At Namati, our people are our greatest resource.

Benigna da Constância José is a Mozambican. She's a Law Graduate from the University Mussa Bin Bique and a humble, Christian person from a rural family. Her professional career began in 2020 as a community health activist in CCS for six months. Her professional experience in providing support in contact tracing, drug delivery, collection and delivery of samples in the US, of patients affected by tuberculosis, as well as conducting community lectures on the prevention of various diseases motivated her to join Namati and contribute to the organization's work.

Brian James is a published author with works featured in various anthologies. He is also a screenwriter, having written several movies produced by Premier Media Films and Paradise Films. Holding a First Class BA Honours degree in Mass Communication, he works primarily as a communications consultant. He is also editor of Hidden Voices magazine and a lecturer at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone.

Cacilda Fumo is a community educator with the Right to Health program with Namati Moçambique.

With a background in environmental law and environmental justice advocacy, Caitlin has worked for a decade in fundraising, organizational development, and strategic planning for social impact organizations. She has raised millions of dollars in collaboration with NGO leaders, first as a senior member of the program and operations teams for Women’s Earth Alliance, and subsequently as a consultant and facilitator to organizations across the United States. Previously, she built and directed a legal advocacy network linking pro bono lawyers with grassroots environmental justice activists. Caitlin received her B.A. from Stanford University and her J.D. with an environmental law certificate from UC Berkeley School of Law. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

• A Theory of Everything, Guidestar (2015)
• Indigenous Peoples of North America: Environmental Exposures and Reproductive Justice, Environmental Health Perspectives (2012). A discussion of the intersection of environmental health and reproductive justice issues in Indigenous communities as well as the limitations of legal recourse.
• Good news and bad news for New Mexico’s Navajo communities, High Country News (2010)
• First Nations continue tar sands pushback, High Country News (2010)
• The U.N. comes west, High Country News (2010)
• This Saturday, prayers for the Peaks, High Country News (2010)
• Representatives ask Obama to examine impacts of tar sands pipeline, High Country News (2010)
• Gulf tragedy highlights need for Native renewables, High Country News (2010)
• Grand Canyon uranium threatens tribal water, High Country News (2010)
• Sovereignty versus stewardship, High Country News (2010)
• Black Mesa mine mess, High Country News (2010)
• Toxic legacy for tribes, High Country News (2010)
• Saying "yes" to climate justice, High Country News (2010)
• "Messy and unstructured, relentless and global", High Country News (2010)
• Exempting Department of Defense from FederalHazardous Waste Laws: Resource Contaminationas Range Preservation, Ecology Law Quarterly (2005). A look at the Department of Defense's proposed exemptions from toxic waste and clean air laws.
• After SWANCC, the Fourth and Fifth Circuits Dispute Federal Jurisdiction over Non-Navigable Waterways, Ecology Law Quarterly (2004). An analysis of the debate over Congress's constitutional authority to regulate activity bearing only indirectly on interstate commerce.

Born in Matola, Mozambique, Carlota is the mother of two children. She has been a Health Advocate with Namati since 2014. She was educated at Nkobe Secondary School and previously worked as an activist on HIV/AIDS issues at ICAP at the José Macamo Health Center. Her work experience also includes supervising activists with the PACTO project, an HIV/AIDS program carried out in coordination with John Hopkins University.

Born and raised in Marracuene, Mozambique, Célia attends the Higher Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Gwasa Muthine (ISGEG) Marracuene Law School. She has been an activist with Geração Biz and worked at World Vision for Life, assisting orphans and vulnerable children in Matola Gare. She has also worked at Action Aid as a sexual and reproductive health activist, and teacher. She is currently studying to fulfill her dream of becoming a lawyer.

Cezar was born in Inhassune, in the Panda District of Mozambique. At 8 years old, he moved away from his family to live with relatives so he would be able to go to elementary school. He later continued his education at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo. After graduation, he worked at the Foundation for Community Development in Vilanculos as an HIV/AIDS activist and then at the Youth and Friends Association in Gunuro as a field monitor, where he was responsible for responding to emergencies. Later he spent time at Care as an activist sensitizing the community in the fight to prevent HIV/AIDS and also at Sal e Caldeira Consulting as a research assistant in various social projects. His most recent position prior to joining Namati was at Cervejas de Moçambique as a Capture Clerk. Cezar is deeply passionate about community work, and he is driven to improve relations between communities and healthcare facilities throughout Mozambique.  

Chadreque was born in the Maxaquene neighborhood of Maputo. He was educated at the Namaacha Secondary School and the Pedagogical University of Maputo, studying institutional development philosophy. He previously worked as an activist with the anti-AIDS group Hundzukane in Namaacha, in coordination with the Peace Corps and PSI-Jeit.

Cristiano Orlando Mindo, has a technical customs education from Instituto Industrial e Comercial Joaquim Marra-Chimoio and a degree in Finance from Eduardo Mondlane University. Very early, he was trained as a school activist on sexual conduct and methods of prevention and later, while still a student of higher education, he participated in the formation of a social support team in the faculty on sexual education. He has a special passion in doing community work for human rights which motivated him to join Namati, an organisation that operates in the area of human rights, with visible results at community level.

Custodio is originally from Marracuene and has a degree in journalism from the Escola Superior de Jornalismo. He previously worked with Ajuda de Desenvolvimento de Povo Para Povo, a Mozambican NGO working towards equitable social and economic development as well as Associao Kindlimuka, an NGO assisting people living with HIV/AIDS and their families. He is also committed to developing a community communications project. In his free time, Custodio enjoys reading literary and scientific texts as well as writing and reciting poetry.