Our Team
Explore the journey of our visionaries
Mirriam Mambwe
Founder & Executive Director
Mirriam Mambwe is a creative leader whose passion for rural development through education is driven from her own story. She leads the team in ensuring that the children and youth in less privileged communities are provided with opportunities to actualize their dream. Mirriam understands the challenges vulnerably faced by children in the rural areas as she was born and raised in chanyanya village. A fishing village in kafue whose main challenge is early marriage, long distance to school and lack of secondary schools in the area making continuity of school hard. She is therefore a trust-based philanthropy who ensures that resources are directed to the intended purpose. She was inspired into a journey of philanthropy through her past childhood -young adulthood experiences which led to her desire to do something for her community so as to produce more children with a positive attitude and right mind-set towards education. It all began with feeding the homeless program in February 2020 which led to the creation of the Mirriam Mambwe Rural Scholarship foundation in 2024 2 February with the intention of providing school related materials such as books, pens, pencils, shoes, bags and uniforms as well as creating an opportunity for the children scholarships at secondary and tertiary levels.
Grace Kampolwa
Program Director
Grace Kampolwa is passionate about empowering children in the rural areas and has been the strong energy behind facilitating all the programs of the organization since 2024. She ensures that the services needed by the children in our catchment villages are delivered as intended by the organization and with maximum effectiveness as it impacts the lives of the recipients. She sees to it that the organization achieves its mission and goals. This has been her dream since she was a child and she has always been volunteering in many activities that supports and promote quality education for children in the rural areas.
Linda Gwantwa Seeta-Lucas
Director of Philanthropy
Gwantwa has been the beauty behind the relationship shared between our donors/funding partners and the organization, she secures MMRSF’s financial support and advances its mission through effective fundraising strategies and practices. She has always been passionate about helping children especially a girl child coming from less privileged environments such as rural areas. Having worked in multiple organizations, she has over the years grown fond of supporting organizations and is determined to see to it that the organization reaches its full potential.
Hlezi Ngwenya
Development Director.
Hlezi Ngwenya Mirriam Mambwe Rural Scholarship Foundation Development Director. Hlezi a very determined and charismatic leader joined the organization a year ago. Having a particular interest in organizing events that brings change and great impact to the organization, Hlezi ensures that the kids are provided with continued support with their school related materials and he has a very special way of approaching matters related to the kids wellbeing.