Our team of researchers help us develop new programs and projects, update established programs, and better understand how REACH can best support Shirati.
Michaela ReillyInternational Liaison, Projects Manager
Michaela is a UC Davis Alum who first visited Shirati to volunteer as a teenager. After frequent revisits, she did a senior thesis on local perceptions of volunteers in Tanzania, before moving to Shirati to work for REACH full time as a project manager. She facilitates our New Tina's art program, manages our scholarship program, and is starting a pilot program called Binti Na Shule with the goal of improving secondary girls academic outcomes.
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Rose Elias
Program Consultant
Rose was born in Mwanza, Tanzania, and completed her Bachelors degree at St. Aguestine University in Mwanza as well. She studied Sociology, afterwards becoming social worker by profession, and teaching at the local Shirati Nursing College. Rose works with REACH as a consultant on our scholarship program, she's a research assistant on various projects, and will be the lead our program Binti Na Shule when it begins in January, 2024.
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Jovine Okoth
Project Facilitator
Jovine was raised in Shirati, and received his nursing degree at Shirati Nursing College. He worked as a nursing teacher for five years before transitioning into full time research on a very successful project with the goal of bridging the gap between traditional medicine and mainstream medicine. Jovine is the lead on our scholarship program, consults with REACH on various affairs, and assists in the development of new projects.
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