Executive DirectorRays of Hope
Willie is the C0-founder and Executive Director of Rays of Hope in Malawi. He champions for quality education for children in under-resourced communities. Willie leads one of the largest teacher networks, and afterschool activities in Malawi – training over 5,000 in-service teachers, serving 287,000 students at $2.50 per student a year! With this work, three education districts have improved their performance. Also, he is passionate about inclusive education. In this work, he leads a transnational alliance advocacy work in Malawi, Kenya, and Tanzania. The work uses a digital platform to track policy implementation in South-East Africa. He is an Urban Promise International Fellow, the 2017 African Visionary Fellow, the 2018 Praxislabs Fellow, the Global Alliance for Communities founding member, and received the 2018 Rising Star Award from the Segal Family Foundation. He holds a Master of Arts Degree in International Development from Eastern University, U.S.A.
Early Childhood to Primary EducationEconomic OpportunityEducationFinancial ServicesPost-Secondary EducationSecondary EducationWomen's and Girls' EducationYouth Job Skills
Eastern and Southern Africa