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Daniel Otunge

Daniel, a Kenyan, is a development communication expert with over 15 years’ experience. He holds a Master of Arts (MA) Degree Communication, MA in Philosophy, a Postgraduate Diploma in Mass Communications, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of Nairobi. He has attended several skills-building courses in communication and journalism in Africa, Asia, Europe and USA. Prior to joining AATF, Daniel was the head of Communication and Advocacy at the African Seed Trade Association (AFSTA) where he helped establish and manage communication and advocacy Unit responsible for among other things biotechnology outreach programme targeting seed companies and national seed trade associations in Africa, among other key AFSTA stakeholders. Before joining AFSTA, Daniel worked for about six years as Communication Officer with the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA AfriCenter) where, among other duties, he coordinated activities of Biotechnology Information Centres (BICS) in Africa. Daniel has also taught mass communication, public relations and development communication at St Paul’s University, Limuru, as an adjunct lecturer. He has also offered development communication consultancies to various institutions, including UNDP and The World Bank for which he developed a five year Strategic Communication Program and Action Plans for the Kenya ASALs Community Driven Development Projects. Daniel is a media and journalism professiona

Clare Hanbury

In 1983, Clare Hanbury qualified as a teacher and began her career teaching 6-14 year old children in schools in Kenya and Hong Kong. For many years, Clare worked for The Child-to-Child Trust based at the University of London’s Institute of Education where she worked to help embed ideas of children’s participation in health and nutrition into government and non-government child health and education programmes in numerous countries. Clare continued to work to promote these ideas as a freelance adviser and trainer. She has worked in East, West and Southern Africa, Pakistan, Cambodia, Vietnam and the Yemen. In 2008, Clare founded a website www.lifeskillshandbooks.com to promote lifeskills work with children and young people and to promote a lifeskills approach to health education. In 2013, Clare founded Children for Health www.childrenforhealth.org a British Registered Charity that provides accurate engaging health information and inspiring programmes to use fun methods to mobilise children as health activists in their families and communities. Since the inception of Children for Health, Clare has worked alongside government and international non-government partners with programmes in Lesotho, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan and Sierra Leone. Clare has an MA in Education in developing countries and an MSc in International Maternal and Child Health and these from the University of London’s Institute of Education and Institute of Child Health respectively.

Charles Orora

I have over seven years’ experience in Social Behavior Change communication application in Public Health Preparedness and Response while working both in relief and development contexts.

Charles Okello

I am an energetic leader who is passionate about the power of people. I am fascinated by human behavior and am inspired by the amazing things that I appreciate in my daily life and experience through my interactions with clients.
I bring to my clients the education and business experience of a special needs education and project manager, the strength the curiosity of an inquisitive child, the courage and resilience of the sense of exploration and cultural appreciation of a world-traveler, and the compassion of a devoted community volunteer. My strength as community mobilizer is a combination of my talents, skills, and life experiences.

Bisi Bright

Bisi Bright is a Consultant Clinical Pharmacist, Lecturer and Public Health Manager. She is 1st Vice Chairman and CEO of LiveWell Initiative LWI, a nonprofit healthcare enterprise which is targeted at empowering populations across the spectrum with health literacy. Through its Academy, the organization has trained and mentored several undergraduates and postgraduate students in various field sof healthcare and the social sciences.
•Former Secretary General of the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists and past Africa/Middle East rep of the FIP PI (International Pharmaceutical Federation), she sat on the Faculty of the Economist Conferences’ Healthcare in Africa.
•Served on 2 Working Groups of FIP (Maternal & Child Health / Patients as Partners)
•She designed and Chaired an FIP Session F2 in Lisbon, Portugal and has delivered papers at 5 FIP Congresses
•Currently co-supervising a Doctoral (PhD) Research at the University of Helsinki, Finland, at LiveWell Initiative LWI
•An Alumnus of the Anderson School of Management , UCLA in Public Health Management
•Works in the areas of Noncommunicable Diseases, Maternal & Child Health, Nutrition and Wellness, Illness Poverty Alleviation, Executive Health, Workplace Wellness & Worklife Balance, Personal Hygiene Handwashing & Etiquette, Community Health Outreaches, Screening , Ebola Counselling & Hepatitis Screening, Health Empowerment & Healthcare Capacity Development in the areas of Soft Skills & Technical Knowhow.