Meet the Team behind GCI.
Ntebo Ebenezer Awungafac
Executive Director
Ntebo Ebenezer Awungafac is a founding member of Global Conscience Initiative, and has worked with GCI since 2004. Since the death of GCI’s director, Samba Churchill in April 2010, Ntebo has assumed the role of the Executive Director of the organization. As a native of Kumba and a civil society activist, he understands the complexities of justice in Cameroon. Ntebo believes that empowering the traditional councils with alternative dispute mechanisms can effectively maintain peace in Cameroon.
Ashukem Adolf Baiye
Program Director
Ashukem Adolf is a Cameroonian legal, development management and policy professional, with over ten years in both public and private sector. He has expertise in implementing human rights activities and policy development. He served as Secretary General of Little Hands Global Foundation in Toronto Canada from 2010 to 2015, where he led the design of a comprehensive outreach strategy, reaching out to government partners, civil society organizations, and donor partners to mobilize resources for greater human rights promotion and protection programs in Cameroon and central America. Prior to this, as Pupil Advocate with TATSI Law Firm in Cameroon, Adolf collaborated with other NGO leaders to successfully implement the national program for the inclusion of protection of the rights of civilians
Nkegoah Ivan Tazi
Administrative Assistant
Nkegoah Ivan Tazi is Administrative Assistant in the Global Conscience Initiative (GCI).He joined GCI as a part time volunteer then devoted more time and became full time during its change of name from Youths for Peace Initiative Cameroon (YPIC) to the Global Conscience Initiative (GCI). Since then, he has offered his services and time, holding many positions and working as a team player in various projects in the organisation.
Abrelegwi Ngoasong
Project Coordinator
Miss Abrelegwi Ngoasong decided to join GCI in 2013, and serves as a communication officer. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in law (LLB), from the University of Buea, and has a passion to serve humanity. Besides being an intern on the communication desk, she enjoys working with the communities on the CAMS project through seminars and sensitization workshops. She also takes active part in GCI’s other activities such as the Radio show and Newsletter.
Ashu Grace Mpehako
Protection Officer
Based in Buea, Grace began her involvement with Global Conscience Initiative (GCI) in 2015. She has served in a variety of capacities from a student volunteer to senior staff participating on the team leading campaigns focused on prisoners of Conscience. Grace has collaborated with GCI leaders and activists in the country and around the globe. She has carried out many important investigations which have made her career challenging. At the heart of all her work has been a commitment to justice and equity to ensure those closest to any social problem are centred when designing solutions.
Maria Koski
Fundraising and Development Manager – International Volunteer
Maria Koski joined the GCI team in August 2014, and is volunteering as a fundraising and development manager in the organisation. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Humanities (BA) from the University of Vaasa, Finland, and is currently completing her Master’s degreein Development and International Relations (MSc) at the University of Aalborg, Denmark. In the course of her versatile and interdisciplinary studies, Maria has gained solid international experience and new perspectives by studying and working several times abroad. She is curious about new cultures and learning new things, and believes that individual involvement, education and raising awareness is the main keyto increase social development and improve human rights.
Taku William
Program Supervisor
Taku William Leke Alem joined GCI in 2009 as a Social Worker with considerable experience in community welfare projects, community rehabilitation specially those addressing the rights of children and women in the communities in Cameroon and Ghana. He previously worked as outreach worker at the Social Affairs Department in Kumba where he identified and helped implement projects involving street children, victims of child abuse, trafficking in persons and influencing welfare policies and practices in Cameroon.
He also worked as project consultant and facilitator with National Support Program on Orphans and Vulnerable Children (NSPOV), a national project which support HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children.