Erwin Kinsey – Tanzania Country Director 
Polikapo Mginah - Finance and Administrative Manager
Jenaya Rockman - Volunteer Coordinator, HIV/AIDS Program Coordinator
Chrispin Mirambo - Zonal Program Coordinator
Daphne Waite - Assistant In-Country Coordinator
William Rite - Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator
Thomas Broughton - Sustainable Agriculture Program Consultant
Evans Javason - Sustainable Agriculture Instructor 
Sommy Issangya - Sustainable Agriculture Instructor
Mary Lucas - Demonstration Plot Manager
Mike Allard - Program Consultant

Erwin Kinsey – Tanzania Country Director
Raised on a farm in northeastern Vermont, Erwin graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in Animal Science. He then began a 30-year career with Heifer International in 1977 as a Dairy Technician and later server as the Heifer Tanzania Country Director and the Africa Regional Development Officer while based in Arusha, Tanzania.  While at Heifer he spearheaded a dairy development project which grew to national coverage and assisted over 30,000 families with livestock and training. The program pioneered in-kind credit whereby female livestock offspring and training were passed on to neighboring project farmers. The program also pioneered use of local volunteer 'farmer-motivators' and 'community animal health workers' who are the backbone of rural extension provision. In 2001 Erwin helped initiate a program to support families caring for HIV/AIDS sufferers, in which Global Service Corps and Heifer collaborated.  Erwin recently finished his Masters degree in Rural Development from the University of London, Wye College External Program. He has three sons in their early 20’s. His home is within a small organic farm which provides fresh garden produce, goat cheese, yoghurt and other dairy products to a number of families in the Arusha area. Erwin joined Global Service Corps Tanzania in 2007. Some of his goals are to expand and diversify its funding base and project portfolio, and increase sustainability of project work by volunteers.  Back

Polikapo Mginah - Finance and Administrative Manager

Polikapo Mginah works as part of GSC’s Accounting Department. Having recently completed his Master’s of Science in Finance, Polikapo brings with him over a decade of experience working with international development and donor agencies. His prior work entailed projects and assets management, assistance with international grants, as well as the writing of financial reports for international donors. Back


Jenaya Rockman - Volunteer Coordinator, HIV/AIDS Program Coordinator

Jenaya received her Bachelors Degree in Biology in 2000 and during college had extensive international volunteer experience. She served as a volunteer, trainer and team co-leader for four years in a medical outreach program in Mexicali, Mexico. She also administered mobile medical clinics in remote villages and trained university students in a medical outreach program in Cap Haitian, Haiti. She continued her international volunteer program work as the Program Administrator for Outreach Activities as a high school teacher from 2000 to 2004. In 2005, she volunteered at the Zambia Malaria Foundation in Lusaka, Zambia. Jenaya received her Master in Public Health in 2006 from Boston University with a concentration in International Health. She joined the GSC Tanzania team in 2007 as a SOS Program Fellow.  Back

Chrispin Mirambo - Zonal Program Coordinator

Chrispin works with GSC as a Zonal Program Coordinator. His educational background includes a certificate in Bio-intensive Agriculture & Rain Water Harvesting from the Tengeru College of Agriculture and Livestock Resources. He has also received numerous other certificates in program management, fish farming and natural resource management. Previously, Chrispin served as a Program Officer for the Natural Resource Management Program with Heifer International Tanzania. In his spare time, Chrispin is an avid basketball player who also enjoys travelling, reading and photography.  Back

Daphne Waite - Assistant In-Country Coordinator (on left)

Before joining the GSC team in April 2006, Daphne attended The Superior Commercial College, as well as the Nakuru Computer Training Institute, where she earned diplomas in Computers and Computer System Analysis and Design. In addition to her extensive computer, administrative, and English skills, Daphne brings a warm and welcoming presence to GSC’s Arusha office.  Back 

William Rite - Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator

William is the Senior Assistant Agricultural Tutor at Tengeru College of Agriculture and Livestock Resources, as well as the GSC Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator. He studied at Nyegezi Agricultural College from 1978-1980 to earn his certificate in general agriculture, and returned to Nyegezi in 1982 to earn his diploma in Land Use Planning. In 1989, William attended a one-year course at the Tsukuba College of Agriculture in Japan, and was awarded a diploma in Irrigation and Drainage. He also completed a three-month course on Irrigation Water Management in Thailand in 1994. 2001 marked the beginning of William’s work with GSC, in which he began developing the existing GSC Sustainable agriculture program. Aside from his extensive agricultural expertise, William's lively spirit and sense of humor keep our Sustainable Agriculture participants enthusiastic and involved! Back 

Thomas Broughton - Sustainable Agriculture Program Consultant

Thomas, a volunteer with Volunteer Services Abroad (New Zealand), is a bright and outgoing leader in GSC-TZ's Sustainable Agriculture program. He hails from Darfield, Canterbury, New Zealand, where he grew up with his three sisters on his parents’ sheep farm. He is experienced in different farming systems and studied agricultural science at Lincoln University, including post-graduate research in sheep genetics. He has learned Kiswahili well in his first year in Tanzania and is enthusiastic about making a difference in Tanzanian communities through sustainable development. He enjoys wildlife and the outdoors, playing rugby and is also a good singer and guitarist. He loves Tanzania and the wonderful people who live there. Back

Evans Javason - Sustainable Agriculture Instructor

Evans, commonly referred to as Javason, received training at the Kenya Institute of Organic Farming and graduated from the Mpwapwa College of Agriculture and Livestock as a Certified Agriculture and Livestock Technician. He worked as a Tutor at MATI-Tengeru Agricultural College from 1990 – 1998 where he taught Principles of Agriculture and Extension Skills. Javason began working with GSC as a demonstration plot gardener in 2002 and became one of our instructors in 2004. Javason’s teaching skills and village extension support is greatly appreciated by our sustainable agriculture volunteer participants. Back 

Sommy Issangya - Sustainable Agriculture Instructor 

Sommy recently began working with Global Service Corps as one of our Sustainable Agriculture Coordinators. Before signing on with GSC, he spent nine years working as a veterinary field officer. Sommy has studied at L.I.T.I Tengeru College in Arusha and M.A.T.I. Nyegezi Mwanza in the fields of livestock production, crop production, land management, and human and animal management. Sommy’s bright and welcoming personality makes him a favorite of our sustainable agriculture volunteer participants.  Back 

Mary Lucas - Demonstration Plot Manager

Mary started working with GSC-TZ from the last quarter of the year 2003. She works as the BIA training demonstration plot attendant situated at the Livestock Training Institute Tengeru (LITI). Mary has deepest commitments and devotion on her garden. She sometimes works together with her daughter Neema as an encouragement process to make her learn BIA techniques. Mary believes that BIA gardening techniques are a solution to rural poor farmers. She has always been able to justify BIA dynamics by producing and selling healthier vegetables all the season round. Mary prepares a special lunch meal for all the volunteers on their first day attachment to their home stay in Tengeru. She loves working with volunteers. Back

Mike Allard - HIV/AIDS and Nutrition Education Program Consultant

GSC is pleased to welcome Mike Allard to the team in Tanzania. Mike serves as a consultant to the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Nutrition Education, International Health and Volunteer Vacation Programs. While studying at Lincoln University in New Zealand, he received his Bachelor’s of Resource Studies in Policy and Planning and his Master’s of Applied Science in International Rural Development. Mike has previously worked as a Resource Management Planner with the Waimakariri District Council and has experience abroad in Fiji, Thailand and South Africa.  Back