Staff
The Lurdes Mutola’s staff is a good representation of the principle beneficiaries: young people and women. The staff is full of dynamic leaders with backgrounds in bilateral corporations, national and International NGOs, private sector and government agencies.
Executive:
Macame Bruhane Macame - Executive Director
Macame is the Executive Director of the FLM, and began as a founding member of the FLM in 2001. He has experience founding organization; he is a founding member of the National Youth Organization in Mozambique – ARO Juvenil. In 1994 he took part in working groups related to youth development, environmental issues, institutional development and NGO’s Management in Mozambique. He is a founding member and Chief Executive Officer of the Southern African Youth Conference from 1998 to 2001, whose focus was on youth development and empowerment in Mozambique and the African continent.
Prior to those, Macame worked as a consultant with international organizations in Mozambique and in five Southern African Regional programs, namely the Austrian Institute for Development, Populations Services International, the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Sports and Youth, United Nations Development Program, and the National Election Commission 1992 - 1994.
In 1998 and 2000 Macame attended Eduardo Mondlane University for a degree in Law. He has studied Social Anthropology with UNISA – University of South Africa, a short-term course on Project Management in Mozambique, and Social Work Development and Rural Youth Project Development courses in Germany. In 2006 he attended an Executive Education Course on Finance at University of Cape Town – School of Business.
Victorino Adriano - Director of Administration and Finance
Victorino recently joined the Foundation in July 2008. In 2006, he graduated from the High Institute of Transport and Communications, with a diploma in Management and Finance. He was in the 1% of the graduating class. In 2002 he concluded a diploma in Transport management and graduated at the same institute. He was the first student ever to graduate from the Institute the both the Diploma of honor and best student of the year. From 2002 to 2007 he worked in Group Visabeira Mozambique, in the areas of Planning and Control, as well as Accounting, Internal Control and Finances. Currently, he is a professor of Administration of business, marketing, analysis and management of projects at the Institute of Transportation and communications.
Lucilla Buonaguro - Director of Programs
Lucilla joined the Foundation on March 2009. She came to Mozambique as a volunteer for Caritas Italiana in January 2005 working on the development of a refugee advocacy program in urban area. After that she decided to remain in Maputo as a project manager for Caritas Roma; during three years she worked on the improvement of a social analysis programme oriented to develop small community-driven projects, aimed at some rural and suburban communities in the Provinces.
From June 2008 to February 2009 she worked as an international projects consultant for an Italian Firm, Leonardo Business Consulting.
Lucilla graduated in Development Economics in March 2006 at Roma3 University, in Italy, with a final dissertation on the connections between Social Capital and Promotion of Human Development. She is co-founder and activist of the association Share Onlus, which operates to provide legal assistance to migrants and asylum seekers in Mozambique.
Since 1999, Lucilla carries out activities aimed to promote the empowerment of youth, before for local and foreign children in the slums of her hometown- Rome- and now in her adoption town- Maputo.
Gabriel Fossati-Bellani - Deputy Director
Gabriel joined as a consultant conducting an Institutional Assessment in August 2005. Gabriel came to Mozambique as a Princeton In Africa Fellow in 2003 and where he spent two years working as the Project Coordinator for Right to Play, a Canadian sport for development organization. Subsequently, Gabriel worked as a consultant for the United Nations Resident Coordinator on a Policy Paper for the UN International year of Sports in 2005; worked with a South African NGO, Community Media for Development; and the Mozambican Community Radio Forum (FORCOM).
He graduated with a B.A. in Economics in 2003 from Princeton University in New Jersey. There he co-founded the Black Student Union, currently the largest membership student organization. He is currently an MBA candidate at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town in the modular program set to graduate in 2010.
Program:
Edgar Cadir - Technical Assistant (Nampula Province)
Edagr is 25 years old and was born in Nampula City. He did his secondary school in Ribaue District and then studied Theology at the Mater Apostolorum of Nampula. He also did a Masters in Integrated Theology at the Portuguese Catholic University of Nampula. He has been working with the Foundation since August 2009.
Parafino Carlos - SGPM Program Officer (Manica and Sofala Provinces)
Parafino started as the traning and M&E officer in SGPM in Manica Province, now he is a Program Officer for the program as well as the lead HIV/AIDS and SRH trainer. He graduate 12th grade at the Samora Machel Secondary School in Chimoio in 2002. Thereafter he was trained by GTZ-GFA in Sexual and Reproductive Health for youth and adolescents with National Committee to Combat HIV/AIDS. He also has participated in trainings on gender and human rights, financial management and women empowerment. With Oxfam-GB received training on monitoring and evaluation, STAR, Rights based approach, strategic communication and community development.
Most recently from March 2006 to April 2009, Parafino worked as the District Coordinator on IHARM - Integrated HIV and AIDS Response in Manica in Mossurize Distrit.
Ascensão do R. Vicente Mujaide Chauchane - Desporto Da Vida Program Manager (Nampula Province)
Known as Chauchane in the Office, he is the father of two children, a girl and a boy, and is happily married, although has been living in Malema since starting with the Foundation in August, while His family lives in Quelimane. Prior tot he Foundation, Chauchane worked for Save the Children and World vision, and has formal training in fishing and fisheries, and hás worked with children and development programs for the past seven years. He has participated in several consumer surveys for private and public institutions in the northern provinces. His career started with Austral Consulting as a interviewer for a survey on health services in four provinces. He is very passionate about working with children and is dynamically leading the Nampula Province DDV team.
