About Us

Cleopas is the chairperson of the Board. He is an accomplished Business Man ,HR Leader and Business Executive Coach. He currently is the Deputy Director in charge of Human Resources for Reserve Bank and Founder and Chairman of Dimensions Consultants Pvt Ltd . He is the Vice President of the Institute of People Management of Zimbabwe and chairs its Finance , Audit and ICT Committee , a fellow of the Institute of Coaching (USA) and Member of International Coaches Federation (ICF) USA. Cleopas has served variuos Boards including the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) where he served as Director – Membership & Chapters ,Zimbabwe Institute of Management (ZIM) Board and the Chief Learning Officer Intelligence Board . He is a Board Member of Rubiem Innovations , He also sits in the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee as a Commissioner and serves the Africa Executive Coaching Council (AECC) a Pan African body that is an aggregator in the field of Coaching. Cleopas was recognised under the WHO IS WHO OF PROFESSIONALS 2012 Edition by the WHO HISTORICAL SOCIETY USA. He was crowned among 100 Best Global Coaches by World HRD Congress’s World Coaching Congress 2017 | Mumbai India.

Steven is a member of the Board of Trustees and Treasurer for ZHI. He is a Chartered Accountant (Zimbabwe) with over 18 years’ experience across a multiplicity of disciplines which include accounting, consulting, audit and investment advisory. Steven has been involved in, and obtained wide-ranging experience from the provision of audit, advisory, corporate finance and consulting services to a diverse portfolio of clients. His experience in the donor funded sector include audit and consulting (strategy, monitoring and evaluation) on various programmes funded by USAID, EU, UN, Global Fund and World Bank obtained during his time at Deloitte.

After graduating with an Accounting degree from University of Zimbabwe in 2002, he completed his articles in 2005 and rose through the ranks to Senior Audit Manager in the Audit and Assurance department of Deloitte. During this time, he was seconded to the United States of America and Namibia

He then moved to the Advisory Services on the re-introduction of the service line at Deloitte and accumulated over 9 years of experience in consulting and transaction services such as due diligence reviews, valuations and corporate finance structuring to a diverse portfolio of clients. During this time, he also provided consulting services in Malawi, Zambia, South Africa and Tanzania. He is currently the Corporate Finance Executive at Mangwana Capital, an investment advisory and private equity firm.

Steven also holds a Bachelor of Accounting Science from University of South Africa (Honours)

Musa Sibindi is an accomplished human rights champion with 19 years experience of community development and empowerment for minority groups, where she has been recognised for her excellence stamped with a proffessional approach that was recognised by Mega Fest Awards 2019, as the Best Female Director.
In leading the Sexual Rights Centre team, Musa has created an SRC brand that is synonymous with bold innovation, and sustainability contributing towards positive transformation in support of the organisation’s mission and goals.
Prior to being the executive director at the Sexual Rights Centre, Musa held a number of increasingly responsible roles in executive and general management with Oxfam and the Matabeleland Aids Council which all posted recognisable feats in programme implementation and management. As an agile manager, she is known for her strong project management skills and her unwavering commitment to positive development and empowerment of marginalised groups within the community and the nation at large.
As a strategist and accessible leader, Musa is known for driving growth and sustainability with expertise in programme design, grant management, MEL and policy analysis. Her skills have ensured that interventions are tailor made to respond to the most vulnerable in the communities and inline with donor requirements and organisational standards.
Musa understands the strategic importance of good collaboration and community mobilisation in civil society to deliver robust and innovative interventions. She understands that the goal for every individual is the full enjoyment of their rights that ensure development that does not leave anyone behind.
Musa earned her MSc in Development Studies from the National University of Science and Technology, and Bachelor of Arts in English and Communications at the Zimbabwe Open University.
When Musa is not collaborating with stakeholders and ensuring the sustained wellness of every person, she can be seen enjoying quality time with her children, and enjoying perfomantive arts.
Musa believes in finding and nurturing the best in everyone, and it being a starting point of understanding an individual beyond everything that clouds communities, be it sexual identity, gender identity, ethnicity and language, or political idoelogy. She notes that when we refuse them the opportunity to be citizens, we also refuse our world the opportunity to be changed by them.

