Project Director
Molalign Belay Adugna (PhD)
Team Role:
Project Co-Director for the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, University of Gondar, Ethiopia
Education:
- BA- Sociology and Social Anthropology with distinction, Addis Ababa University
- MA- Sociology of Health and Well-being, Addis Ababa University
- PhD- Rehabilitation Science, Queen’s University, Canada
Experience:
Dr. Molalign has 10+ years of teaching and administrative experience working for the University of Gondar in Ethiopia. Being born, raised, and educated in rural village of Ethiopia, he was engaged in farming activities and later local tour guiding until the completion of his university study. Dr. Molalign’s dissertation project is entitled ‘the Quest for Inclusion and Overcoming Stigma’ where he works with children with disabilities and their caregivers as well as policymakers and practitioners to inform disability awareness and inclusive education in Ethiopia.
He is the 2016 Mandela Washington Fellowship fellow who completed his public management and leadership at Bridgewater State University in USA. He is also the 2021 fellow of Stigma Research Training institute, Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Health, MD, US. Currently, Molalign is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology and is the Director of the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Gondar. He also works for different local and international organizations as a volunteer trainer, guest speaker, and trustee.
Contact information:
Email: belay_molalign@yahoo.com
Telephone: +251 913 245 800
Project Manager
Geta Asrade
Team Role:
“Program A” Manager, Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, University of Gondar
Education:
- BA-
- MA-
Experience:
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Contact information:
Email: getasrade64@gmail.com Telephone: +251 940 609 090
Coordinators / Consultants
Adina Demessie
Team Role:
Undergraduate Scholars’ Coordinator, The Mastercard Scholars Program, University of Gondar
Education:
- BA, Public Health, University of Gondar
- MA, Public Health in Health Informatics, University of Gondar
Experience:
Mrs, Adina Demessie joined the University of Gondar, College of Medicine and Health Sciences in 2015, first as a lecturer and Head of the Health Informatics department and then as Undergraduate Scholars’ Coordinator for the Mastercard Scholars Program. Previously she worked as a gender officer and Coordinator of the Registrar at Teda Health Science College.
Mrs. Demessie serves as the Undergraduate Scholars’ Coordinator for the Mastercard Scholars Program at the University of Gondar. She is responsible for the management of undergraduate scholar’s issues, including preparing and implementing plans, providing support services and following scholars’ performance.
Contact Information:
Email: adinabogale@gmail.com
Cell Phone: +251 918786962
TEWODROS TAREKEGN
Team Role – Scholars Affairs Officer, MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program, University of Gondar
Education – BA- Economics, University of Gondar MSc- General Public Health, University of Gondar
Experience – Tewodros Tarekegn has served as Surgery and GYN manager for University of Gondar referral teaching hospital as well as senior project monitoring and evaluation Officer in Research & Community Service V/President office of UoG. In addition he is the founder of Association of employees with disability, University of Gondar and working as Vice President of the association. He has over 10 years experience in public health and out of which 7 years service in senior health program management level & excellent knowledge of primary health care in the context of national and international development policy and practice.
Contact Information:
Email: tedihailu@gmail.com
Cell Phone + 251-918-77-46-44
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Team Role:
Communication Coordinator at the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
Education:
Experience:
Contact information:
Yifokir Tefera
Team Role
Project Management Consultant for the MCF Scholars Program at the University of Gondar
Education
- In Environmental Health Science, Jimma University
- In Occupational Health and Safety, Loughborough University, UK
Experience
Yifokire Tefera is an adjunct staff and assistant professor to the University of Gondar. He is one of the founder of the MasterCard Foundation Scholar Program starting from inception, development and program inauguration. He has served as vice dean of the College, dean of students, delegate vice president of Business administration at UoG, president of the National Occupational Health and Safety Professionals Association and president of Gondar Fasiledes Rotary club. He has been participated in different project activities; EFACE (Ethiopian Fighting Against Child Exploitation), E4Y (Engaged, Educated, Empowered, Ethiopian Youth) in collaboration with World Vision Ethiopia, Advanced nursing training program in collaboration to Leicester University funded by Nuffield Foundation’s Africa Program, the Bloomberg Philanthropy Global Road Safety Initiative of Addis Ababa city and ILO resource person for Occupational health and Safety capacity building. He is very passionate to work on health and safety, disability and developmental programs.
Yifokire is a Project Management Consultant to the MCF Scholars program and responsible to support and advice program managers for the successful implementation of project objective.
Contact information
Email: yifoomitu@yahoo.com Tel:+251913754082
Nega Mihret
Team Role
Graduate Scholars’ Coordinator for MCF Scholars Program at the University of Gondar
Education
- PhD Candidate in Public Health, University of Gondar
- MSc, Population Studies, Addis Ababa University
- BA, Geography and Environmental Studies, Addis Ababa University
Experience
Nega Mihret is an assistant professor of Population Studies at the University of Gondar. He is member of the team who contributed for the development of the MasterCard Foundation Scholar Program at the University of Gondar. He has served as head of the department of Population Studies. He teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses, and supervises senior essays and theses. He conducts researches on Fertility, Reproductive Health, Migration, Human Trafficking, Population aging, and Population and Development nexus.
Since January 2018, Nega Mihret has served as a Graduate Scholars Coordinator for the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Gondar. He is responsible for the management of graduate scholar’s issues, including preparing and implementing plans, providing support services and following scholars’ performance
Contact information
Email: mihretn21@gmail.com Tel: 251-912080654
Team Role
Monitoring and Evaluation officer for MCF Scholars Program at the University of Gondar
Education
- Masters of ,
- Bachelors of,
Experience
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Contact information
Email: @gmail.com Tel: 251-
Muluken Jegnie
Team Role
Career Service Coordinator for MCF Scholars Program at the University of Gondar
Education
- BA, Management, Addis Ababa university
- MA, Marketing Management, University of Gondar
Experience
Muluken is the career service coordinator at the MCF Scholars Program at the University of Gondar. In his past experiences he has served as a team leader in wereda trade & transport office and worked as a Cooperative promotion officer in Gondar surroundings wereda Cooperative office. In addition to this he has worked as an IGA project coordinator in Link Ethiopia. From February 01, 2017 – December 31, he was employed as a registrar officer in the University of Gondar’s Institute of Technology.
Contact information
email: mulukenjegnie@gmail.com Tel: +251 918161170