Meet Our Zambia Team

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Senior Program Analyst

Mwamba Chibamba

Mwamba, originally from Zambia, is currently a Senior Program Analyst with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council in Ottawa, Ontario. She specializes in languages and linguistics, and is enthusiastic about WISE Zambia’s educational programs.

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Administrative Assistant

Namangolwa Liuboku

Namangolwa joined the WISE team in January of 2018 as our Executive Administrative Assistant. Her work for WISE Zambia is extensive, as she is the organizer for virtually all of our programs and services. Her ...

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Assistant Education Coordinator

Humphrey Kuwaya

Humphrey was born and raised in Kaoma, His father passed when he was in the second grade and his mother when he was in the ninth grade. Thereafter, the responsibility for raising Humphrey fell upon ...

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Board Chairperson

Mundia Munukayumbwa

Munukayumbwa Mundia is chairperson of the WISE Zambia board in Zambia. He has been actively involved with WISE Zambia for more than a decade. Mundia is a Zambian Rotary Peace Fellow, trained at Makerere University ...

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Education Coordinator

Mukelabai Mukela

Mukelabai Mukela joined WISE Zambia as its education coordinator in May of 2021. Mr. Mukela is a native of the Western Province. He holds a teaching certificate from the Mongu College of Education, his secondary ...

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Zambia Director

Maggie Indopu Wamunyima

Maggie Wamunyima is WISE’s first salaried employee, hired as our Zambia Director in 2014. Maggie grew up a rural area of the Kaoma District, where she walked four kilometres to school daily. She possesses an ...

Meet our Support Team

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BOARD CO-CHAIR

Debbie Yonke

Debbie is a lifelong educator from Springfield, Missouri. She previously worked with a women’s empowerment organization in Ethiopia.

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Board Member

Stephanie Anderson

Stephanie Anderson was introduced to WISE Zambia in 2021 when fellow Board Member Pat Stockford moved to her hometown of Springfield, Missouri, and she found a great match for her passion in women’s empowerment and ...

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Patricia Stockford

Pat’s support for WISE began a year prior to her first trip to Zambia in 2005, when she was able to accompany two close friends from Maine who founded our NGO. Her long history with ...

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BOARD CO-CHAIR

Joanne Bollinger

Joanne made her first trip to WISE Zambia’s headquarters in Kaoma in 2013. That adventure led to a lifelong commitment to the nonprofit. She visits every year — except during the worst of COVID-19 — ...

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United States Director

Evan Haglund

Evan first went to Africa in 2006, traveling to a Sudanese refugee camp in northern Uganda. This experience prompted Evan to become involved with WISE, knowing our organization’s dedication to unlocking the unlimited potential of ...