Frank Harle is Country Director of StrongMinds Zambia. He joined us in April 2018 as a consultant supporting the leadership team of StrongMinds Uganda. Following that, Frank led the process of selecting Zambia as our second country of operation. He subsequently oversaw the opening of our operations in Lusaka in early 2019. As Country Director of…
Sharon Birungi serves as our Head of Programs in Zambia. She joined StrongMinds in 2014 as a Mental Health Facilitator in Uganda, where she spent five years leading interpersonal psychotherapy groups in Kampala, Wakiso, and Iganga district, helping build our on-the-ground programs, before moving to Zambia to serve as Mental Health Supervisor. Prior to joining StrongMinds, she…
Rebecca Nabaggala is the Project Officer for Peer Therapy Groups. She holds a BA in Social Sciences with a major in Sociology, a diploma in Nursing and certificates in First Aid, Counseling and child psychotherapy. She has over 8 years’ experience treating patients in both hospital and community settings and 2 years experience in interpersonal…
Rebecca Nabirabwa is a District Project Officer for Strongminds Uganda. She has 4 years’ experience in interpersonal psychotherapy for groups and 6 years’ experience in medical practice, community development and early childhood development which was attained during her work with FXB Uganda. She holds diplomas in Counseling and Guidance and in Nursing, and certificates in…
Kim Valente spent over twenty years in the finance industry in various capacities, but helping start-ups and small businesses grow and expand was most rewarding to her. Using her business, non-profit board and volunteer experiences, Kim transitioned to a non-profit career in 2010 where she developed and managed programs related to entrepreneurship and self-employment. She…
Sean Mayberry is a former diplomat and social marketer who believes that treating depression in women in Africa is the most simple and cost-effective way to address systemic poverty. Sean implemented successful HIV/AIDS and malaria programs in Africa for years, and saw firsthand how undetected, untreated depression negatively affected people’s lives. As a result, in 2013,…