Bishal has a Master's degree in Rural Development, loves photography, sharing stories and inspiring young people to challenge global inequalities. He is a self-starter, trainer, and team player, offering more than 10 year's expertise in Nepal, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. He is experienced in managing humanitarian response programs, building leadership capacity of young people and survivals to engage in local-level response and resilience building. At MS TCDC, Bishal supports Global Platforms in 22+ countries especially on Learning and Impact with focus on Climate and Humanitarian action. Also, provides support to implement joint initiatives of Global Platforms and MS TCDC. If you want to know more about him, please visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/inspiratorbishal/
David Nyaribi
Partnership & Learning Coordinator
David Nyaribi
Partnership & Learning Coordinator
DR. IRENE MKINI LUGALLA
Academic Dean
DR. IRENE MKINI LUGALLA
Academic Dean
lugallai@mstcdc.or.tz
Irene is a Gender and Development expert with more than 20 years of working with universities and INGOs. She is an experienced researcher, writer and trainer experienced in leading and implementing a broad range of research, consultancy and training programs on gender and development work specifically on youths, child protection, social and economic strengthening of adolescent girls and young mothers on entrepreneurship.
Irene holds a Master's Degree of Arts in Development Studies majoring in Women, Gender, and development from the Institute of Social Studies in the Hague and a PhD from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. At MS TCDC, Irene plays a key role in overseeing all matters pertaining to Academics and student affairs. Her hobbies includes reading, networking, travelling, nature, philanthropy and spending time with her family.
Dr. Said Omar is a linguist holding a PhD in Kiswahili (Applied Linguistics) from the University of Dar es Salaam. With over 15 years expereince, Dr. Omar has worked a Swahili-English translator, Interpreter and English Language Instructor.
At MS TCDC, Dr. Omar oversees the Swahili and Intercultural Engagements. Dr. Omar has led and collaborated with several prestigious programs and universities, teaching Swahili to international students. His teaching experience includes institutions such as Yale University, Michigan State University, Carleton College, Duke University, VIA University, Molde University, the University of Pittsburgh, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program, and the African Flagship Language Initiative (AFLI) program. In 2014, he served as a Swahili instructor at Michigan State University as a Fulbright Scholar.
Juliana Shem is a Social Scientist serving as a Senior Programme Officer at MS TCDC, bringing over a decade of experience in designing and coordinating impactful academic programs, study abroad initiatives, and development projects. Her passion lies in individual and organisational capacity development, research, leadership and governance, resource mobilisation, and partnership building within the broader spectrum of development work and academia.
Driven by a passion for learning and development, Juliana believes in the transformative power of education, leadership, and collaboration. She is committed to advancing sustainable development through innovative program management, strategic partnerships, and resource mobilisation.
Lusekelo is a feminist and activist with over 4 years of experience in working with young people, social movements, advocacy and women's rights. She has a wealth of knowledge and expertise on youth engagement, development practice, project management, networking, as well as facilitation and training.
She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with Economics from the University of Zambia. She is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Human Rights, Governance and Development at the same university.
Nimpher is a Swahili Courses and Volunteers Coordinator with 5 years of experience with international programs providing coordination of volunteers and internship placements across Tanzania.
NSIA HUMPHREY
Learning and Training Officer
NSIA HUMPHREY
Learning and Training Officer
humphreyn@mstcdc.or.tz
Nsia Humphrey is a Development professional with over 5 years of experience working with development practitioners on building capacity of development workers. As a Course Coordinator, she supports MS-TCDC on administration of capacity building programs and accredited programs. Nsia has a M.Sc in Governance and Leadership from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya and Post Graduate Diploma in Management of Foreign Relations from the Centre for Foreign Relations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She is aspiring towards being a trainer/facilitator in the areas of gender justice,feminism and development.
