Our Team
Josephine Konga
Board of Trustees​
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Josephine is a land and lake defender, woman rights campaigner and environmentalist from the Endorois Indigenous people of Lake Bogoria, Kenya.​​​
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Leonard Mindore
Co-Director, Guardians Africa​
Leonard is an Indigenous Ogiek land defender from Mau Forest (Kenya). he is the Director of Programme for the Heritage of Ogiek and Mother Earth (PROHOME).
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Kamilu Hassan Hamza
Co-director and Founder Guardians Africa, Board of trustees Guardians Worldwide
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Kamilu is an oral historian of the Indigenous Maguzawa or Hausa animists and the founder and director of Al Fitra Academy in Kano, Nigeria.
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Mercy Ette
Board of Trustees
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Mercy is a British and Nigerian scholar specialising in media, conflict and women's rights. She is Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle.
Fatima Kamilu Hassan
Lead GWW Kano Climate Youth​
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Fatima final year undergraduate student at Northwest University Kano (BA in English).
Sumayya Kamilu Hassan
Deputy Lead, GWW Kano Climate Youth​
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Sumayya is final year student in Nursing and Midwifery at Kano State College
Asmau Sunusu Usman
Member GWW Kano Climate Youth​
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Asmau is final year Nursing student at Kano State College, Nigeria.
Cynthia Achieng
Intern, Guardians Africa​
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Cynthia is a Kenyan human rights lawyer. She is Immigrant Resource Case Officer at Syracuse University, New York and Fulbright scholar.
Nicolas Salazar Sutil
Founder and Director of Guardians Worldwide, Board of trustees
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Nicolas is a Chilean and British environmentalist, activist and campaigner.
Leo Salazar Sequeiros
Founder, Little Guardians
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Leo is a British and Portuguese youth climate campaigner and student at International Prep School, Cascais.
Joseph Towett
Chairman, Guardians Africa​
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Joseph is a historic leader and land defender of the Indigenous Ogiek people of Mau Forest in Nakuru, Kenya.​​​
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Maria Rovisco
Trustee
Maria is a Portuguese social scientist based in the UK. She is Associate Professor in Sociology at University of Leeds
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Pietra Martins Handfest
Intern Guardians Portugal
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Pietra is a Brazilian environmental activist based in Italy, MA in International Cooperation and Intercultural Heritage. She is co-founder of Collettivo Mangrovie, a youth collective that engages local communities in climate justice.
Tawana Fulkaxo
Board of Trustees
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Tawana is the cultural and spiritual leader of the Fulkaxo people, and one of the main driving forces behind Reserva Indigena Fulkaxo in Alagoas State, Brazil.
Lucimar Prata
Project Development and Legal Officer​
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Lucimar is a human rights activist and lawyer. She is the cofounder of the law firm Prata & Lacerda Advogadas based in Manaus, Brazilian Amazon.
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Debora Lacerda
Legal Officer​
​Deborah is a lawyer and human rights defender based in Manaus, Brazil, and co-founder of the Prata & Lacerda firm.
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Joana Cruz
Board member, GWW Portugal​
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Joana is an education researcher based in Porto. She specialises in outdoor education, and youth led activism.
Clementina Rios
Board member, GWW Portugal​
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Clementina is a education researcher from Porto, specialising in outdoor education.