Providing strategic guidance to enhance educational practices through research and advisory services
Implementing strategies to support mental and emotional well-being in humanitarian and development settings
Developing initiatives to combat gender-based violence effectively.
Director of Programs and Senior Researcher - Ethiopia
With over seven years at USAID, serves as an Education Program Management Specialist, focusing on humanitarian and development education initiatives in Ethiopia. Expertise includes project design, donor compliance, and collaboration with the Ethiopian Ministry of Education to address education in crisis and conflict. Adept at managing complex programs like Education Recovery, Early Childhood Care, and inclusive education for youth with disabilities. Contributed to strengthening education systems and fostering resilience for vulnerable children through innovative programming and strategic alignment with multilateral partners, such as UN agencies. Passionate about leveraging education as a tool to rebuild communities and ensure equitable access for those affected by crises and natural disasters.
Senior Livelihoods Researcher
With over 25 years in humanitarian assistance, Martin Hayes has experience designing and delivering programs around the world. His career includes significant time in complex environments across Africa and Asia. He spent over ten years contributing to the mission of USAID, including his work with the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance. His prior experience includes work with UNICEF, the International Rescue Committee, Save the Children, and ChildFund International. Martin specializes in livelihoods and protection programs, with extensive field experience informing his technical expertise and strategic leadership.
Academic Partner/ Advisor
Theresa S. Betancourt is the inaugural Salem Professor in Global Practice at the Boston College School of Social Work and Director of the Research Program on Children and Adversity (RPCA). Her primary research interest is to understand the protective processes that contribute to risk and resilience in the mental health and development of children and adolescents facing adversity in a variety of cultures and settings. In the US, she is engaged in community-based participatory research on family-based prevention of emotional and behavioral problems in refugee children and adolescents resettled in the U.S. through the collaborative development and evaluation of parenting programs led by refugees for refugees that can be linked to prevention services involving refugee community health workers.
Senior Researcher - Niger
Pedagogic Inspector from January 2019 to December 2023./Ministry of Education. Instructor at American English Language Program Niamey/Niger from 2015 to date (English to Professionals from all walks of life) Lecturer (Composition & Translation) at University Abdou Moumouni/Niamey, 2013-2020 English Language Teaching advisor from 2002 to 2019 with a focus on teacher development in student-centered instruction and material design -includes clinical class observations, workshops, and material design. Secondary School teacher of English as a Foreign Language from 1988 to 2000. Specialties: Teaching; material design; curriculum development; textbook writing; teacher training, translation, proofreading, article review
Resilient Futures Worldwide hosts a group of expert researchers and advisors
