MEET OUR TEAM
IMAHKÜS Nzingah Okofu, aka Mama One Africa – Project Manager, CEO of One Africa
Mama One Africa holds a Masters’ Degree in Human Resources Administration from Lafayette University. She has more than fifty (50) years experience in Administration, Labor and Public Relations, Hotel Management, Tourism, Arts and Culture and Philanthropy. She is also a Cultural Heritage Museum Curator and the Co-Founder of One Africa Health Resort and Restaurant. She repatriated to Ghana from America, where she has lived for more than thirty (30) years, working and establishing projects for the improvement of her Ghanaian community. Now, in Rwanda, she continues the same path, by creating opportunities for the empowerment of Rwandan women who are Tutsi genocide survivors desiring to be self-sufficient entrepreneurs.
Andraya Robinson - Committee Head for the Rweru Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiative
Andraya has a Bachelor of Science in Human Science from Florida State University. She has spent the past 20 years in Retail Management – the last 10 of which focused specifically in Store Operations. Andraya has a talent for creating clear and direct processes and has shared this talent with companies such as Bloomingdales, Gap Inc., and Janie and Jack. She has a deep passion for helping people make their life easier by creating processes or providing support to help others build a foundation for themselves and their family.
Myesha Francis - Media Developer and Teaching Consultant
Myesha Francis is a professional artist, teacher, curator and successful arts entrepreneur with work in important public and private collections including The Smithsonian -National Museum of African American History and Culture. Myesha holds a B.A. in Art History and Studio Art and an M.A. in Museum Studies and has also studied art expertise abroad in Florence, Italy at Lorenzo de Medici Art Institute and surveyed a range of visual artists in West Africa.
Helena Bish Alemu - Consultant
Helena Bish Alemu is an Ethiopian-American who is a Certified Women Business and Leadership Coach. She is currently working with the Government of Rwanda supporting skills development in the private sector. In the past, she worked in the United States for UNICEF and UNDP, mainly focusing on women leadership, conflict resolution and youth engagement. She has a B.A. in Political Science from Addis Ababa University, M.A. in Rural Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies, Addis Ababa, and M.A. in Conflict Resolution from European Peace University, Vienna.
Testimonial
“For Tutsis who survived the Rwanda genocide or watched as their loved ones were slaughtered or raped, reconciling with the Hutu attackers once seemed unimaginable”. But today where victims and perpetrators are living together. It is a reality. “Unless there is forgiveness, we cannot move forward,” said an elder survivor.