Ishi Nia Foundation’s Team

With diverse backgrounds and shared values, we collaborate to design meaningful, people-centered initiatives that reflect the needs of those we serve women, children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities.

We are rooted in integrity, compassion, and local ownership, we strive to build lasting change through strong partnerships and community trust.

“Trust, but verify.”
Ronald Reagan

Anold Thadei
Finance and Administration Manager



“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.”
Edward Murrow

Julius Balige
Media and Communications Officer & Project Coordinator

“Our vision is simple: no one is left behind. Not now, not ever.”
Paulina George

Paulina George
CEO

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
Arthur Ashe

Sarah Mushi
Program Manager

“You don’t fundraise for your organization. You fundraise for the change you’re creating.”
Joan Garry

Saumu Salehe
Resource Mobilization Officer

“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.”
Nelson Mandela

Shemsa Minja
Project Coordinator – Jamvi Salama