Executive DirectorRays of Hope
Willie Mpasuka is a visionary who educates children and trains teachers in under-resourced communities through Rays of Hope, the nonprofit he co-founded and leads. It has grown from serving 40 students to reaching over 200,000 students in six education districts in Malawi. Rays of Hope is in an advanced conversation with the Ministry of Education to use Teaching at the Right Level in 50 schools potentially benefiting thousands of students in foundational literacy and numeracy. He is a 2008-2009 Urban Promise International Fellow, 2017 African Visionary Fellow, the 2018 Praxis Fellow, a founding member of the Global Alliance for Communities, and received the 2018 Rising Star Award from the Segal Family Foundation.
Early Childhood to Primary EducationEconomic OpportunityEducationFinancial ServicesPost-Secondary EducationSecondary EducationWomen's and Girls' EducationYouth Job Skills
Eastern and Southern Africa