The Minga Foundation

2 weeks ago

For our final new board member introduction, please meet Thembi Chithenga! Thembi is a public health physician, currently working as a medical epidemiologist in Washington, DC as part of the COVID-19 emergency response. While she has volunteered with Minga in the past, we are thrilled to add her more formally to our organization. Trained in her home country of Malawi, she is passionate about sexual and reproductive health and rights among, and aside from her thoughtfulness and extensive expertise, brings a critical perspective of living and working in the global south to our conversations. So glad you are joining us Thembi! ... See MoreSee Less

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The Minga Foundation

2 weeks ago

Curious what we've been up to this year?? While we started off with our January retreat in Santa Rosa, CA with a perfect vision (that quickly got knocked down), it was still a full and successful year! Take a look to see what Minga partners accomplished in 2020!zcu.io/ojIF ... See MoreSee Less

A Minga Photoessay: 2020 Year in Review

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We kicked off 2020 with a fantastic board retreat in Santa Rosa, hosted by Erin and Rhi. As always, it was great to reconnect as a Minga family, and we set ambitious goals to deepen our existing partnerships, work toward our first domestic partnership, and hire a part-time executive director. This w...

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The Minga Foundation

2 weeks ago

After a little holiday break we are BACK ready for 2021!! Today we have a familiar "new" board member to introduce you to -- Brennan Keiser has been a volunteer with Minga for the last few years since he spent a summer in Malawi working with our NAYO partners on gender equity and sexual and reproductive health programming.With a Masters degree in social work, Brennan believes that we must work at all levels to secure the human right to health. He works toward this goal both at home, through HIV advocacy in Missouri, and abroad, with experience in several different countries. Looking forward to having him even more involved in our strategy and operations - welcome Brennan! ... See MoreSee Less

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The Minga Foundation

3 weeks ago

Another member we are excited for you to meet -- Anna Grace "AG" Tribble, from Mississippi State University! A long time Minga fan and supporter thanks to her former professor, and our co-founder Karin Friederic, AG is passionate about addressing social inequities, and is finishing her PhD in biocultural medical anthropology. She enjoys building coalitions across disciplines and communities to solve big health and food systems problems - and we are excited by her energy to dedicate her vision and ideas to solve our own Minga challenges as our partners take on more complex and important projects. Welcome AG! ... See MoreSee Less

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The Minga Foundation

4 weeks ago

For our next welcome, say hello to Piku Patnaik! After growing up in Burkina Faso, Piku brings nearly 2 decades of experience as an epidemiologist living and working in 14 countries around the world on everything from HIV prevention, to vaccine development, to substance abuse prevention.She is passionate about sustainability and we are excited to add her voice to our programs as we look to the future of Minga, as well as that of health and development. ... See MoreSee Less

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