ADVISORY BOARD
Marlies van Geenen

Irena Kuzmanoska

Hazel Kwaramba
Dr. Kwaramba is a Zimbabwean national with over 10 years experience in both academia and industry spanning the areas of sustainable development and entrepreneurial economic empowerment. Prior to joining Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT), she was an Advisor to the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) where she worked on renewable energy access of rural communities to promote sustainable development. Utilising these multidisciplinary skills Hazel was invited to sit on a Climate Change & Adaptation Working Group between the Municipalities of Lochem (Netherlands) and Mutare (Zimbabwe) as a Sustainable Development Advisor. She has worked in an advisory capacity on various sustainable development initiatives in Southern Africa. She sits on the board of the Zimbabwe Energy Council (ZEC) and the Centre for Research and Development (CRD). Since 2010 Dr. Kwaramba has been listed in the Experts Directory of the Africa Roundtable on Sustainable Production and Consumption (ARSCP).
Andrea Kocsis
Andrea Kocsis graduated from Nipissing University, North Bay, Canada, where she received an opportunity to travel to Kenya in 2012, for a Students for Development Project. This experience enlightened Andrea and her sister, Julie Kocsis, about the importance for rural children to obtain an education to improve their futures. Through this experience they formed PowerEd International Foundation which is a key partner of SRI Andrea has always had a strong passion for education, resulting in her to obtain her Bachelor of Education, and starting her master of Education in the fall.
Kari Vestbo
From 2008, Kari has been the Director of Hei Verden (Human Education International) a non-governmental organization located in Satavanger, Norway and which promotes and supports education in developing countries by involving school children in Norway. Prior to this, she was a Coordination Specialist with UNDP in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Project Manager, Save the Children, Norway. She undertook her masters research in Uganda and has severally visited Okana village where the SRI project is initiated. Kari has a Masters in Development Education from University of Olso, Norway and a degree in Social Anthropology, History and Sociology. She brings in experience and practice into the organization.

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