Dr. Tafuma (MBChB, MPH, PGDip M&E) is the Executive Director for ZHI where he serves as the overall team leader providing strategic leadership and technical direction. He is a Public Health Physician, with a wide experience in implementation science, provision of technical support to large scale projects, program management and strengthening of health care delivery through public and private health facilities and the community. His work has been focused on integrated reproductive, maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Non-Communicable Diseases including the design, development, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of program strategies, concepts, policies, and projects. As a researcher, he has co-authored and reviewed several scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Tafuma understands USG funding rules and regulations and has provided technical advice to implementing partners (IP’s) and contractors on efficient management of contracts and cooperative agreements to ensure consistency with USG policies and guidance.

Don has over 40 years of experience successfully designing and implementing a wide range of health projects in over 35 countries around the world. His most recent work included developing and managing over 100 health partnerships between hospitals, universities, and schools of medicine and nursing in the US with similar organizations in the countries of the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe. He has designed and implemented capacity building projects in Nigeria and in the six countries of Southern Africa. Most recently Don served as the Country Director in Zimbabwe for FHI 360 and was an active participant in the founding of ZHI. He has a Master of Public Health degree from the University of California Berkeley. Don and his wife live in the USA.

Andrew Chasakara is a qualified Chartered Accountant, licensed Public Accountant and Tax Practitioner. He holds MBA (Finance). Andrew is a renowned financial expert with over 15 years’ experience. He brings extensive wealth of knowledge on USAID-funded projects in areas of financial reporting, budgeting, tax, audits, grants management and USAID rules and regulations. As the Head of Finance & Operations, Andrew provides strategic leadership to the organization and support the Executive Director in decision making on both financial and operational matters across all projects under ZHI portfolio. Andrew has both international and regional footprint. Prior to joining ZHI, Andrew was the Finance and Operations Director for FHI360, other positions held; Regional Financial Analyst with FHI360 South Africa supporting Botswana, Rwanda, Kenya & South Africa; Head of Finance & Corporate Affairs for REPSSI responsible for Eastern and Southern African countries; Associate Director- Finance & Operations with NASTAD South Africa and ActionAid in UK.

Robinson is a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) and Development Finance Practitioner with extensive experience in the NGO sector, having managed several multimillion-dollar awards for both local and international organizations. With a very deep understanding of the USG funding rules and regulations, Robinson has managed both contracts and cooperative agreements for various USG-funded projects in Zimbabwe. He is currently the team leader in the Compliance, Contracts and Grants (CCG) unit for ZHI where he is responsible for providing oversight to award management and ensuring compliance. Robinson is a Chartered Accountant (CA) who holds a Master’s Degree in Development Finance, a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting Sciences, a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Accounting and various other professional qualifications in accounting, finance and risk management.

Gilbert is a qualified HR practitioner with vast experience in Human Resources Management across various sectors including but not limited to telecommunications, mining, and non-governmental organizations. He is currently responsible for leading the Human Resources (HR) department for Zimbabwe Health Interventions (ZHI). Prior to joining ZHI, Gilbert has worked for several leading local and international organizations. He is a holder of a Master of Commerce Degree in Strategic Management and Corporate Governance, a Bsc. Honors Degree in Human Resources Management, a Diploma in Human Resources Management from Institute of People Management of Zimbabwe (IPMZ) and a Certificate in Safety Health and Environmental Management.

A public health specialist with over 12 years experience in the design, implementation, continuous quality improvement (CQI), monitoring and evaluation of HIV, Tuberculosis; Maternal, New-born and Child Health programs. Has over 15 years working with the Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) and has gained experience in implementation of HIV-related and epidemiological studies, program evaluations, program optimization and service quality improvement. Key competencies include setting up functional M&E systems, development of M&E and program strategic documents, set up and maintenance of electronic medical records, data analysis, documentation and dissemination of best practices and lessons learnt.

