About Amend

Ayikai is a program director for Amend. She joined Amend in 2015 and is currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa, from where she leads our road safety infrastructure work.

Ayikai has a background in civil engineering, with a specialization in transport planning and traffic engineering. She started her career working as a traffic/highway engineer for consultancies in the United Kingdom and Ghana. She began work with Amend as a program manager for our School Area Road Safety Assessments and Improvements (SARSAI) program.

Ayikai currently directs Amend’s infrastructure programs, including SARSAI – our program of infrastructure improvements around schools – and Safe Schools Africa – our support to governments and development banks on road-building projects. Kai’s work has taken her to around 15 African countries.

Edna is an office manager / program officer with Amend. She is based in Ghana and joined the Amend team in 2016.

Edna has a civil engineering background and is acknowledged as an expert in road safety in Ghana. She began her career as an assistant civil engineer during her National Service and joined Amend as a road safety instructor. She has worked to design, develop, implement, and evaluate road safety programs to help thousands of students in Accra.

Edna currently works on Amend infrastructure programs in Ghana and road safety education programs there and in other African countries. Her projects have included our School Area Road Safety Assessments and Improvements (SARSAI) program, infrastructure trials, and road safety education for schools in Ghana, Tanzania, Guinea, and Togo.

Enock is the Administration & Program Assistant for Amend Ghana. He has been with the organisation since 2018 and is based in Accra.

Enock has a Managing Safely certificate from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health. He is the lead road safety instructor for Amend Ghana team and serves as a research assistant for surveys. He also assists with administrative duties in the Amend Ghana office and provides operational support on ongoing projects.

Enock is pursuing a degree program in information technology and is focused on technology-driven innovations to create safer roads.

George is a program officer with Amend. He joined Amend Tanzania in 2015 and is based in Dar es Salaam.

George has a background in statistics, with a specialization in demography. He has solid experience in conducting road safety researches and working on improvements of infrastructure around schools.

George worked on the implementation of our School Area Road Safety Assessments and Improvements (SARSAI) program in Botswana, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Tanzania, and Zambia. He also worked on Tanzania Strategic Cities Project (TSCP), a World Bank–funded project to assess pedestrian safety and provide road safety recommendations around primary schools in five growing cities in Tanzania.

Isaura is a Program Officer with Amend in Mozambique.

Isaura has a degree in civil and transport engineering and has been working in the field for over 9 years. Her work has taken her to different provinces of Mozambique working with people from different countries and backgrounds. Isaura’s first project with Amend was in 2021. She then joined the team full time in 2022, working on the Safe Schools Africa programme. A major motivation for Isaura is the fact that her work has a very direct goal of saving lives.

Outside of work, Isaura loves to travel, enjoys sports, and spending time with family.

Izilda is the administrative assistant for Amend Mozambique, based in Maputo. She joined Amend in January 2019. She provides assistance with office management, managing petty cash, clerical work, maintenance and cleaning, and also supports preparations for activities and events.

Jacques is a program officer with Amend. He is based in Ghana and joined Amend in 2021. Jacques has an MSc in Information System Engineering and Computer Project Management. He is interested in using IT to solve problems in developing countries. For his master thesis, he worked on a project using the Internet of Things to solve traffic management problems in Côte D’Ivoire. A native French-speaker, Jacques program work with Amend has a special focus on our projects in Francophone countries.

Jeffrey is Amend’s founder and executive director. He established Amend in 2005.

Jeffrey is responsible for leading the development and delivery of all of Amend’s work.

Juliet is the country manager for Amend Ghana and a road safety engineer.

Juliet has a civil engineering background, with experience working as a traffic engineer on infrastructure-development projects in sub-Saharan Africa, at the planning, design, and implementation phases. She is a member of the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) and an International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) accredited supplier.

Juliet currently manages Amend’s work in Ghana and provides technical input as a road safety engineer on infrastructure programs across the organization. Since joining Amend, she has undertaken road safety assessments on World Bank–funded road projects in Tanzania and led investigations into safe infrastructure for nonmotorized road users in African cities.

Maledje Condze is a program officer with Amend in Mozambique. He joined the Amend family in 2021 and is based in Maputo. Maledje has a degree in Environmental Education from Eduardo Mondlane University, and has a deep knowledge of project management based on work on projects funded by partners such as UN Women, the TotalEnergies Foundation, and the Embassy of Japan.

Moisés is the administrator with Amend Mozambique. He joined in 2019 and is based in Maputo.

Moisés has a background as an accountant, with a specialization in audits. He started his career working as a university teacher of accounting.

Moisés provides advice and assistance to Amend Mozambique, supporting accounting and regulatory issues on a consultancy basis.

Neema is a senior program officer with Amend. She joined Amend in 2012 and is based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Neema has a background in community economic development. She started her career working on community development with social institutions in Tanzania and Uganda. She started with Amend as a program assistant for the school road safety education (RSE) program in Tanzania.

Neema currently manages Amend’s road safety education program with a focus on building road safety consciousness and leadership behavior among young generations and communities around schools. Her projects have involved developing, implementing, and evaluating road safety education activities for schools, suitable for the African environment.

