[Benard Ondiek]

Kindly introduce yourself on this section. Let us know your Name, Country, Career, and interests inline with the Good Financial Grant Practice(GFGP).

Discussion

[chabu]

Greeting team!

I am Emeldah Mumba, a media and communications officer at the Scientific Initiative for a Healthy and Developed Zambia (SiHDZ) and a practicing journalist from Zambia.

I am very interested in learning more about GFGP and how I can apply what I learn to improve the community’s food insecurity situation and people’s quality of life.

[kay]

Hello everyone, my name is Kunda Mwengwe, I am a public health specialist, am from Zambia and I am the assistant community health initiatives officer for The Scientific Initiatives For A Healthy and Developed Zambia (SiHDZ), I am particularly interested in GFGP because am interested in gaining more knowledge on how to manage and utilise resources, am looking forward to interacting with like minded people and gain insight for a greater good.

[Fridah]

Hey Everyone, my name is Fridah Banda, I am an assistant project officer at Scientific Initiatives for a Healthy and Developed Zambia i keen interest in research and eager to interact with everyone via this platform, and gain deeper insights especially those related to GFGP.

[mushishi]

Good day everyone. My name is Kamwengo Mushishi, I am a Data Analyst/Scientist at The Scientific Initiatives for a Healthy and Developed Zambia (SiHDZ). I am passionate about research with the main area of interest being Climate Change and the how Data Analysis can be used to get better results. I am looking forward learning about the right grant practices and how it can be used to generate quality results using data analytics.

[halima]

Hello everyone,

I am Dr. Halima Twabi from Malawi. I am an Associate Professor of Statistics at the University of Malawi and a Biostatistician. My area of research is statistical modelling in health research, with a particular interest in health and wellbeing among children and women. I am currently the country lead for a project of strengthening data analytics on women’s health research in Sub-Saharan Africa funded by the Gates Foundation.

We can keep in touch through email; htwabi@unima.ac.mw and on whatsApp; +265999467366

[Benard Ondiek]

Welcome Mbah. Wishing you a great network engagement within this community

[Benard Ondiek]

Welcome Denna, feel free to interact with your fellow community members

[denna]

Greetings to everyone, my name is Denna Mkwashapi. I am a senior research officer at the Tanzanian National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), leading the Magu Health and Demographic Surveillance System. Additionally, I am an honorary lecturer in epidemiology and biostatistics at the Catholic University College of Health and Allied Sciences in Mwanza, Tanzania. Having managed grants, I am keen to learn new skills related to GFGP to enhance my institution’s and my research career’s alignment with GFGP standards.

[bmbilinyi]

Hello there, my name is Dr. Brian Mbilinyi medical doctor by profession from Tanzania whereas currently based in South Africa Johannesburg expanding my skills and knowledge within the field of Health Economics and Public Health. Looking forward in meeting bright minded people who strive in making a change to our ever-growing community.

[Benard Ondiek]

Welcome Dr. Brian. Kindly feel free to connect with your fellow community members

[larissa]

Hello, everyone.

I am Larissa Akeh Mbah, Programs Officer of For Mom and Baby Foundation, a non-profit organization that prioritizes maternal and child health in crisis-affected regions in Cameroon. Our work is driven by our four focus areas: community engagement, health provider training, research, and advocacy. I am pleased to be part of this community, and I look forward to learning more about GFGP and networking with like-minded professionals.

Curious about our work or open to collaborating? Kindly reach out

mbahlarissa@yahoo.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbahlarissa/

https://formomandbaby.org/

[palinji]

My name is Palinji Mungoni. I am a Research Management Professional in the Department of Research and Innovation at the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Malawi. I have 15 years of experience in research management, having worked as a grants accountant for 4 years, a grants compliance officer for close to 9 years, and currently working as a finance manager responsible for projects.

[joane]

Hello, I’m Joane Guiadem from Cameroon. I am a Grant and Financial Management Expert at BlueMetrics, where I focus on ensuring effective grant financial management and compliance. I am looking forward to sharing knowledge and best practices in grant financial management and networking opportunities withing this practice.

[beth]

Greetings everyone, My name is Dr Bathsheba Mbongwe, I work for Botswana Examinations Council in Botswana, Gaborone. I am the Deputy Chief Executive Officer. I am highly
driven and experienced executive with over 20 years’ management and practical
experience in resource mobilization, strategic international and government to
government partnerships, donor support, advocacy, and innovation, policy
consultation. At BEC I Provide strategic leadership and drives objectives
for the Research & Development in Examinations and Assessment, Innovation, .

[Inonge]

Hello, I’m Inonge Kakoma, a dedicated Finance Officer at Scientific Initiatives for a Healthy and Developed Zambia. Based in Zambia, I bring a strong background in finance and a passion for promoting good financial practices to my work. In my role, I’m responsible for managing financial operations, ensuring compliance with financial regulations, and providing financial guidance to support the organization’s mission.

I’m committed to ensuring transparency, accountability, and efficiency in our financial management.

Looking forward to connecting and sharing knowledge.

[mnf]

My Name is Frank Malunga, I am a young Zambian creative, passionate about sharing ideas, initiatives and innovations that seek to provide solutions to local community challenges, among young people in order to foster the sense of responsibility, owning owning our own stories, using our local experiences for personal development and also meaningfully participating in national and Global matters such as the Agenda 2030.

I personally believe, it is not true that local or indigenous African citizens, also speaking for those from my country Zambia, do not have ideas, Initiatives and innovations that can be solutions to locally faced community challenges, such that only foreign policies should determine how we live?!

The initiatives may lack the scientific methodologies or resources, but that is where, we creatives privileged enough to be in institutions such the APHRC come in, to guide and to integrate those local ideas Initiatives and innovations into more scientific and globally fit methods of implementation.

I am the founder of a Youth led organizations based in Zambia, which has now spread with active provincial teams in about 4 of the 10 provinces in Zambia, the Scientific Initiatives for a Healthy and Developed Zambia (SiHDZ pronounced as seeds), aka Scientific Initiatives Zambia, is a nonprofit nongovernmental organizations registered with the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services MCDSC of the Zambian government, registered in 2021 and since it has Conducted a number of community activities in there areas Community Health and empowerment. Here we are trying to create platforms systems and opportunities for Adolescent and Young People, women and marginalized groups including people living with disability and the elderly.

We believe by identifying, promoting and supporting local ideas Initiatives and innovations, we can empower locals to get engaged in solving local community challenges.

By leveraging technology and innovations, we hope to conduct research and provide evidence based solutions in Health and Development.

Hence we divide our major thematic areas namely Health and Development into 4 to 7 specific areas;

1. Community Health Innovations

2. Community Development and Socioeconomic Initiatives

3. Research, Advocacy and Education

4. Cross cutting Issues such as climate change, food security, infection prevention and WASH, social security and others..

It is there a rare honor to be part of such a program as thought fit by this amazing team at APHRC. My team and I look forward to gaining more experiences and deliver according to your guidance.

We also look forward to networking with colleagues working in the same areas as ours and also work to learn from even those not necessarily looking at what we are doing as young people from SiHDZ.

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