PLANT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Peter Kanyandago is a Ugandan Catholic priest, activist, author and academic. He helped found Uganda Martyrs University at Nkozi in 1993, where he lectured at the Institute of Ethics and Development Studies, and served as Deputy Vice Chancellor for ten years. He is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of the African Volunteers Association, and Professor of Ethics and Development Studies, and Research Fellow, at the Centre for African Studies, Uganda Martyrs University. Peter championed the establishment of the African Research and Documentation Centre at Nkozi to help study African reality and heritage. This gave birth to a specialised library and museum. He is a dedicated advocate of social justice, traditional farmers, local seed and food sovereignty, and ecological rights. He has worked for international organizations, including UNESCO and the International Federation of Catholic Universities.
Agnes Nabbosa is a Ugandan activist and academic. She lectures in the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Uganda Martyrs University, Nyamitanga Campus.
Agnes holds a BA and MA in Development Studies from Uganda Martyrs University, currently lecturing in: Indigenous Knowledge, Gender and Development, and Development in Context. She has a passion for gender related issues, and devotes herself to working with women in seeking out solutions to their problems from an African approach and perspective. Agnes co-founded the African Volunteers Association, whose main objective is to alleviate poverty.
Agnes holds a BA and MA in Development Studies from Uganda Martyrs University, currently lecturing in: Indigenous Knowledge, Gender and Development, and Development in Context. She has a passion for gender related issues, and devotes herself to working with women in seeking out solutions to their problems from an African approach and perspective. Agnes co-founded the African Volunteers Association, whose main objective is to alleviate poverty.
Catherine Halvey Goodwin is from Co. Galway, Ireland. She worked for 26 years in Brazil, where she initiated and coordinated the Archdiocesan Human Rights Center of Manaus in Amazonas; the Witness Protection Program (to combat torture, disappearances, corruption and organized crime); the Tikuna Cultural Center (for ethnic Tikuna people displaced from their traditional habitat by deforestation and forced to live in urban Manaus); and related human rights initiatives. She has lectured in social ethics in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Fortaleza and Manaus universities.
Larry Halvey Goodwin is from the United States. He spent 8 years in Uganda and 2 years in Zimbabwe, where he served with rural communities in areas of human rights, sustainable development and appropriate technology. In the U.S. he worked for a national citizens’ lobby to advocate for public policies combating domestic and international hunger. He directed a Washington, DC-based NGO advocating for U.S. policies toward Africa, giving special attention to promoting and upholding smallholder farmers’ rights, agroEcology, seed & food sovereignty, and the right to water.