Esther Kwarteng, Ghana Country Manager: Esther has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture and experience in community-based education, agricultural and natural resource management, and health and nutrition projects. With ADRA/Ghana, she educated Ghanaian farmers in agricultural best practices, nutrition and the use of soy and local plants for enriching the quality of food prepared at the household level. She also worked with a rural bank loan program for small scale farmers.
Esther Kwarteng
Amo (Kwamena), Assistant to Ghana Country Manager: Amo assists Ghana Country Manager Esther Kwarteng with the daily tasks of leading volunteer teams. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics, with a computer science major, and previously worked in computer hardware and x-ray technology at a university hospital. An Akrade native, in his free time, Amo enjoys playing table tennis, singing, and listening to music.
Kwamena Amo-Dadey
Edward Mgeni, Tanzania Country Manager: Before becoming Global Volunteers' country manager, Edward served for 21 years as master and department head at Pommern Secondary School. He earned a Bachelors Degree from Kenya Highlands Evangelical College and a diploma from Marangu Teachers College before he began his teaching career. He studied English and teaching methodologies in Leeds, Britain and completed Mafinga National Service Camp in 1984.
Edward Mgeni
Mohamed Kassim, Tanzania Program Assistant: Before joining our staff, Mohamed was a guide at the State Travel Service, a park ranger at Ngorogoro Conservation Authority Area and a conservation education specialist. In 1996, he was hired as a driver for Global Volunteers teams, and became a program assistant in 2009. He completed training in Minnesota in 2009. Read Mohamed's expanded profile here.
Mohamed Kassim
Mama Tony (Nesia Tengelakwi), Tanzania Program Cook: As a lifelong resident of Pommern, Mama Tony has known Global Volunteers since we began working in the village in 1986. She was hired in 1992 as Cook and Housekeeper of the Global Volunteers guest house, and delights volunteers with her healthy, traditional meals. As is the custom in Tanzania, Mama Tony takes her name after the youngest of her sons, which is how she's fondly known by all.
Mama Tony
James Nyalusi, Tanzania Program Driver: James safely transports Global Volunteers teams from the Dar es Salaam airport through Iringa and on to our host villages in Global Volunteers' four-wheel drive vehicles. He's a trained "Class E" driver for Pomerini Secondary School, and joined our staff as a driver in 1997.
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