OUR TEAM
Club leaders
AFRICA
Burundi
Ignace Harushimana
Local Organization:
Youth for Peace and Development YPD – Haguruka
Fikiri Nzoyisenga
Local Organization:
SEMERERA Youth Coalition Against Gender-based Violence
Cameroon
Ngo Banfogha Abdulai
Local Organization:
Hope for a Better Future (H4BF)
Côte d’Ivoire
Desire Adon
Local Organization:
ONG Aider-Donner-Nourrir
DR Congo
Jacques Mutendela Selemani
Local Organization:
Programme for the Well-being of Children (PWC)
DR Congo-Kinshasa
Eddy Musoke
Local Organization:
REDIC
Ghana
Abdul Rashid Shaibu
Local Organization:
Dream Shapers Foundation
Guinea
Philip Kpakiwa
Club Leader
Kenya
Murigi Apollo
Local Organization:
Great Minds Challenge Nairobi
Liberia
Emmanuel Smith Kuleh
Local Organization:
YOCEL
Malawi
January Mvula
Local Organization:
Sustainable Rural Community Development Organisation (Surcod)
Morocco
El Mehdi El Badaoui
Club Leader
Sierra Leone
Fouad Kargbo
Club Leader
South Africa - Streetbiz
Nico de Klerk
Local Organization:
Streetbiz Entrepreneurial Mindset Organization
Chaeli Mycroft
Local Organization:
The Chaeli Campaign
Sudan
Hory Albashir
Local Organization:
Hope and friendship for development
Tunisia
Bechir Selmi
Local Organization:
Organization of Youth and Sports
Uganda
Jaqi Deweyi
Local Organization:
Center for Media Literacy and Community Development (CEMCOD)
Zambia
Ray Mwanza
Local Organization:
Musikili Foundation Limited
Zimbabwe
Tinotenda Chihera
Local Organization:
Institute for Young Women Development
Zimbabwe - Mwana
Shamiso Matabuka-Mangongo
Local Organization:
MWANA TRUST (CHILD’S HOPE)
ASIA
Bangladesh
Istiak Ahmed
Local Organization:
Panchakhanda Gulabia Public Library
Bangladesh - Travellettes
Sakia Haque and Manoshi Saha
Local Organization:
Travelettes of Bangladesh
India - Bengal
Sudipta Dawn
Local Organization:
Culture Monks
India - Delhi
Rani Patel
Local Organization:
Aarohan
India - Odisha
Manoranjan Mishra
Local Organization:
Jeevan Rekha Parishad (JRP)
India - Karnakata
Amee Dharamshi
Local Organization:
Yangon Education Center
India - VIEWS
Selvin Bheema Rao
Local Organization:
Voluntary Integration for Education and Welfare of Society (VIEWS)
Myanmar
Hunny Win Maung
Nepal
Santosh Bidari
Local Organization:
Peace For People
Nepal - Dajju Vai
Kaustuv Pokhrel
Local Organization:
Hami DajuVai
Nepal - NYC
Saroj Baniya
Local Organization:
Nepal Youth Council (N.Y.C.)
Pakistan - Karachi
Kelash Kumar Sarhadi
Local Organization:
Albaraka Welfare Trust International
Sri lanka
Nishantha Kumara
Local Organization:
Asia Lanka Social Development Collaboration
AMERICAS
Colombia - Barranquilla
Juan Mulford
Colombia - Bogota
Simon Martinez Abadia
Colombia - Cali
Luisa Coloniaz
Colombia-Medellin
Dur Montaya
Ecuador
Beto Rivera
Jamaica
Damor McQueen
Mexico
Sofie De Wulf
EUROPE
Albania
Armela Pengili
Armenia-IC-YEC
Izabella Tovmasyan
Croatia
Igor Dobec
Denmark
Svetlana Kosenko
Club: MasterPeace Denmark
Joined: 2017
Georgia
Giorgi Azariashvili
Club: MasterPeace Georgia
Joined: 2021
Germany
Bledion Vladi
Club: MasterPeace Germany-Rhein-Main
Joined: 2017
Kosovo
Fiona Haxhikadrija
Lebanon
Antoinette Moubarak
The Netherlands
Marleen Boersen
Poland
Slawomir Nawrot
Romania
Marian Dragomir
Slovakia
Lucia Mikulova
Sweden
Masood Raufi
Ukraine-Kiev
Elena Babak
Ukraine-Lviv
Taras Dzyubanskyy
Core Team
Aart Bos
Global Leadership
Raghda El Halawany
Creative Director & Global Communications Manager
Linda Witte
Project Manager/Producer
Marleen Boersen
Program Manager
Dorothée Meijer
Program Manager
Karin Rozema
Clubs Coordination Manager
Maryam Hayyan
Creative Resource Mobilizer for Africa
Mark Rendeiro
Regional & Clubs Coordinator
Natalia van der Wee
Program Management and Innovation
Ashwini Dhakal
Creative Resource Mobilizer for Asia
Board members
Ditta Dolejsiova
Board Member
Based in: Slovakia
Jessica Rothenberg Aalami
Board Member
Based in: The USA
Ante Frens
Board Member
Based in: The Netherlands
Matthias Scheffelmeijer
Board Member
Based in: Germany
Luísa Gockel
Board Member
Based in: Spain
Luisa is a former journalist with 20 years’ experience in the social innovation field. She spent the past decade working in the education sector in the UK where she was part of the founding team at Apps for Good and led Pearson’s social innovation strategy, accelerating more than 40 edtech start-ups globally. Luisa joined MasterPeace’s board in 2020 as she’s passionate about working with young people and using arts to make the world a better place for future generations.
Bahaa Eddine Sarroukh
Board Member
Based in: Kenya
Creating peace is collective interest and responsibility. I have always been passionate about unlocking youth potential to inspire for a better future, so let’s co-create MasterPeace!
