PERRYKENT NKOLE
NETWORKS & MOVEMENT BUILDING LEAD
Perrykent is a Project Strategist trained in diplomatic practice, protocol, and public relations at the Zambia Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies. He has over ten years of experience working with different Civil Society Organisations. His track record traces back to 2013, when he championed the rights of children and youth as a young activist and Ambassador for UNICEF, Save the Children International, and the Media Network on Child Rights and Development. He worked with youth-focused organisations and national media institutions to advocate for meaningful youth engagement in national governance and political spaces. In 2023, he led a groundbreaking community-led monitoring intervention, “Ports2Arms”, which was tested in seven African Countries, including Malawi, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, South Africa, Egypt and Zambia. Perrykent serves as the youngest board member on the Regional Board of Directors for the SRHR Africa Trust (SAT). He is currently leading work around networks and movements of civil society organisations from across the African continent to ensure equitable vaccine access for all through community leadership.
The P2A Community Reference Group
Ms. Lizzie Otaye
COUNTRY: Kenya (East Africa)
ORGANISATION: Networks of Aids and Health Service Organisations – EANNASO
ROLE: Communications Consultant
Liz played a key role in organising Africa Health Business AHB’s high-level advocacy and networking events. She is currently taking her thesis journey under development communication at St. Paul’s University. Having completed a double major degree in Communication majoring in Public Relations and Development Communication at the same university. She holds a Certificate of Proficiency in Insurance- from the College of Insurance, certificates in…
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…four +Acumen courses (Leadership 101, Social Entrepreneurship, Hate & Bias, and Social Impact Analysis): and a certificate of acknowledgement from KEPSA- KYEP program funded by the World Bank. She has more than 10 years of vast knowledge and experience in Executive Administration work within the Private Sector. Lizzie also volunteers as an advisor at the Youth Initiative Development Program- in Kenya and the Breakthrough AIDS Foundation in Uganda.
Omowonuola Akintunde, ACA.
COUNTRY: Nigeria (West Africa)
ORGANISATION: Special Needs Initiative for Growth (SNIG)
ROLE: Financial Director and Board of Trustees as the Secretary
As a founding member of the Special Needs Initiative for Growth, she advocates for an inclusive environment for the equitable empowerment of persons living with disabilities through workshops and seminars for training, motivating, and networking potential beneficiaries for imminent employment/ entrepreneurship opportunities…
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…She is a chartered accountant with over 8 years of experience in audit and advisory, financial management, and consultancy. She offers her professional competence as the Financial Director of SNIG where she also sits on the Board of Trustees as the Secretary.
MacDonald Kaluwa
COUNTRY: Malawi (Southern Africa)
ORGANISATION: Campaign for Health Education, Sanitation and Hygiene (CAHESH)
ROLE: Executive Director
MacDonald Donnie Kaluwa: MacDonald Kaluwa is a Public Health and Logistics specialist with professional background in Public Administration, Public Health, and Logistics. Since 2015, he has been the Executive Director for a disability rights campaigner national Local NGO, Campaign for Health Education, Sanitation and Hygiene, CAHESH. CAHESH strives to achieve an ALL-inclusive provision of services and resources among…
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…people with disabilities on matters of Public Health. Other engagements have been as a Health, Safety and Environmental Officer for Nacala Corridor Railway Project from 2012 to 2014. For the period from 2014 to 2015 has developed and successfully implemented Disability Friendly WASH projects, implemented Sexual Reproductive Health (SRHR) programs, and implemented a Health and Safety program with the informal sector in Malawi.
Jonas Habimana Seruvugo
COUNTRY: Democratic Republic of Congo (Central Africa)
ORGANISATION: BIFERD ONG – Le Bureau d’Informatios, Formations, Echanges et Recherches pour le
ROLE: Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Jonas holds a bachelor’s degree in rural development with a specialisation in the WASH sector. Jonas has followed leadership and management of the Humanitarian sector training from the BIOFORCE Institute. As Founder and now Chief Executive Officer at BIFERD ONG – Le Bureau d’Informatios, Formations, Echanges et Recherches pour le, a national organisation based in DR Congo. Jonas has experience of more than 17 years in the Humanitarian field, especially…
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…in the WASH sector, Food and Nutrition, Education, and Child Protection sectors. Other engagements has been with International NGOs such as World Vision International, Tear Fund, Solidarité International, Action Aid and Save the Children and Christian Aid, and Medesins Sans Frontiere. Has great experience in presenting the abstracts he has written for international conferences on humanitarian work in DR Congo. He is bilingual as he speaks English, Swahili, and French.
Ayman Sabae
COUNTRY: Egypt (North Africa)
ORGANISATION: Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
ROLE: Right to Health Researcher
Ayman graduated from Cairo university medical school then completed his master’s degree in International Healthcare Systems Management in Innsbruck, Austria. Through his work as Right to Health researcher at EIPR, he is leading a number of research and advocacy efforts that aim at guaranteeing the realisation of the right to health to Egyptians, giving them access to universal healthcare coverage and ensuring their rights are protected.
