) in Zomba, Malawi. He is responsible for advocating on issues that affect women and children. He provides legal advice to clients with complex care, coordinates networking with both local and international networks, and documents the organizational activities and programs. Since 2013, he has been working towards … Read More
Chipiliro Phiri
Chipiliro is the Executive Director of Youth Impact Malawi, a youth-focused NGO that implements HIV prevention and promotion of sexual and reproductive health and rights programs, targeting youth with a focus on adolescent girls. He also works on child protection and girl child education through the Machinga District Education Network. Chipiliro holds an advance diploma in community development and is … Read More
Christopher L.K. Mtima
Christopher is the Director of the Chilimba Women and Children Support Organization, a local NGO working for the social welfare of women and children living in rural communities in the Zomba district. He is also a village headman who works on behalf of his local community members in the areas of community development, human rights, adolescent girls’ issues, early pregnancy, … Read More
Emmanuel Thuwala
Emmanuel is a Project Manager for Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), heading the Development Broadcasting Unit (DBU) of MBC. Emmanuel is passionate about bringing the voices of ordinary people to television and radio in order to bring their concerns about development issues to the attention of decision-makers. Emmanuel holds a postgraduate diploma in Management Studies from the Polytechnic University of Malawi … Read More
Eness Phiri
Eness is a Deputy Hospital Matron of Mponela Rural Hospital, a government healthcare unit in Dowa. She is involved in developing youth friendly services, which include counseling adolescent girls on sexual and reproductive health, as well as training adolescent girls in life skills and providing them with reproductive health, and family planning services. Eness has a diploma in nursing and … Read More
Esther Kamanga
Esther is a Program Manager for Nkhotakota AIDS Support Organization (NASO) based near Lake Malawi. She has worked with different government organizations as well as in rural hospital and health centers. Esther is a Certified Nurse and midwife technician, with a degree from St. Johns College of Nursing; a degree in community health nursing from the Malawi College of Heath … Read More
Faith Phiri
As the Executive Director of Girls Empowerment Network (GENET), Faith leads a grassroots network of young women advocates seeking to improve girls’ and young women’s health, education, and livelihoods through empowerment and advocacy initiatives. Faith holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in public health from the Malawi College of Medicine specializing in gender and maternal health.
