Partner Focus Area: Non-Formal Education

Joseph Maruti

Joseph Maruti is a Learning Management practitioner with over 10 years of experience designing and implementing pedagogical strategies to achieve set learning outcomes. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics from Egerton University and is currently completing a Master of Science in Project Management degree from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. He has a wide range of learning management experience in local and international non-profits as well as in government and private sector institutions. This experience spans building and guiding teams so that they run ICT youth capacity building programs; on-going organizational training and leadership on a Markets, Finance and Information program, preparing and delivering phased incremental training for volunteers in the Health, Education and Community Economic Development sectors. Maruti has been Training Manager at Peace Corps Kenya since 2007. He previously worked at World Corps, Digital Opportunity Trust and PRIDE Africa.

Holly Freitas

Holly graduated from Seattle Pacific University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She worked a an RN in the US Army for 4 years, specializing in OB/GYN. After working many years in both hospital and outpatient settings, Holly began to pursue work in international health. She co-authored a women’s health curriculum and authored a multi-module HIV curriculum for international use. In 2006, she and her family, moved to Tanzania, East Africa where she began extensive work with the Maasai people group. In 2007, she developed an educational HIV video together with her Maasai colleagues. She completed her Master’s Degree in Public Health with a focus on Community Health Education in 2011. Holly and her family continued to live in Tanzania until fall of 2014 when they returned to the US. Holly continues to focus her efforts internationally as a consultant for Social and Behavioral Change Communication.