Neema is a member of Tanzania's National Road Safety Council.

Providence is the head accountant for Amend. He joined Amend in 2017 and is currently based in Accra, Ghana.

Providence has a background in international accounting with more than five years of experience working with accounting firms in diverse countries, both batching numbers and guiding organizations to achieve their objectives.

Providence established Amend’s current accounting system and works closely with each country office manager and other staff members, to ensure that all of Amend’s finances are well managed and represented transparently. He is also a team member of our School Area Road Safety Assessments and Improvements (SARSAI) program, wherein he provides implementation support in Francophone countries.

Ramadhani is a program officer for Amend. He joined in 2011 as a road safety instructor and become a program officer in 2020. He is currently based in Tanzania.

Ramadhani is experienced in training, supervising, and managing road safety instructors; he has also led a team of project and research assistants and acted as the master of ceremonies at many of Amend’s events.

Ramadhani currently heads Amend’s first satellite office in Tanzania, in the city of Tanga, as project coordinator for the Safe and Healthy Journeys to School for Children and Adolescents project with Fondation Botnar.

Scholastica is a program officer who joined Amend in 2022 and is based in our office in Tanga, Tanzania. She holds a Bachelor of Education and has previously worked with
international NGOs managing projects, conducting research, designing and executing campaigns, delivering training, participating in coaching and developing young
people.

Prior to joining Amend on permanent basis, she worked as a Research Assistant on our Safe Journeys Tanga study, which assessed road traffic injuries among children and
adolescents in Tanga.

Scholastica is now working on our Safe and Healthy Journeys for Children and Adolescents projects in Tanga.

Simon is the country manager for Amend Tanzania. He joined in 2012 and is currently based in Dar es Salaam.

Simon has a background in project planning and management. He is a trained road safety advocate with experience in facilitating workshops at global road safety events.

Simon has managed Total Foundation’s VIA program and motorcycle taxi riders training in Togo and Guinea. His other work has included implementation of safe infrastructure around schools in Botswana, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Tanzania, and Zambia. He led a traffic conflict analysis study around schools in Ghana and delivered road safety training to NGOs and local government authorities in Jamaica and Morocco.

Simon is a member of the board of directors of the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety.

Texel is the country manager for Amend Mozambique. She joined Amend in 2016 and is based in Maputo.

Texel has a background in marketing and management. She started her career in Mozambique as a marketing and sales representative. She began work with Amend as a program assistant for road safety education in Mozambique.

Texel currently develops and manages programs in Mozambique. Her projects have included Amend’s road safety Kids’ Court, motorcycle taxi rider training, and community road safety awareness campaigns in Inchope, central Mozambique. Texel also advocates for speed reduction up to 30 km/hr around schools in Mozambique.

Theodora is the administration manager for Amend Tanzania. She joined in 2010 and is based in Dar es Salaam.

Theodora has a background in administration. She started her career working as an administrator with an NGO that provides legal assistance to victims of traffic accidents. She began work with Amend as the office manager.

Currently, Theodora is responsible for the overall management of Amend’s office in Tanzania, including managing statutory reporting and human resources. She also works closely with our head accountant in day-to-day management of accounts and finances and provides operational support to program activities.

Tom is a program director for Amend. He joined in 2009, spending 12 years in Tanzania before moving to the UK in 2021.

Tom’s background is in transport planning. He began his career as a consultant for the UK Highways Agency, working to reduce the need to travel and dependency on the private car.

Tom is currently working on a number of projects and initiatives, including our work to improve motorcycle safety across the continent, and the development of a road safety action plan for the city of Tanga, Tanzania.. He has directed projects in more than 10 countries throughout Africa.

Yusta is the administration assistant for Amend Tanzania. She joined the organization in 2012 and is based in Dar es Salaam.

Yusta provides assistance in the overall management of Amend’s office in Tanzania, including office cleaning, maintenance, clerical work, bill payments, and other assistance as well as managing petty cash and reconciling expenses with the administration manager.

Alex Guerrero, MD, FACS is a trauma surgeon based in New York City. In addition to being an experienced clinician, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeon, he has been integrally involved in Amend’s injury prevention research since 2005. He is the medical director of Trauma Ready, a consulting firm for trauma centers and was the first U.S. surgeon to obtain a Masters in Trauma Sciences. His thesis was on the use of risk adjusted models for external benchmarking in trauma. He has also served as a war surgeon with Médecins Sans Frontières, a ringside physician at Madison Square Garden and a medical advisor to various television programs.

Alexander Stoffan, MD, MPH, FACS is a trauma and critical care surgeon based in New York City. He obtained his Master’s of Public Health at Harvard University while doing research and obtaining his critical care fellowship. He is an active clinician and also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Chloe Teasdale, PhD, MPH, is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy. The focus of her work is on evaluating the implementation of HIV care and treatment programs, with a specific interest in assessing outcomes of children, adolescents, and pregnant women living with HIV in resource-limited settings.