Alumni by MDG
Goal 6: Combat HIV / AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases
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Ana Filipa Couvinhas, 2011
Organization: TechnoServe (Mozambique)
Role: Product Development Manager
Vision: To see all Mozambicans holistically healthy and self-sufficient within their local beliefs and culture.
Inspiring Challenge: 150 Rural Fun (Food) Centres that improves people's minds, bodies and spirits -- Minds with intuitive education! Bodies with good nutrition! Spirits with self-esteem and enthusiasm! (by December 2013)
Millennium Development Goals: Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty (1); Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3); Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases (6)
Accomplishments:
- Developed a project in and about a problematic country for my Masters thesis.
- Managing a project that is aimed to improve peoples' lives without modifying their local beliefs. A moment of pride was to know that the project will be implemented.
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Heba Tarzi, 2006
Organization: Afghan Women's Network (Afghanistan)
Role: Former Media and Project Officer
Millennium Development Goal: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3); Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases (6)
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Isha Daramy Kabia, 2011
Organization: Mother and Child Health Centre Magbil, Lunsar (Sierra Leone)
Role: Director and Founder and Member
Vision: To help reduce the infant and maternal morbidity and Mortality rate in Sierra Leone
Inspiring Challenge: Build another Health center that will serve pregnant women and their newborn from hundred surrounding villages. (by November 20, 2013)
Millennium Development Goal: Reduce Child Mortality (4); Improve Maternal Health (5); Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases (6)
Accomplishments:
- UK Midwife of the Year award in 2008.
- Changing the lives of women in the community of Magbil, Sierra Leone.
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Rosemary Nakijoba, 2008
Organization: Uganda Catholic Secretariat (Uganda)
Role: HIV/AIDS Program Officer
Vision: An empowered community able to cope with HIV/AIDS
Inspiring Challenge: Support to orphans, vulnerable children and widows
Millennium Development Goal: Reduce Child Mortality (4); Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases (6)
Accomplishments:
- We are very proud that by collaborating with another WLW alumni, a website was constructed for the Good Samaritan Women's Project (an organization founded by Rosemary Nakijoba)
- We are so thrilled to the WLW program for being a social network that benefits our local community
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Sizani Ngubane, 2008
Organization: Rural Women's Movement (South Africa)
Role: Founder and Director
Vision: Research grassroots women
Millennium Development Goal: Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty (1); Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (3); Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases (6)
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Stella Ikila, 2012
Organization: Living Goods (Uganda)
Role: Business Manager
Vision: To create a positive impact in terms of improved health and incomes to another community in Uganda.
Millennium Development Goal: Combat Malaria and Other Diseases (6)
Accomplishments:
- Started as a telesales executive, a newly created position. I excelled in this position and grew revenue for DHL by over 100% in the territory I was assigned. This eventually earned me a promotion to the position of sales and marketing executive.
- I have managed to setup LIVINGGOODS Uganda operations successfully, so far we have 5 branches and a team of 13 whom I recruited, trained, and manage successfully.
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