Promoting Education, Health and Enterprise in a Maasai Community
Trustees of Friends of Namuncha
Who we are
I am NJERI NYANJA a Family Physician with 15 years of progressively senior clinical experience in Primary Care. Currently I work as a Senior Lecturer and the Programme Coordinator within the Department of Family Medicine Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi Campus. My dream is to foster African Research by African Researchers. My research interests are Sexual and Reproductive Health, Non-Communicable Diseases including Mental Illness and Medical Education predominantly using qualitative methodology.
When I first visited Namuncha I learnt one of the most important lessons in my career as a Primary Care Physician, the power of community engagement.
I am JOY MUGAMBI a Family Physician with 23 years experience in primary healthcare. I am passionate about patient centered care, community health, health system strengthening and health policy, I am a healthcare leader and I have served in several boards both locally and internationally, I am a part-time lecturer at Kabarak University department of Family medicine.My ultimate joy is Birding, Conservation, Farming and outdoor activities like hiking and mountain climbing.
I am Alex Kariuki KIHUGU, a Senior teacher in Namuncha Primary School. I have worked with/in Namuncha community for the last 9 years. Am also liaison officer in Namuncha for Friends of Namuncha.
I am Arthur Hibble, a one time Academic GP in the UK based in Cambridge. Currently, I work in the area of Global Health and am a senior member and tutor at Hughes Hall. I am the chair of the trustees and one of the founder members of the Charity. With Charlotte, my wife, we visit the community once a year to review activity, to gather news ideas and hear about new challenges. We have been working with Namuncha Community since 2009.
I’m Tony Stringer – Originally an accountant I have worked in government, spent 7 years in Zambia before returning to work in the City and in publishing. I spent the last 10 years prior to retirement at Anglia Ruskin as a senior lecturer during which I spent time in Asia, the Philippines and a number of countries in Sub Saharan Africa including Kenya,
In Kenya I first met Arthur Hibble, visited the Namuncha community and became a trustee of the project.
I’m Alison Feist, and I have worked as an English teacher for many years before moving into higher education as a lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University. It was there that I had the opportunity to visit Namuncha, as part of a trip to a nearby university, and this is where I met Arthur, Charlotte and Tony. It was a privilege to visit the school and meet the teachers and children. After this I became a trustee. It was great to see Alex when he visited the UK last year. My main work now is training primary and secondary trainees in Essex, with some work still at ARU.
I am Charlotte, I have a medical background, predominantly used to do qualitative research, health education politics and teach doctors how to become better at teaching the next generation of doctors. I am currently working with the public health education group at Cambridge University, supporting the teaching there. One of my first memories from Namuncha more than ten years ago, was one of the female teachers pulling me aside just before we were leaving, saying ‘The girls and women here also need help’. I always keep an eye on the situation for the girls and women, my trustee role as a developer covers posing questions and supporting the development of projects within all aspects covered by the charity.
Hi. I’m Nick Rudman and I’m the executive headteacher of Maylandsea Primary School and Maltese Road Primary School in Essex. I welcomed to Namuncha Schools in 2014 and was pleased to welcome Alex Kihugu to our schools in 2020.
I’m Frank Huffer,
I spent 2 months in 2018 teaching and living at Namuncha School. Now I am honoured to be a trustee for the charity.
I attended St Faiths and the Leys School in Cambridge and then spent 3 years studying Geography at Swansea University. After studying I was fortunate enough to spend 2 years travelling the world starting with Namuncha and ending with 16 months working in Crop Research in New Zealand. I am now continuing in this industry working for Syngenta back home here in Whittlesford.
In my free time I’m an amateur artist and avid sports fan, most recently ultimate frisbee. So far my focus for the charity has been collecting old sports equipment, mainly mountains of tennis balls, to donate to the school. I also provide a younger input for the Friends of Namuncha. I miss teaching at the school every day and love seeing the changes and improvements we are making to the lives of those in its community.
I’m Jake Selby. I moved to Cambridge to become a science teacher and complete a Masters in Education and I have been teaching there ever since (Chesterton Community College for those local). My path crossed with Alex on his visit here and that was my introduction to the Namuncha.
