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Scholastica Williams, IntraHealth International, HRH Advisor, Botswana
Scholastica Williams is a seasoned development worker with 20 years of experience. Prior to joining CapacityPlus/Botswana, she served as the national director in Zambia for the New Partner Initiative (NPI), a PEPFAR initiative created to develop the capacity of indigenous nongovernmental organizations to fight HIV/AIDS. She oversaw project performance management, organizational development, and capacity-building, and managed six local partners in four provinces with extended support to the NPI program across East, West, and Southern Africa. Previously at NPI, she was responsible for NPI technical assistance in Ethiopia and Uganda and was based in Addis Ababa. She is a Botswana citizen, with experience working in Tanzania (including Zanzibar), Zambia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Namibia, Mozambique, and Ivory Coast. She has worked as a private consultant for research, evaluations, training, and implementing participatory development methods.

Expertise

•     Technical assistance
•     Capacity building, organizational development, and institutional strengthening
•     Participatory development methodologies
•     Program management
•     HIV prevention and care
•     Custom trainings
•     Community development
•     OVC support
•     Program assessment and evaluation
•     Project management

Selected Publications
Michael-Williams, Scholastica. 1999. Challenges of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: Strategies, policies and politics. A case of Botswana. The Hague, The Netherlands: International Institute of Social Sciences.

Williams, Scholastica.1996. Lentsweletau: Development planning through PRA. A report of a participatory rural appraisal conducted with the Kweneng District Extension Team and the Lentsweletau Village Extension Team.

Williams, Scholastica. 1995. Khekhenye: Changing livelihoods. Report of a participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) Conducted with SNV Development Associates, VPR, and Kweneng Extension Workers at Khekhenye, Botswana.

Michael, Scholastica, and Birgitta Tazelaar. 1995. Participatory planning for an irrigation plot with the Molegwane Farmers Group: Report of a participatory rural appraisal (PRA) workshop.

Michael, Scholastica, and Birgitta Tazelaar. 1995. Community mobilisation in Mmokolodi: Report of a participatory rural appraisal (PRA) conducted with the United States Peace Corps.

Degrees
BA in Economics with a minor in Demography, University of Botswana

MA in Development Studies with a specialization in Population and Development, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands

Languages
English, Kiswahili, and Setswana

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