Speaker Announcement: Nsofwa Petronella Sampa
Nsofwa Sampa is a trained Psychosocial and Clinical Counselor. She provides counselling to persons living with HIV to enable them to adhere to treatment regimens. Having lived with HIV for 26 years, Nsofwa earned confidence in herself and realised how stigma can lead to a great loss of life. With her disability of blindness, which can be acquired as a result of poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy, Nsofwa uses her experience to help others come to terms with their health status and adhere to treatment. In 2014, Ms. Sampa received the PEPFAR Champions award which was mainly for people working in the HIV field. In 2015, she was nominated by the late Dr Manasseh Phiri for the Youth Movers Award, which she received. Nsofwa has also worked with Southern African AIDS Trust as a motivational speaker and became a Mandela Washington Fellow in 2017. She is currently working on a project called the Positive Movement which targets empowering persons with disabilities, particularly the blind. If you would like to hear Nsofwa speak at this year’s #TEDxLusaka please click the link to purchase tickets | http://bit.ly/2UQbN4A
Speaker Announcement: Marcel van Driel
Marcel van Driel is one of the very few snake experts in Zambia. He is the founder and administrator of the popular Facebook page: Zambian snakes and Other Crawlies. He has been on Radio Phoenix several times to inform people about snakes and to answer questions from listeners; he has made an appearance on CBC TV to do the same. He conducts community sensitisation talks on snakes and snakebite treatment and he relocates snakes from people’s homes and workplaces. Marcel also makes home and farm visits to advise people on how to make their living and working areas less attractive and less accessible for snakes. His mission is to protect both snakes and humans in doing so. Marcel has lived in Zambia for over 8 years, runs his own organisational development consultancy company, and is a practising visual artist. If you would like to hear Marcel speak at this year’s #TEDxLusaka please click the link to purchase tickets | http://bit.ly/2UQbN4A
TEDx Lusaka needs YOU!
TheTEDxLusaka team does a lot of work throughout the year but to go that last mile we need YOUR help. We would deeply appreciate more volunteers at the actual event and the day before. If you think you have what it takes to be a #TEDxLusakaVolunteer, please visit our LinkedIn Company page to view the role description (http://bit.ly/2LJhz8F) and download the application form to apply (http://bit.ly/2HioaTf). If you do not hear back from us right away, please be patient. We are all volunteers! Deadline for application submission: 20th May 2019 17:00hrs TEDx Lusaka tickets are on sale! Purchase tickets at http://bit.ly/2UQbN4A
Speaker Announcement: Chitambala Mwewa
Chitambala Mwewa, a.k.a Simon Mwewa Lane, attended the International School Of Lusaka, then studied philosophy and theology at the Jimmy Swaggart Bible College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the United States. Mr Mwewa has served as Director of Administration at Simoson, a group of real estate development companies, for almost 20yrs. Mr Mwewa is passionate about the environment and started a foundation called “I Dream Of A Clean Lusaka” that seeks to educate the public on personal hygiene and the proper disposal of garbage. He is also an Ambassador for the Make Zambia Clean Green and Healthy Campaign as well as OPERATION UBUSAKA (Cleanliness). If you would like to hear Mwewa speak at this year’s #TEDxLusaka please click the link to purchase tickets | http://bit.ly/2UQbN4A