MEET THE TRAINERS

The TRANSFORM Master Trainers are a select group of experts accredited to deliver our trainings.

Together with the curriculum and its pedagogical approach, Master Trainers are a key component of the TRANSFORM initiative and play an important role in its promotion and development. They contribute to seek out opportunities for applications in their own countries and support the periodic review and update of modules.

ENGLISH SPEAKING MASTER TRAINERS

Abidemi Coker

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Social Policy

Areas of interest/Specialisation: Systems alignment and coordination, grant management, reporting and governance

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package, District Package, MIS Module

Countries: Zambia, Ghana, Nigeria

Addis Yibzawork

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Social Policy

Areas of interest/Specialisation: Social Assistance, Cash and Programming, Ending Violence Against Children, Social Service Workforce Strengthening

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package

Country: Ethiopia

Arthur Ngasani

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Public Policy (Social Protection)

Areas of Interest/specialisation: Social Protection Financing; Poverty and Inequality; Actuarial Science; Health Insurance and Policy Analysis

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package; TRANSFORM E-Facilitator

Country: Tanzania

Cathy Chames

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Social Work; Social Development

Areas of interest / Specialisation: Social protection coordination, child protection, applied research and evaluation, M&E systems

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package; Governance and Coordination Package

Country: South Africa

Daniel Hailu

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Social Anthropology, Social Work

Areas of interest / Specialisation: Social Assistance, Livelihood Strengthening, Child/Social Protection Systems Building/Strengthening, Social Welfare Systems Strengthening, Social Workforce Strengthening

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package

Country: Ethiopia

Flora Myamba

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Sociology

Areas of interest / Specialisation: Social Protection, Gender, Applied Social Research

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package; Monitoring & Evaluation Module

Country: Tanzania

Getachew Berhanu

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Social protection financing and Development Studies

Areas of interest / Specialisation: Social Protection Capacity Building, M&E, Shock-Responsive and Child-Sensitive Social Protection, Cash-Plus and payment systems

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package; TRANSFORM E-Facilitator; Training of Trainers

Geographical Focus: Ethiopia

Mawutor Ablo

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Sociology; Business Administration

Areas of interest / Specialisation: Social Protection, Monitoring and Evaluation

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package

Country: Ghana

Moonga Mumba

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Development Studies

Areas of interest / Specialisation: Social Protection Selection and Identification, Social Protection administration and coordination, Civil Society and Governance, Youth Entrepreneurship, Participatory Development Planning

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package; District Package

Country: Zambia

Mutale Wakunuma

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Social Protection Financing

Areas of interest / Specialisation: Socio-Economic Development, Social Protection Systems, Poverty, Inequality, Gender

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package; TRANSFORM E-Facilitator; District Package

Country: Zambia

Mwenya Kapasa

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Economics, Social Protection Financing

Areas of interest / Specialisation: Extension of Social Security Coverage, Social Assistance

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package; District Package; Governance and Coordination Module

Country: Uganda; Zambia

Nkatha Ntoburi

 Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Statistics and Project Management

Areas of interest / Specialisation:  MIS, SP delivery systems operations, M&E

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package; Management Information System Module; TRANSFORM E-Facilitator

Country: Kenya

Patience Matandiko

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Development Studies; Social Sciences

Areas of interest / Specialisation: Pension, Social Assistance Programmes 

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package, Management Information Systems Module and District Package

Country: Zambia

Patrick Ngwila

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Social Protection Specialist

Areas of Specialisation: Social Insurance, Social Assistance,
Planning and Financing

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package

Country: Tanzania

 

 

 

Portia Kekana

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Education; Social Protection Financing

Areas of interest / Specialisation:  Policy development and implementation; Social Protection Financing

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package; TRANSFORM E-facilitator

Country: South Africa

Sam Chipala

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Master of Business Administration, Rural Development

Areas of interest / Specialization: Sustainable and inclusive social protection system

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package

Country: Malawi

Samuel Ochieng

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Project Management and Planning

Areas of interest / Specialisation: Project management; MIS; Administration of Social Protection Systems; Legal Frameworks; Child-sensitive Social Protection

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package; MIS Module; District Package; TRANSFORM E-Facilitator

Country: Kenya

Sarah Mshiu

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Agricultural Economics

Areas of interest / Specialisation: Nutrition and Social Protection

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package; TRANSFORM E-facilitator

Country: Tanzania

Stanfield Michelo

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Geography, Social Security, Development Studies

Areas of interest / Specialisation: M&E systems, selection and identification, disability mainstreaming, design of social cash transfers programmes

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package; District Package; MIS Module; M&E Module; Training of Trainers; Policy-Makers Package; TRANSFORM E-facilitator 

Country: Zambia

Victor Ogharanduku

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Peace and Development Studies

Areas of interest: Nexus social protection; Conflict; Peace and development; Social, political and economic transformation; Inequality; Social protection policy, systems and programmes; Poverty reduction and resilience

Countries: Nigeria

Victor Peter Matayataya

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package; District Package

Country: Malawi

Zororo Gandah

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Sociology, Development Studies

Areas of interest / Specialization: Social Cash Transfers, Child Protection, Care & Support for the Elderly, Disability Affairs

TRANSFORM Experience: 
Introductory Package; District Package; Senior Policy-Makers Package; TRANSFORM E-facilitator

Country: Zimbabwe

Godfrey W. Kyama

Godfrey W. Kyama

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Digital Social Protection eGovernment, Digital Financial Services, Project Management

Areas of interest / Specialization: MIS; Social Protection Strategies; Legal Frameworks; Coordination