Constancia Mathaba - Mais Escola Para Mim Officer (Maputo Province)
Constancia has been with the Foundation since May 2009. She is 40 years old and was born in Manhiça. She has a diploma in Social Work from the Instituto Superior Maria Mãe de África in Maputo. She has vast experience working with adolescents, particularly girls. She worked in Italy and Portugal in for the Irmãs Franciscanas Hospitaleiras da Imaculada Conceição, serving in home care and support centers for adolescents. She also worked for Caritas Deocesana in a rehabilitation for kids. She is fluent in Italian. Constância loves working with teenagers because she believes they are in a growth phase and they still dream. This makes her feels young every day.
Iracema Matsinhe - Program Officer in Education
Iracema began working with the Foundation as a Volunteer for the YES program in 2008. She graduated in international relations and diplomacy from the Superior Institute of International Relations (ISRI) in Maputo. She began work for FLM in January 2009 on its education programs, both YES and More School For Me, where she is the Program Manager. She is also a volunteer at Red Cross in Mozambique and participated in movements for women’s associations in operation in Maputo and Matola acting in orphanages.
Felicidade Moiane - YES Program Officer
Felicidade has worked at FLM since March 2004, initially in public relations and then as an Administration Assistant; she has worked in various areas of the FLM depending on the needs. She studied accounting at the Maputo Commercial School, and finished at Professional Institute for Water and Sanitation where she studied for 3 years in Accounting and Business Administration in 2001. She is currently finishing her degree from the Superior Polytecnic Institute in Communications. Prior to working at the foundation was an Events organizer and model in Maputo.
Eusebio Alavro Munepa - Technical Assistant (Zambezia Province)
Eusébio works for the Foundation since 2008. He is a Technical Assistant in Gurué. Before working for the Foundation, he worked on research around elections where he worked in data entry. He studied primary school in Mocuba, secondary school in Gurué, and studied IT at a center in Gurué. He was the head coach of the Red Cobras football team at the catholic mission in Nauela in Alto Molocue District. He also had previous experience working with “APERES” Association for the Education in Girls in Schools in Gurué, and has been an active member of Geração Biz since 2002.
Ana Paula Ribeiro - Technical Assistant (Zambezia Province)
Ana Paula speaks Portuguese and Lomwe and has two children. She previously worked for OxFam and OJM in Gurué, and also worked on the local football commission from 2003 to 2006. In 2007 she participated in the first Craque! Training in Gurué where she worked as a volunteer for one year. Last year she participated as the female coach from Zambezia in the KNVB coach training in Nampula. Now she works as a Technical Assistant at the Gurué office of Sport Gives Life. Her dream is to become a Professional Coach.
Vasco Zaracias - Program Officer in Sports and IT
Working in FLM since 2001, as Administrative Assistant. Now as the Official for IT and work in the Center for Sports Information and Documentation (CEDID) Project. Zito spent roughly three months giving institutional support to the Mozambican Athletics Federation (FMA) in a partnership between the FLM and FMA. Before working for FLM, he worked on the inception of the development of a youth association called Aro Juvennil for 3 years.
Administration:
Antonio Alberto - Administrative Assistant
Alberto Antonio is 45 years old, and lives maritally with his wife for more than 14 years, with whom he has 4 children. Antonio was born in Zambezia, Ile district. His parents are from Quelimane. He has worked since 16 years of age as household servant. Antonio has a field of 4 hectares where like to spend his weekend.
Angela Henriqueta Nuvunga - Receptionist
In November 2004 she start working on FLM as a maid. In 2007 she finished the 11th grade, having been delayed by 2 subjects, English and philosophy. Currently, she is attending 12th grade at the Armando Emilio Guebuza secondary school. From November 2007 to the present, apart from domestic, she also works as a receptionist, and assists in some administrative work.
Jaime Muchanga - Driver
Jaime, known in the office as “Nandinho”, has worked as driver since 2003, he began his career as professional driver in 1994. He have worked with the National Institute of Natural Disasters for two years. He also worked for Action Aid during two years in the HIV Project as a driver. During his free time, Jaime likes to travel to his homeland, Macia, in the province of Gaza.
Raitone Afonso Molocué - Driver (Zambezia Province)
Raitone is was born in Mepuigiua, Gurue District, Zambezia Province in Mozambique, he is 29 years old. He has vast experience driving passenger vehicles in Mepuagiua, Gurue, Alto Molocue, Mocuba, Ile and Cuamba. He joined the DDV project in Gurue when the office opened in September 2008 as project driver and handyman. Raitone is well known in the Province for his competent and impressive driving skills and feels proud to be associated with, and to be a part of the LMF family.
Angelina Sabonete - Administrative Assistant
Angelina is 34 years old and began work at the Foundation in October 2009. She is the mother of two children Bastista (6 years old) and Mercia (2 years old). She completed the 12th grade at Lhanguene Secondary School in 2008. Previously, she worked at Maputo Shopping Center as a sales consultant at a clothing store.