ADVISORY BOARD
We are delighted to present to you the Advisory board for the Students And Youth Working on reproductive Health Action Team (SAYWHAT).
The SAB directs and assists in the formulation of the organization’s strategy and policies. It supports fundraising efforts and offers senior staff oversight. Additionally, it supports the student-led leadership team (the National Coordinating Committee) NCC as well as the organization’s technical and professional arm (the Secretariat). SAB functions are classified into two primary categories which are advisory and oversight.
Benevolence Taguta
Board Chairperson
Background / Expertise:
She is a Registered Legal Practitioner with over ten years of practical experience in Human Rights, Anti-Corruption Governance and Development Program design and implementation.
Abel Blessing Matsika, PhD
Co-Vice Board Chairperson
Background / Expertise:
He is a qualified social worker registered with the Zimbabwe Council for Social Workers.
George Matsikarima
Treasurer
Background / Expertise:
George is a career banker, general manager and accountant with extensive experience and skills in product management, financial and management accounting and reporting, and project and human resources management.
Leniel Tapiwa Gava
Board member (NCC representative)
Background / Expertise:
Leniel Tapiwa Gava is an enthusiastic young leader and a student of Public Management and Governance at Midlands State University. He is a dedicated peer educator, gender champion, and a Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Advocate, passionate about amplifying the voices of young people in his community.
Michelle Chic Gudo
Board Legal Advisor
Background / Expertise:
Michelle Chic Gudo is the Regional Advisor for Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion for Strengthening Climate Resilience Project under the Oxfam Mekong Regional Water Governance Program.
Tamusathi Nigel Babvu
Board member
Background / Expertise:
Nigel is a qualified engineer in industrial, manufacturing, and mechanical engineering.
Esnath Mashanda
Board Position: NCC Treasurer
Background / Expertise:
Esnath Mashanda is a dedicated peer educator and a passionate advocate for women’s and young people’s empowerment, particularly at the intersection of climate change and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). Currently in her third year at Belvedere Technical Teachers College, she is pursuing a diploma in Secondary Teacher Education.
Miah Charlayne Tsinakwadi
Board member (NCC representative)
Background / Expertise:
Miah is a highly motivated individual with a strong passion for leadership.
Ngoni Chibukire
Board Position: General Member
Background / Expertise:
Ngoni Chibukire is a seasoned development Economist/Econometrician/ development worker/ social accountability expert holding a Master’s degree in Economics (UZ, 1997), with over 23 years’ experience in programme management including Global Fund funded programmes (HIV& TB programmes), research, strategy and policy development, social accountability monitoring, policy advocacy, demand creation for social change, economic policy analysis and trend analysis, managing SRH, HIV, TB programming and gender norms transformative programmes in the SADC region.
