Roina Faatauvaa-Vavatau

CEO

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Phone number: 22804 or 7522804

At SUNGO since: August, 2004

Job Description: Manager Office, Develop policies

Favourite part of the job:  Community work

Hometown:  Apia

Background): 

1994-2004 (Ministry of Women Community and Social Development as Principal Youth Officer,

Bachelor of Divinity (BD)Pacific Theological College.

Hobbies: Meeting people, advocacy

Ofusina Toamua-Ieremia

Capacity Building Coordinator

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Phone number: 24322

At SUNGO since: February 2008 to date

Job Description: Provide overall management of the training and capacity building offered through SUNGO for the NGO and CBO Sector in Samoa.

Favourite part of the job: Seeing the needs and livelihood of grassroots improved. Has always been a self rewarding experience since working for SUNGO. Ofusina looks forward to a stronger Samoa civil society and the region in the future.

Hometown: Apia Samoa

Background: Worked in the media industry and joined SUNGO through the communications area. A EU-MPP/SUNGO capacity building project Ofusina managed in 2009 drove her focus directly to the capacity building area she is now fully managing. Ofusina was educated in Samoa from Primary School through to College and went overseas for further education in NZ.

Hobbies: Meditation, volunteerism, hanging out with my  kids, sleeping in a cool breeze fale samoa on a beach resort

Tina Tauvela-Pesaleli

Adminstration Manager

Unijohn Avei

Finance Officer

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Phone number:Office 24322 ext 116 / Cell:6857266814

At SUNGO since: 2009

Job Description: Undertake all financial record keeping & reporting. Coordinate Annual Accounts. Provide Financial mentoring & assistance to members through site visit & liaison at least one day per week, and to name…

Favourite part of the job: Community Service

Hometown: Anoamaa East district - Lufilufi

Background (education, previous jobs, etc):  Start primary school in my village, finished primary school @ Marist School Apia. Completed Colledge @ SJC in 2005, study in USP Alafua.Previous Job, Administration Assistance in SUNGO 2009

Hobbies – Join youth & choir groups. Spend time with my family. Volunteerism and listen to classic sounds.

Blakey Larsen

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Phone number: 24322

At SUNGO since: Feb 2011

Job Title: Peace Corps Volunteer & Acting Information and Communication Officer

Job Description: SUNGO publication materials and reports, update the website, and spread information to our members and the media.

Favourite part of the job: Doing site visits and meeting SUNGO members!

Hometown: Moata’a and Saint Paul, MN, USA

Background: As a Peace Corps Volunteer in Samoa, Blakey was a teacher at Avele College in 2009 and 2010. Before that she studied Linguistics and Computer Science at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Hobbies: Swimming in the ocean, Samoan dancing, Volunteerism