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Mathew Thomas Kawogo
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- Dar es Salaam
- Tanzania, United Republic Of
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- Name
- Mathew Thomas Kawogo
- How did you know about Constellation community?
- I searched on web looking for Francien whom I worked with in Kwimba district of Tanzania under WHO and TANESA support. I then found her name on this site. Thanks
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- MAKATA Community Engagement and Partnership Company
- About Me:
- Mathew is currently the Strategc CLM Advisor and Partner at MAKATA Community Engagement and Partnership Company, a firm that deals with community System Strengthening. Before then, I was the Associate Director for Community-led Monitoring, Private Sector and Community Engagement within National Council of PLHIV in Tanzania; a position I worked until July 2024. In my life I worked with a number of organizations in HIV sector and management including HelpAge International, World Vision International, Action on Disability International, UNV/ UNAIDS and the Alliance of Mayor’s Initiative for HIV and AIDS at Local Level in Tanzania. Since 2020, I am coordinating the designing and implementation of community-led monitoring (CLM) approach funded by PEPFAR/USAID (COP22) in Tanzania after taking an early initiative to design the comprehensive of CLM tools in the country. I also formed part of the team that supported the designing the CLM component of the Tanzania's Global Fund Round 7 in 2023. Among other things, I lead the advocacy engagement component and representation of NACOPHA in a number of strategic dialogues at country and international level. This includes playing a liaison role with HIV implementing partners, CSOs, UN agencies and the non state actors. I have helped to build the capacity of a number of CSOs' KVP and communities in CLM. In the meantime, I am the organisation's focal person to the ministry of health on CLM in Tanzania. This includes representing NACOPHA in the National HIV Response Sustainability Working Group chaired by the Prime Minister's Office.
Privately, I am the senior advisor of MAKATA Community Engagement and Partnership, a growing consulting firm on community-led approaches, organisational system strengthening and research.
With over 24 years of experience in program design, management and evaluation, I involved in a number of platforms including the following:
•Tanzania 2023/24 Stigma Index Study:Organising Committee – January 2023 – Todate
•Member of Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS): Communication and Advocacy Advisory Committee; July 2021 – Todate
•Strategic Engagement Advisor, Focus for the Future Generation Organisation – January 2020 – Dec 2021
•Tanzania 2020 Stigma Index Study: Technical Organising Committee, March– December 2020;
•Behavioural Biomedical Survey (BBS) Technical Working Group; June 2019 – Todate
•CQUIN Learning Network, NACOPHA Representative 2018 – Todate
•Differentiated HIV Services Umoja Tanzania – January 2019 to December 2019
•Tanzania Commission for AIDS Impact Mitigation Technical Working Committee – Aug 2016 – June 2017
•Consumers Advisory Council; Ministry of Industry and Trade (Member and Chair of Finance & Admin); Feb 2014 to Feb 2016
•Chairperson of the Organizing Committee of Global Action Week of Education in Tanzania; 2 – 10 June 2014
•National HIV/AIDS Communication and Advocacy Advisory Committee; May 2009 – May 2012 (Chairperson, Feb 2011 – Feb 2013)
I welcome networks and individuals whom we can share experience and learning of new knowledge
- My dream:
- Living in a nation that appreciates people's diversity and learning; a community that supports such diversity through understanding of ageing and disability, HAV and AIDS, gender and development.
- I'm proud of:
- Working with marginalized groups, being one of the lead policy influencing persons in my country particularly in areas of HIV/ AIDS, ageing and development. I led inclusion of CLM in a number of Tanzania's policies such as NMSF V (2021-25), HSHSP V (2022-26) and the National Guidelines for the management of HIV, STIs and Hepatitis Virus (Sep 2023). Such inclusions include for the first time ever the initiation of community ART in Tanzania in the currently revised HIV Guidelines.
I'm also proud to have researched and enhanced the capacity of more than 15 local NGOs in areas of resource mobilisation, community engagement and advocacy. I'm further proud to be a committed Tanzanian accountable to marginalized communities.
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Wonderful to have you Mathew! Would you like to share your experience of working with communities?
Dear Mathew,
Welcome to Community Life Competence!
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