A Public Health Specialist with 15 years of progressive public health experience in designing, implementing, monitoring, managing health and development programs in sub-Saharan Africa. Auxilia has vast management and leadership experience with international health and development organizations. She has a strong track record in fostering creativity and innovation, identifying, supervising and nurturing talent. She also brings resource mobilization, donor relationship building, and partnership development experience. Her forte also includes provision of technical assistance to host government HIV programs, health systems strengthening, stakeholder engagement and capacity building of local organizations as well as driving and managing change. Before taking up her role as the Business Development Director, Auxilia was the ZHI Deputy Chief of Party for the ACCE project. Prior to joining ZHI, Auxilia was the Chief of Party for the FHI 360 PEPFAR/USAID supported Zimbabwe HIV Care and Treatment (ZHCT) project, where she was providing oversight to this ~70 million USD project. In addition, she also has experience in implementing HIV programs that were funded through USAID (12million USD ), UNITAID (5million USD), Child Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) (45million USD) and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation from the time she worked for Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF). She holds a Master’s in Public Health and a Master’s in Business Administration.

Dr Tichaona Nyamundaya is an experienced health professional, with over fifteen years of experience designing, implementing HIV and TB prevention, care and treatment projects and collaborating with varied stakeholders to develop national policies, strategies, guidelines, and tools for ART, MNCH integration, and TB control.

He has been responsible for pioneering piloting and scaling-up ART in the public sector in Zimbabwe. He has been instrumental in rapidly rolling out of WHO guidelines and ensuring access to lifesaving ART at primary health level through decentralization of HIV care and treatment to lower levels including differentiated service delivery models. He was also responsible for strengthening community linkages through the development and rollout of the tracking and tracing standard operating procedures to ensure retention in care and treatment. Currently, he is supporting the MOHCC to pilot AHD packages of care including decentralization and task shifting of TB LAM, CrAg, and Omega VISITECT CD4 testing at primary level health level by non-laboratory personnel.

He received his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree and Masters in Public Health from the University of Zimbabwe and has attended numerous trainings to build his competencies in HIV/AIDS commodities and clinical management, quality improvement, and operations research.

Tafadzwa Priscilla Sibanda is a public health Specialist with the requisite academic qualifications, and a wealth of experience acquired in more than a decade from working at almost all the different levels of care in the public health sector in Zimbabwe with both the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) and the Non-Governmental Organization sector. She is a visionary and results oriented leader with abilities to organize, build teams, motivate and delegate within multi-disciplinary teams. She has served in managerial roles over the past ten years with the greater part of her work involving management of HIV/ TB / Maternal and Sexual Reproductive Health programs. Tafadzwa is passionate about providing patient centered high quality care to People living with HIV.

In her last assignment she served as the National Medical Director for AHF Zimbabwe and led the team that supported the MOHCC ATP in the establishment of Centers of Excellence for HIV Prevention care and Treatment within the public health sector in Zimbabwe with emphasis placed on providing comprehensive integrated care under one shop. Tafadzwa is very good at networking and has collaborated with Ministry of Health and Child Care representatives as well as other partners including PEPFAR implementing partners working in HIV programming to improve the care of PLHIV through implementation of quality improvement initiatives in areas such as TB Preventive Therapy, scaling up Viral load testing, management of PLHIV failing second line antiretroviral therapy to name just a few. She has also serves in a number of National HIV Care and Treatment Technical working Groups (TWG) including Third Line ART TWG, Advanced HIV Disease TWG and Differentiated Service Delivery TWG.

Tafadzwa is is very passionate about local use of routinely available data for strengthening quality of both clinical care and programme performance and is actively involved in operations research with a number of presentations at national and international conferences as well as publications in peer reviewed journals. She also sits in the Zimbabwe HIV Clinicians Society committee which is an active organization with technical advisory roles to the MOHCC as well as training roles to clinicians across the country.

Prisca is a Chartered Accountant and holder of MSc Strategic Management with over 12 years of experience working as a senior finance professional in various organisations in Research and NGO sector. She has experience in auditing, compliance, systems set up, internal controls assessments and leading highly efficient finance and operations staff. She has managed stakeholder relations and clean audits during her 12 years of work in Research and health NGO sector. She has assisted organizations in coming up with systems that are efficient and effective in managing donor funds leading to growth of the organizations.
She has worked in programs and projects supporting the Ministry of Health and Child Care in close collaboration with various funding agencies like USAID, NIH, UNICEF, EU, and BURNET – AUSAID since 2009. She is an active member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Zimbabwe and Women Chartered Accountants Network in Zimbabwe (WeCAN -Zimbabwe).