Ayman Sabae is the co-founder and CEO of the Egyptian social enterprise “Shamseya”, a…
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…problem solver of challenges facing healthcare that creates participatory, technology-enabled solutions putting patients and their needs front and center. He is the current principal researcher at Right to Health and the CEO of Shamseya for Innovative Community Healthcare Solutions.
Ayman studied strategic litigation to achieve the Right to Health at the Harvard School of Public Health and has a professional diploma in Total Quality Management for Healthcare Reform. He currently teaches at the International Health and Social Management Masters degree at the Management Center Innsbruck and was awarded the Obama Foundation Fellowship for the year 2019.
Community Reference Group Alternative Members
Lina Ezzat
COUNTRY: Egypt (North Africa)
ORGANISATION: Tatweer Misr
ROLE: Associate Operations Director
Lina is a certified professional trainer who enjoys working as a content developer and moderator with different international development corporations. She has worked on projects with GIZ, USAID, National Council for Women, UNFPA, UN Women, World Food Program, Communication 4 Development, IECD, and the EU Commission. The fields of work she collaborated on varied from professional or human skills capacity-building programs to health promotion interventions. Lina is…
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…passionate about health promotion and making evidence-based knowledge accessible to all. She has had the privilege of delivering health-awareness workshops that presented important and sensitive topics. For example, maternal health and obstetric morbidity, child nutrition, gender-based violence and gender rights, sexual and reproductive health, family planning and conception, eating disorders and healthy eating, and the gut-brain axis and holistic nutrition for mental and physical wellness.
Ojooluwa Ibiloye
COUNTRY: Nigeria (West Africa)
ORGANISATION: RuralPro Nigeria
ROLE: Founder
Ojooluwa is the Founder of RuralPro Nigeria, a non-partisan organisation that focuses on promoting local governance rooted in citizen participation. He holds a Master’s degree in Political Economy and Development Studies, a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Abuja, and a certification in public management from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. He has seven years of experience in policy management, focusing…
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…on public policy communication to increase public understanding and participation in decision-making processes. He is a Fellow of the U.S. Government’s Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, a Participant of the Alumni Enrichment Institute in Amherst, Massachusetts, a Reciprocal Exchange awardee, and a Fellow of the International Republican Institute’s McCain Fellowship for Freedom. In his role at RuralPro Nigeria, he leads the Citizens at the Centre project to build a culture of productive relationships between local government and underrepresented groups, including women, children, persons with disabilities, and the youth. He is the Convener of the Write the Future project and the co-organiser of Youth Civic Activism in Nigeria (YouthCAN). He volunteered as a Global Youth Ambassador at A World at School, UK, from 2017–2021 and is a member of the International Leadership Association (ILA). He participated in the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Open Minds Youth Activists Program in 2018 and was among the IRI Youth Delegation to the National Endowment for Democracy’s World Movement for Democracy 11th Global Assembly in Taipei, Taiwan.
Fazili Buhazi Elvine
COUNTRY: Democratic Republic of Congo (Central Africa)
ORGANISATION: Communauté des Eglises de Pentecôte en Afrique Centrale (CEPAC) FIDA International
ROLE: Assistant Coordinator
Fazili is a graduate from Great Lakes Institute for Development in National and Regional planning faculty. She holds a position as an Assistant Coordinator for Communauté des Eglises de Pentecôte en Afrique Centrale (CEPAC) FIDA International and has been working for them since 2018. Her experience includes being an ambassador for menstrual health…
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…management and sexual and reproductive health for two years. She has also worked as a disability officer and officer for menstrual and reproductive health management for one year.
Tendai Chidzero
COUNTRY: Malawi (Southern Africa)
ORGANISATION: HEALTHWISE (HW)
ROLE: Founder and Executive Director
Tendai is a Malawian advocate with a promising career in Child Protection and girl’s rights. She started her carrier as a child protection personnel at Plan International, where she was involved in child protection and health advocating projects. Tendai successfully managed projects that were promoting the safety and well-being of children in the communities as well as schools in Malawi. Tendai’s most striking achievement during her time at Plan was to see children in their homes when…
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…it was deemed safe, and being able to provide them with a safe environment when they were determined to be at risk. Tendai holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Nutrition and Food Science, currently studying Master of Arts in Health & Behaviour Change Communication. Tendai is currently the Founder and Executive Director for Healthwise. It is a Non- Governmental organisation that is empowering children, young people, and girls to live a long, healthy and creative life through education, HIV&AIDS prevention, and community empowerment programs. So far the organisation has reached more than 500 young.
Fitsum Lakew Alemayehu
COUNTRY: Ethiopia (East Africa )
ORGANISATION: WACI Health
ROLE: Emerging Development Practitioner
Fitsum from WACI Health Organisation in Ethiopia is an emerging development practitioner with a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit organisational management. She is skilled in management, proposal writing, leadership, and strategic planning. Fitsum is an experienced policy researcher with a Bachelor of Science on Rural Development and Family Science from Hawassa University. Fitsum is pursuing an MA in Environment and Sustainable Development at Addis Ababa University.