Erwin Kinsey – Tanzania Director of Operations
Frida Lauwo - Tanzania In-Country Coordinator
Jenaya Rockman - Assistant Program Coordinator
Daphne Waite - Assistant In-Country Coordinator
William Rite - Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator
Evans Javason - Sustainable Agriculture Instructor
Sommy Issangya - Sustainable Agriculture Instructor
Elizabeth Mosha – HIV/AIDS Instructor

Erwin Kinsey – Tanzania Director of Operations

Raised on a farm in northeastern Vermont, Erwin graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in Animal Science. He then volunteered as a community development specialist with the since 1977 with Heifer International where 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. From 2004 to 2007, Erwin acted as the Heifer Africa Regional Development Officer supporting development of the wider Heifer Africa Program, based from his home in Arusha. 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, and in 2006 he lost his wife of 25 years to cancer. 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 as Director of Operations. Some of his goals are to expand and diversify its funding base and project portfolio, and increase sustainability of project work by volunteers.  Back

Frida Lauwo - Tanzania In-Country Coordinator

Frida has been working with GSC since the summer of 2002. Starting as the homestay coordinator, she assumed her current position in 2003. Born in Moshi and educated in Arusha, Frida is a wonderful resource for GSC. She provides endless insight into Tanzanian culture and has excellent mediation skills. Frida attended the Moshi Coop College and had business and administrative experience in the hotel sector before coming to work for GSC. Incredibly enterprising, Frida runs her own catering business and is involved in various community groups. Frida lives in Arusha with her three children. Back

Jenaya Rockman - Assistant 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

Daphne Waite - Assistant In-Country Coordinator

Before joining the GSC family 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 currently 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 

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 spend 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, human and animal management. Sommy’s bright and welcoming personality makes him a favorite of our sustainable agriculture volunteer participants.  Back 

Elizabeth Mosha – HIV/AIDS Instructor

Mama Mosha is the founder and director of Women in Action, an Arusha organization supporting widows, women living with HIV Aids and orphans. Qualified as a General and public Health Nurse, Mama Mosha also has a B.A. in Education from Makerere University, Uganda She has undergone training in community based family planning strategy at Chiba University of Japan and completed a Master Trainers and National Organizational Training Strategies program at the University of Connecticut, USA. Mama Mosha has been working with GSC since 2003.  Back