Faith joined YouthNet and Counseling (YONECO) in 2008 as a Field Officer working on the National Child Helpline where she was trained as a Child Protection Officer. She was later promoted to Project Officer for the UN joint project on adolescent girls. Faith is a youth representative for her country representing her organization in the Tackling Poverty Together Regional Network, … Read More

Grace is a Project Officer for the Society for Women and AIDS in Malawi (SWAM). She works with commercial sex workers and vendors in order to reduce the incidence of HIV in Malawi through a set of comprehensive prevention activities designed to increase the adoption of safer sexual behaviors among high-risk populations. Grace obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Education at … Read More

Jones is the Executive Director and a founder of Matindi Youth Organization (MATYO), which works to improve the livelihoods of adolescent girls by promoting health and education through advocacy and capacity building. Jones has worked with MATYO for 13 years, first as a Program Manager and then Deputy Director becoming Executive Director in 2008. Jones holds an advance diploma in … Read More

Joyce is the Executive Director of the Center for Alternatives for Victimized Women and Children (CAVWOC), an NGO that promotes the rights of women, men, girls and boys. CAVWOC’s programs on sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS are aimed at empowering adolescent girls to promote a violence-free society and claim their rights to services. She holds a diploma in education … Read More

Kenneth is the Director of SOS Children’s Village Blantyre, where he manages family-based care and family strengthening programs for children and youth who have lost family care or are at risk of losing their families. Before joining SOS Children’s Villages, Kenneth worked in the public sector as a teacher and also headed different secondary schools in Malawi. Kenneth holds a … Read More

Khumbo is a Project Officer for the Nkhotakota AIDS Support Organization (NASO). She manages a gender transformation project that promotes the social, cultural and economic development of adolescent girls and young women living in fishing communities along Lake Malawi. Khumbo is a teacher by profession and holds a teaching certificate from Kasonga Teachers Training College. Khumbo also has several certificates … Read More

Martin is a Child Protection Officer for UNICEF Malawi where he works to support national efforts to reduce violence, abuse, exploitation, and neglect of children with a primary focus on justice for women and children. Martin holds a Master of Arts Degree in Human Rights Studies from the University of Peace in Costa Rica and a Master of Arts Degree … Read More

Pacharo is a Projects Officer for the Development Broadcasting Unit (DBU) of Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). He manages various programs focusing on promotion of adolescent sexual and reproductive health, child labor and trafficking, and child prostitution. Pacharo has a Bachelor’s Degree in Media for Development from the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College.

Tawina is the Chief Irrigation Officer for the Malawi Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development where she heads the Kasungu Irrigation Services Division. Her areas of interest and focus include girls’ advocacy and research from a gender and rights perspective. She volunteers at the Sub-Saharan Child and Community Development, the Child Development Support Organization, and YES Malawi.  Tawina holds … Read More

Yasinta is Assistant District Project Officer on the Mwanza Integrated HIV/AIDS project of the Malawi Red Cross Society. She coordinates project activities with girls’ groups that aim to empower secondary school girls by addressing issues of gender discrimination. Before joining the Red Cross in 2010, Yasinta taught science at Mwanza and Malosa secondary schools. She holds a Bachelor of Education … Read More