Dominica; an exceptional development practitioner with a masters’ degree in development management, BSc Public Administration and PMD Pro; has vast project management experience that spans over 21 years in Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe. She brings a wealth of management and technical expertise where she progressively directed and led large complex USG-funded projects. Dominica has led successful teams at national, provincial and district levels; intertwined with excellent organization representation, and outstanding networking and relationship building skills. She was the Project Director of the DREAMS project under FHI360. Dominica will oversee all aspects of the RISE project, including programmatic and/or technical, and finance and administration activities as the COP.

Kennedy is a seasoned program management specialist with over 15 years of progressive work experience in the management of large and complex donor funded public health and development programs. Fourteen of these years, he has spent in designing, planning, implementing and managing PEPFAR funded integrated public health service delivery and systems strengthening programs. Other projects that he has also managed include Countering Violent Extremism (CVE). He brings a wealth of experience in the management of United States Government (USG) funded projects within consortium set-ups; program design and development; sub-award management; budget development and management; partnerships development and management; systems strengthening; and operations management. He is also well versed and experienced in the application of USAID rules and regulations in relation to Cooperative Agreements and Contracts. Prior to joining ZHI, Kennedy worked with Hedayah in Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates (UAE). He also worked with FHI 360 in Kenya in various capacities where he rose through the ranks to the position of Associate Director – Program Management. In addition, Kennedy has also worked as a program management and business development consultant with various organizations in Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. More recently (August – December 2021), he worked as a Program Management Consultant with FHI 360 in Zimbabwe where he provided programmatic and technical leadership towards close-out of the $ 67.29 Million USAID/PEPFAR funded Zimbabwe HIV Care and Treatment (ZHCT) Program. Kennedy holds a Master of Arts degree in Population Studies, Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Studies and is a Certified Public Accountant 1 (CPA 1).

Ms. Mudokwani is a seasoned Youth and Gender Development Specialist with a Masters in Development Studies and over 11 years of experience in designing, implementing, and managing large and complex USAID funded Projects. Over the past 11 years she has, in different capacities, contributed towards the successful implementation of the C_SAFE, FACE-Pediatric HIV and DREAMS Projects. She has skills in providing technical direction and leadership for youth, gender, HIV Prevention, ARSH, child protection, GBV prevention and response interventions for OVC and AGYW. During her tenure with the DREAMS Project, Ms. Florence has interpreted and translated complex technical guidance into user-friendly formats, supported drafting and review of technical content, designing and delivered staff capacity building materials as well as mentoring and coaching staff. She is a dynamic trainer and has extensive experience engaging and working with community-based structures and partnership management. She has in-depth understanding and experience in implementing, leading, and coordinating HIV Prevention, ARSH, child protection, Education, GBV prevention response interventions for OVC and AGYW in culturally diverse communities and national levels in Zimbabwe. Florence has proven track record of providing technical assistance and oversight to government ministries and multiple partners to ensure design and delivery of evidence-based interventions in line with donor, organizational, country and international best practices.

George Mutseyekwa is a highly experienced finance and operations professional who has worked in the development and financial sectors for over 15 years. Over the years he has acquired in depth knowledge and key skills in leadership, budget management, setting up internal controls, financial policies, and procedures. He has extensive financial management experience, navigating fluid and challenging operating contexts and managing complex projects and donor relations with multiple key donors, including USAID, PEPFAR, BHA, FFP, ECHO, FAO and UN.

George is a qualified accountant who holds a Master of Commerce in Accounting Degree as well as a Bachelor of Accountancy degree. He is also a holder of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) and Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSAZ) qualifications.

Mr Mafaune Haurovi William is a public health specialist with over 16 years’ experience undertaking implementation research, strategic information evaluation, and behaviour change communication programming to increase coverage and uptake of health services. His work has been focused on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights, maternal and child health, paediatric HIV, malaria prevention and control. Mr Mafaune will be leading the monitoring evaluation and learning activities for the Re-Ignite, Innovate, Sustain Evidence Based Interventions for HIV Prevention (RISE) program. He brings a wealth of experience in designing and implementing systems to ensure appropriate tracking and assessment of project activities. He has vast experience working with communities, adolescent girls and young women, key populations, donors, and government. As a researcher he has several scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals. He holds a Master of Public Health (Field Epidemiology Training Program) degree, and a Bachelor of Science in Health Education and Health Promotion degree from the University of Zimbabwe. Mr Mafaune has a good understanding of the United States of America (USG) and Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) funding rules and regulations.