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 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 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 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 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

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.

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