Dr. Eshaan Andrew Williams
Dr. Williams is a prominent primary health care practitioner in Dar es salaam. He has a wealth of medical experience with over a decade of active clinical practice throughout various hospitals and clinics in the private sector. Dr. Williams goal is to provide high-quality primary care to the community with a focus on optimizing diagnoses of complex, complicated and rare medical cases. Dr. Williams is a firm advocate of health literacy, he believes the key to a swift recovery is making sure each patient feels involved in the consultation by allocating enough time to educate them about their diagnosis and treatment options. Dr. Williams is frequently appointed as a medical consultant in many healthcare projects, whereby he takes up an advisory role, offering valuable insight about current medical policies and disease patterns within the country.
Dr. Williams also serves as an attending physician to Unite’s scholars, staff, and team, providing exceptional and trusted medical care, opinions, and guidance on how to manage, treat, navigate, and understand any health issues that arise.
Rehema James Muniko, Academician, Tanzania
Rehema is a tutor at the University of Dar es Salaam, School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She has a Bachelor's degree in Public Relations and Advertising from the University of Dar es Salaam and a Master's degree in mass communication at the University of Dar es Salaam. She trains leaders at various companies and organizations including Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa in communication skills, marketing, and program management. Rehema has studied and worked in the Netherlands and written book chapters on branding social media and public relations (on which she presented at an international conference in Rwanda). Rehema has participated in several internationally funded projects including Investigative Journalism funded by UNESCO, youth election sensitizations by UNDP, and documentary making by TMF. Additionally, she has helped developed communication strategies and branding materials for the Tanzania’s Ministry of Health. Rehema is a member of the Public Relations Society of Tanzania and the East African Communication Association (EACA). She advises Unite on our soft skills, leadership, and communications curriculums as well as our scholars’ educational journeys and internship placements.
"Where there is love there is life." Mahatma Gandhi,
Raymond Mgeni, MD: Health & Education, Communcations & Strategic Development
Raymond, 30, is a licensed medical practitioner working currently with Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital in Tanzania. He is also a mental health advocate, reaching audiences across the African continent and beyond through his social media platforms and his writing of newspaper and magazine articles and radio interviews. Raymond’s mission is to build awareness and effective care for mental health illnesses across Tanzania, where mental health is still widely overlooked.
Raymond is the author of three books: Usiichoke Safari (Don’t Give up on Life Journey), Fikra Pevu Darasa (Collections of Mindset teachings), and Maisha Yataka Ujikaze (Life wants you to be Strong). Raymond has been the keynote speaker at many African conferences presenting on such topics as mental health, reading culture, community engagement, finance, and investments.
Raymond’s goal is to use all of his many diverse talents to serve humanity at the global level. Raymond is a former Unite Scholar and Mentor and currently advises Unite on our health curriculum, Unite Scholars Program, and health challenges for our Unite family members as they arise.
Dr. Leonard Malasa: Mentor to Unite Medical Students
Dr. Leonard Malasa is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at Kairuki University's School of Medicine in Tanzania. As an educator, he is deeply committed to teaching and mentoring medical students, believing that by training future healthcare professionals, he can create a broader impact on healthcare delivery. Beyond his academic role, he serves as the Founder and CEO of Tanzania Better Health (TBH), a non-governmental organization focused on improving the health of children, adolescents, and women.
His dedication to community health education extends to regular appearances on television and radio programs where he shares pediatric health information. Dr. Malasa's expertise is recognized through his memberships in several prestigious organizations, including the Medical Association of Tanzania (MAT), The International Association for Health Professions Education (AMEE), International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) and The International AIDS Society (IAS). He also serves as a Patron for the Youth of United Nation Association and Tanzania Medical Students Association of Kairuki University Chapters, further demonstrating his commitment to mentoring the next generation of healthcare professionals.
Dr. Malasa serves as a mentor to the Unite Medical Scholars for personal and professional development. He also assists with securing medical internships for our scholars and he provides the unique opportunity for Unite scholars to participate in Tanzania Better Health annual community medical outreach missions.
Dedan Esrom Runoba: Unite Club Advisor
Dedan is a teacher of English Literature at the Tabora Boys Secondary School in Tabora, Tanzania. He is also the Head of the school’s Environment Department and serves as Patron of the school’s Unite Club. To Unite, Dedan serves as our strategic advisor to the larger Unite Club Program, aiding in our curriculum development as well as the establishment, operations, and growth of clubs within schools and organizations across the continent.
Dedan received his Bachelors in Special Needs Education from Sebastian Koloa Memorial University in 2014 where he majored in English literature and working with visually impaired students.
Josephine Brunoski, RN: Health Care
Josephine Brunoski is a registered nurse, with 40 years of experience treating patients, managing records and fielding and solving problems rangning from medical issues to office and business management difficulties. Her main passion is simply caring, that is caring for the patient’s medical needs, but also helping them find their way through the tangled maze of beuraucratic obstacles of modern health care, that so many find daunting. Josephine is schooled also in cultutral and medical anthropolgy, which seeks to find solutions to health problems within the context of local and ethnic cultures. This is of primary importance to the patients’ outcome, because treatments or advice that contradict that person’s habits, upbringing and beliefs will fail. Josephine is also eagerly curious about the world around her and the people in far flung regions, especially in Africa. Her inquisitive nature has led her to study African history and ethnography in great detail, with an attempt to understand how modern nations can benefit from augemnting their own rich personal resources. Josephine's training, background in medicine and long experience interacting closely with individuals who are in need make her uniquely suited to help meet the challenges that she saw in Tanzania.
Aristarik “Aris” H. Maro | The Law School of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Aris heads Law School of Tanzania Library services, and he is a Public Lead for Creative Commons (CC) Tanzania Chapter since 2015. Aris has worked in in research and higher education sector in East African countries (Burundi, Kenya Rwanda, Tanzania & Uganda) since 2005, fostered the establishment of Library and Information Science Degree and Masters programs at Open University of Tanzania, and is now a PhD Candidate in library and information science UDSM. Aris has volunteered for librarians with Tanzania Library Association and CC Tanzania Chapter to train kids, librarians, teaches, researchers on technology driven skills that enable them share their creativities to the global. He has established CC Clubs at Lugano Secondary school Iringa and the Institute of Judicial Administration (IJA) Lushoto. Aris is also a founding coordinator of Tanzania Academic and Non-Fiction Writers Association in collaboration with Norwegian Academic and Non-fiction Writers and Translators Association. He holds a Master of Arts in Information Studies from University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Bachelor Degree in Library and Information Science from Makerere University, Kampala Uganda; and a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Policy and Governance from Uganda Management Institute, Kampala Uganda. Aris advises our team on legal issues, and he also helps secure creative and internship opportunities for our Unite Scholars.