Professional Fellows - Spring 2024 Cohort
Meet our Spring 2024 Cohort of Professional Fellows! This group of 11 accomplished disability rights leaders from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Ethiopia. Ten Fellows will embark on an intensive five-week Fellowship Program between May and June 2024 in the US, while one Fellow will participate virtually in the Fellowship Program.
Learn more about our Fellows, their follow-on projects, and Fellowship experiences.
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Caroline Kanana Makena
Head of Partnerships and Fundraising, Link 4 Change
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Vera Robi Machera
Program Officer, Women Challenged to Challenge (WCC)
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Ombati Elizabeth Nyabiage
Program Assistant, Kenya Network of Women and Girls with Disabilities
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Josephine Namirimu
Communications and Advocacy Officer, Cheshire Services Uganda
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Denis Ouma
Chief Executive Officer, Embellish Consults Limited
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Erick Elizeus Mukiza
Executive Director, ESS Creative and Legal Foundation, and Permanent Court Certified Mediator
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Clara Peter Maliwa
Project Officer, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Lead, Young & Alive Initiative
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Eva Ephrem Chuwa
Special Needs Education Teacher, Al Muntazir Special Education Needs
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Mohammed Abiye Betriework
Legal Consultant and Attorney at Law, Ethiopian Ministry of Justice
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Shadrack Thomson Manyogote
Director, Child in Protection and Disabilities Foundation
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Moses Serwadda
Program Manager, Uganda Federation for the Hard of Hearing (UFHOH)