Tanzania Partners, Faculty and Staff

Claude Mung'ong'o is the TPP in-country program coordinator and a Senior Research Fellow and Environmental Sociologist at the Institute of Resource Assessment, University of Dar es Salaam. He has more than 20 years of research experience in Environmental Sociology, Rural Livelihood Analysis, Food Security and general Rural Development. Since 1997 he has participated in numerous socio-economic studies as a member of various Environmental Impact Assessment and other natural resources use consultancies. He has also coordinated several PRA exercises for the UK-funded Lake Tanganyika Biodiversity Project, and worked with other researchers looking into the Changing Livelihoods of Maasai Pastoralists in Morogoro and Kilosa Districts of Central Tanzania. He has also participated in various human-wildlife interface studies in Western Serengeti from which he has produced several publications. Dr. Mung'ong'o is a Ph.D. holder in Sociology and Human Geography. He got his university education from Makerere University in Uganda (1972-1974), the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania (1987-1990) and Stockholm University in Sweden (1991-1995).

Richard Kangalawe is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Resource Assessment at the University of Dar es Salaam. His research interests include agricultural systems, natural resources management, land use/cover changes and land degradation issues, livelihood systems, and climate change issues. He holds a Diploma in agriculture from Uyole Agricultural Centre, a BSc in Agriculture from the Sokoine University of Agriculture, a Postgraduate Diploma in Natural Resources Management and Sustainable Agriculture from the Agricultural University of Norway; an MSc in Natural Resources Management from the Agricultural University of Norway. He obtained his PhD in Physical Geography from Stockholm University. Prior to joining the University of Dar es Salaam, he worked with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development. Dr. Kangalawe has published extensively in the areas of natural resources management, agricultural systems, land degradation, rural livelihoods and climate change.

James Ngana is an associate professor at the Institute for Resource Assessment at the University of Dar es Salaam. His expertise is in water resources and environmental management and climate change issues.

Salome Misana is an Associate Professor of Geography and Principal of Dar es Salaam University College of Education. She has a wide range of publications focusing on Environment-society linkages, more specifically concerning land use and land cover changes, and ecological impacts of land use change on Miombo woodlands, including deforestation and woodland degradation. She has a long relationship with Michigan State University, having collaborated with MSU staff on three different research projects, namely Land use Change, Impacts and Degradation (LUCID), Climate-Land Interrelations Project (CLIP) and now EACLIPSE, which is a joint initiative on climate change funded by the National Science Foundation.

Elizabeth Obanda, currently the Regional Programme Officer-Rural Development Aga Khan Foundation East Africa is a seasoned community development worker with expertise in grants management, project planning and management and resource mobilization. Initially trained in Applied Science/Food Processing and Food science with specialization in Post Harvest Technology, but later changed to Project Planning and management. Elizabeth has also worked as a Regional Programme Manager with Africa Now followed by a stretch at FARM Africa as the Regional Funding Officer covering Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Sudan. She is therefore familiar with diverse community projects such as community microfinance, livestock improvement, value addition and product development, water and sanitation, micro forestry etc.

Boniface Mbunju works with Aga Khan Foundation as Program officer Rural Development and Civil Society. Boniface has a master's degree in Community Economic Development (CED) from Southern New Hampshire University SNU (2007) and Advanced Diploma in Community Development from Institute of Community Development CDIT (1998). Boniface has 17 years experience working in rural and community development programs specifically in project development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Before joining Aga Khan Foundation in June 2008, Boniface worked with Help Age International Tanzania (2007) as civil society capacity building. He previously worked with Plan International Tanzania (1998-2007) as project coordinator - Community Water and Sanitation Project - Kibaha Tanzania (1999-2002) and Program Area manager in Geita and Mwanza (2002-2007). Prior working in the NGOs, Boniface worked in the local government as community development officer.