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package; MIS Module

Country: Uganda

PORTUGUESE SPEAKING MASTER TRAINERS

Cesaltina Abreu

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Sociology, Sustainable Development

Areas of interest / Specialisation: Social Protection, Governance and Coordination

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package; TRANSFORM Training of Trainers

Country: Angola

Daniel Miji

Candidate TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background:  Statistics, Public Administration

Areas of interest/ Specialisation: Management and Information System and Strengthening the National Social Protection System Project

TRANSFORM Experience: TRANSFORM Training of Trainers

Country: Angola

Ivan Langa

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Informatics

Areas of interest / Specialisation: Social Protection Systems Strengthening, Monitoring and Evaluation

TRANSFORM Experience: Training of Trainers; Introductory Package

Country: Mozambique

Isabela Machado

Candidate TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Sociology, Sustainable Development

Areas of interest / Specialisation: School Feeding, Food and Nutrition Security, Education, Rural Poverty Reduction, Cash-Based Transfers

TRANSFORM Experience: TRANSFORM E-facilitator

Country: Senegal; France

Laurentina Manuel

Candidate TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Local Development, Administration

Areas of interest / Specialisation: Administration of Social Protection Programmes, Gender

TRANSFORM Experience: TRANSFORM Training of Trainers

Country: Angola

Mavlinda Cabral

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Sociology

Areas of interest / Specialisation: Income Transfer Programmes, Management and Coordination of Social Protection Systems, Stakeholder Engagement, Poverty and Inequality, Building and Strengthening Social Protection Systems

TRANSFORM Experience: Introductory Package

Country: Cape Verde

FRENCH SPEAKING MASTER TRAINERS

Amadou Canar Diop

Candidate TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Sociologie

Areas of Interest / Specialisation: Protection Sociale

Country: Senegal

Aly Cisse

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Economics; Social Security

Areas of interest: Extending social protection to the entire population, including to the informal economy; portability of social security rights for migrant workers

Country: Senegal

Gabriel Fernandez

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Political Relations, Social Policy/ Social Protection

Areas of interest: Social Protection System building, Coordination, High level engagement on social protection with decision makers as well as civil society awareness raising and engagement on social contract

Countries: Liberia; Senegal

Languages: French and English

Lankoande Youpera Kadidiatou

Candidate TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Sociologue

Areas of Interest / Specialisation:Protection sociale: Filets de sécurité sociale: Transferts monétaires aux ménages pauvres et vulnérables, inclusion économique des ménages pauvres, Monitoring des programmes de filets sociaux, identification des ménages pauvres et vulnérabes

Country: Burkina Faso

Ouin Ouro Germain

Candidate TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background:Management de Projet

Areas of interest:Protection sociale/transferts monétaires

Country: Benin

Moussa Dieng

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Economie du développement – Planification – Assurances et Gestion des risques

Areas of interest: Diagnostic des systèmes – Socle national de protection sociale – Extension à l’économie informelle – Budgétisation – Financement – Politiques intégrées

Countries: Senegal

Catherine Chazaly

Candidate TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Economics, Humanitarian assistance

Areas of Interest / Specialisation: Strengthening Social Protection systems in Fragile and Crisis affected countries; Shock-Responsive Social Protection; Inclusion of the most vulnerable and marginalised.

Country: Italy; France

Ngomdjom Patrick

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Master of Arts in Economics; Executive Master in Entrepreneurship coaching; Master’s degree in International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid

Areas of interest: Cash & Voucher Assistance, Adaptative & Shock-responsive Social protection, Livelihoods, Humanitarian action and negotiation, Gender equality and climate change

Country: Cameroon

Djossou Gbetoton Nadege

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Economics

Areas of interest: Public Policies Evaluation, Social Protection

Countries: Benin

Koffi Eugène N'DRI

Candidate TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Master Professionnel en Développement Économique et International/Diplôme du cycle supérieur en Travail et Affaires sociales

Areas of Interest / Specialisation: Protection sociale, Économie , planification,suivi et évaluation, gestion des projets d’investissements publics

Country: Côte d’Ivoire

Fatou Mbaye

TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Agronomie/Etudes du développement

Areas of interest: Protection sociale, sécurité alimentaire, nutrition

Country: Senegal

Amana Céline Nathalie

Candidate TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Enseignante, psychologie sociale

Areas of interest: Organisations syndicales, protection sociale dans le secteur informel et pour les populations vulnérables dans les zones en crises;

Countries: Cameroon

Younous Abdoulaye Mahamat

Candidate TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Economiste

Areas of Interest: Filets Sociaux, Sécurité alimentaire et Protection Sociale

TRANSFORM Experience: Training of Trainers

Country: Chad

Karima Kassaba

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Finance and Economy

Areas of interest: Social policies and social protection systems, Cash and Cash+ transfers, social welfare services/social workforce, information management system, public finance

Country: Morocco

Eyamo Nicoletta

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Human rights, humanitarian, gender, social security

Areas of interest: Social security programmes implementation, gender mainstreaming, protection of specific groups as refugees

Country: Cameroon

ARABIC SPEAKING MASTER TRAINERS

Ayman Sawalha

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Social Development and Governance

Areas of interest: Policy Design & Analysis, Social Assistance,  Socio-Economic Development

Country: Palestine

Lara Feghaly

Candidate TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Economics

Areas of interest: Policy Design & Analysis, Social Assistance,  Socio-Economic Development

Country: Lebanon

Rania Abdel Naeem

Accredited TRANSFORM Master Trainer

Background: Finance and Economics, Social Policy

Areas of interest: Social Policy, Public Policy, Social Protection, Non-Contributory Social Assistance and Social Entrepreneurship

Countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey