Gibson Nkanaunena, President

Currently I am the Director for Developing Countries Unit, providing oversight for World Relief’s country leadership teams in Burundi, Cambodia, Kenya, Malawi and Rwanda.  I was Country Director for World Relief Malawi for 9 years and have worked with World Relief since 2004.

I am passionate about church-led and church-owned holistic ministries, transformational community development, leadership development, faith actors’ engagement, agriculture and irrigation. I am excited to see a person who is grateful to God and can put on a smile because of churches that are putting faith into action and serve the most vulnerable in their communities. I also love to see people finding grass-roots solutions to their daily challenges. I am inspired by positive outcomes coming from co-visioning the future, determining solutions, collaborating effectively and replicating outcomes for the betterment of ‘the least of these’.

Prior to joining World Relief, I worked with Evangelical Lutheran Development Service as Central Region Programs Coordinator.

I am an active member of Falls Assemblies of God church where I have served as a Church Elder for close to 20 years.    

I am married to Chrissie for 24 years. We have 3 children, 1 girl and 2 boys.

I have Bachelors’ degree in Agriculture (with focus in Agricultural Engineering) and Masters’ degree in Agroforestry from University of Malawi, and a Master in Organizational Leadership degree from Eastern University, Philadelphia, USA.   

Dr. Donald Reuben Kamdonyo

Dr. Donald Reuben Kamdonyo has a PhD in Change Management from Rushmore University, USA; an MSc in Climatology and Applied Meteorology from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom; a BSc in Atmospheric Science from the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA; and Diploma in Public Sector Management from Galilee College, Israel, and University of Malawi.

Dr. Kamdonyo is one of the pioneers of climate change studies in Malawi, and has been instrumental in the development of Malawi’s climate change and environmental policies, plans and instruments. He headed the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services for 12 years during which he was also the national focal point of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and Permanent Representative of Malawi with the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).

He is currently a senior associate of Kamdonyo & Associates, his own consulting firm in Climate Change, Natural Resources and Environment and Change Management. Dr. Kamdonyo also has 12 years’ experience in Change Management training. He has a passion for renewable energy, especially wind energy. He is currently a board member of the Civil Society Network on Climate Change (CISONECC) and WEALTHNET. He is also an accomplished author with two books published in 2013 and 2022 (Poverty by Choice and Prosperity by Choice).

Henry James Kumwenda

Henry was Born on the 15th of December 1980 and grew up in a catholic and broken home. At the age of 13 by God’s grace, Henry surrendered his life to Jesus as His Lord and Saviour. Henry, a member of Malawi Assemblies of God has spent most of his time in Lilongwe, the capital city of  Malawi where in 2007 he graduated from the African Bible College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biblical Studies and Christian Education and for 7 years served with the Children of the Nations. Henry has also served with the Evangelical Association of Malawi in various programs:- Church relations and mobilization; relief, and recovery; Mining and Advocacy, and Citizen Participation projects in various districts of Malawi.

A passionate about leadership and gifted team builder, Henry went ahead with his studies and in 2013 earned the Master of Science (MSc) in Leadership and Change Management with Leeds Beckett University, UK. Currently, he is pursuing a Doctorate in Transformation Leadership with Bakke Graduate University, in Texas – USA.

Henry is driven by his love for the people who are helpless and defenseless and his love for the Lord to preach the Good News. Henry has ministered to traumatized people (affected by war) in Northern Uganda, orphans, and widows in Malawi; and went on mission trips in Mozambique, Kenya, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Burundi, and the United States of America.

In 2016, Henry left the Evangelical Association of Malawi which is the umbrella of Evangelical Churches in Malawi, and started serving with the Luis Palau Association as Director of Logistics in Africa which exists to proclaim the Good News, unite the Church, and impact Cities worldwide.

Henry is motivated when he sees the lost coming to repentance and surrendering their lives to Jesus as Lord and Saviour and the transformation of communities takes place where citizens participate.

Henry James Kumwenda is happily married to Jocelyn who is currently working with NBS Bank and they have three amazing children, Israel (10), Mpendulo (6), and Aliko (4). Together with his wife, they are members of Gideon International, (an Association of Christian Business and professional men and their wives dedicated to telling people about Jesus) through personal witnessing and distribution of Bibles in schools, colleges, and placing in hospitals, the Army, and the Police.