Director of Programmes

• Jan 2019 - Present

Director of Programmes

• Feb 2019 - Present

Interfacing between UHAI’s Co-EDs and the programmes department, the DoP oversees the coordination of UHAI’s programmes docket, providing direct line management, overseeing the management of staff, and overseeing the development and monitoring of the progress of the work plan priorities. This way, supervised by and reporting directly to UHAI’s Co EDs, the position provides useful insights enabling the Co Directorship to make higher-level strategic decisions about UHAI’s programmatic progress and direction.

Grants Manager

• Oct 2018 - Jan 2019

This role involved providing managerial supervisory oversight to ensure the efficient operation of UHAI’s grants machinery. It involved both providing programmatic oversight which informed our grantmaking and administration as well as managing the humans in the docket to ensure that they are optimally placed and equipped to deliver.

Steering Committee Mmeber

• Apr 2020 - Present

The International Trans Fund (ITF) is a participatory grantmaking fund made up of trans activists and donors. The ITF aims to increase the capacity of the trans movement to self-organize and advocate for trans people’s rights, self-determination, and wellbeing. The fund is Steered by a group of GlobalTransgender Activists and Donors who provide provide Strategic over sight to the Fund, ensuring its success. The International Trans Fund (ITF) is a participatory grantmaking fund made up of trans activists and donors. The ITF aims to increase the capacity of the trans movement to self-organize and advocate for trans people’s rights, self-determination, and wellbeing. The fund is Steered by a group of GlobalTransgender Activists and Donors who provide provide Strategic over sight to the Fund, ensuring its success.

Advisory Committee Member-Africa Global TvT and TMM Program

• Mar 2018 - Present

My role on this committee is to provide oversight to the global Transrespect Vs TransPhobia (TvT) and Trans Murder Monitoring programme, which through recruiting local activist human resources, globally continues to map, monitor and raise awareness around violence metted around trans people globally with the aim of ending this violence. My role on this committee is to provide oversight to the global Transrespect Vs TransPhobia (TvT) and Trans Murder Monitoring programme, which through recruiting local activist human resources, globally continues to map, monitor and raise awareness around violence metted around trans people globally with the aim of ending this violence.

International Advisory Board Member

• May 2016 - Present

Sharing information about country, movement and political landscapes Providing endorsements for grant applicants Identifying opportunities that Astraea should seize Informing Astraea's funding priorities & sharing feedback on our strategies Broadening Astraea's reach and networks Sharing information about country, movement and political landscapes Providing endorsements for grant applicants Identifying opportunities that Astraea should seize Informing Astraea's funding priorities & sharing feedback on our strategies Broadening Astraea's reach and networks

Steering Committee Member

• Jun 2018 - Nov 2022

The working group is focused increasing funds to diverse trans work and groups globally, and the work that I coordinate and provide leadership on, as a co-chair is coordinating the thinking of the kind of research and advocacy efforts that would need to happen to map the funding and organising gap for trans group globally. The group comprises of diverse global players in philanthropy with a keen interest in trans work and organising. The working group is focused increasing funds to diverse trans work and groups globally, and the work that I coordinate and provide leadership on, as a co-chair is coordinating the thinking of the kind of research and advocacy efforts that would need to happen to map the funding and organising gap for trans group globally. The group comprises of diverse global players in philanthropy with a keen interest in trans work and organising.

Challenge Leadership Group Member Learning for Women and Girl Challenge

• Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

Solve is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a mission to solve world challenges. It is a marketplace for social impact innovation. Through open innovation Challenges, Solve finds incredible tech-based social entrepreneurs all around the world. Solve then brings together MIT’s innovation ecosystem and a community of Members to fund and support these entrepreneurs to help them drive lasting, transformational impact. About the Solve Global Challenges Each year, Solve launches its core Global Challenges across four pillars—Economic Prosperity, Health, Learning, and Sustainability. Challenge themes are defined through a global consultative process that engages cross-sector leaders and experts, and local community voices alike. Innovators from around the world apply, and the most promising ones are selected as Solver teams. Since inception, Solve has selected more than 100 Solver teams headquartered all over the world, with a vibrant mix of for-profit, non-profit and hybrid models. Thanks to its donors and sponsors, Solve has brokered over $12 million in funding for Solver teams, enabling them to scale their solutions. About the Challenge Leadership Group MIT Solve forms a Leadership Group around each of its four Global Challenges. The Leadership Group is comprised of an interdisciplinary group of cross-sector leaders and influencers, dedicated to supporting solutions to the Challenge at hand. The Group achieves its mission by: ● Contributing to a successful outreach and recruitment strategy around their respective Challenge ● Selecting the most promising solutions to the Challenge ● Supporting the selected Solver Class to amplify the impact of their work on the Challenge. ● Amplifying the conversation around the Challenge and the Solver teams through their networks.

Reference Committee Member-4th Regional Trans Health, Advocacy and Research Conference 2019

• Sep 2019 - Sep 2019

Established in 2005, Gender DynamiX (GDX) is the first registered Africa-based public benefit organisation to focus solely on the transgender and broader gender diverse community. What started as a mere vision, slowly grew into a grassroots organisation. GDX has since become an institutionalised non-profit organisation (NPO) that is fundamental to the development of the trans and gender diverse movement(s) in South Africa and across Africa. I was part of the committee that informed the curation of the 4th Regional Trans Health Advocacy and Research Conference which for the first time widened its geographical footprint to the continent and its language repertoire to 4.

Advisory Committee Member for the 2018 HRFN Conference

• Apr 2018 - Oct 2018

I was part of the group that led the curation of the 2018 Human Rights Funder Network Conference ensuring the globality of representation of the conference especially as relates to Global South Philanthropy. I was part of the group that led the curation of the 2018 Human Rights Funder Network Conference ensuring the globality of representation of the conference especially as relates to Global South Philanthropy.

Protagonist

• Jan 2012 - Jun 2015

http://pearlofafrica.tv/the-film/ Uganda, a small land-locked country in East Africa. Once named THE PEARL OF AFRICA by Winston Churchill. A country blessed with its diversity in ethnicity, gender, flora and fauna. Yet in all this richness it struggles to recognise & appreciate this diversity. Enter the life of Cleopatra Kambugu, a 27 year old Ugandan Transgender Woman. Assigned male at birth, but against all odds transitioning into the woman she knows she was born to be. In the film we get to follow her as she questions gender expression and identity, reshape attitudes and uncover the realities of a people whose existence has been shrouded in myth and prejudice. In a feature length documentary we embark on a life changing journey. We follow Cleo who seeks to shine light on the intricate concepts of her gender identity. She rewrites the story of a transgender woman that has for long been shrouded in darkness and misunderstood.

Programme Officer: Research, Documentation and Advocacy

• Jun 2011 - Mar 2013