i4Life Nutrition Management Team Zambia – Ireland

Sally Bell-Cross

Sally qualified as a clinical Nutritionist is Australia under a Bachelor of Human Science (Nutrition) program. She was quickly recruited to community nutrition programming and started her own practice in 2013. She is registered with the governing body Nutrition Association Australia, as well as the Nutrition Association Zambia. Sally went on to study her master’s in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Health.

Clinically Sally worked within a tight multi discipline setting targeting the integrative dietary management in children with spectrum disorders, and conditions affecting the gastrointestinal system. Sally has worked across the education sector implementing nutrition programs at high school level. She has deep interests, and has academically pursued Sustainable Agriculture mythologies, as relates to Nutrition. Sally has also worked alongside and with NGOs (Save the children, Red Cross) in eastern Africa on school feeding/supplementary feeding programs.

Sally has lived in Zambia most of her of life, but after a long stint away living in Australia returned home with her family in 2017. Since returning to Zambia she began working for i4Life as a volunteer whilst re-settling, which quickly moved into a more formalised role as Nutrition Clinic Coordinator. Sally is an active professional in the Nutrition sector and works in the public and private hospital sector as a consultant. Sally is involved in several pilot school feeding programs in the northwest province of Zambia.

Maura Moran RGN.RM.RPHN.BN (Hons) MSc Hons LLM Hons International Human Rights Law.

Voluntary CEO of i4Life CHS

International child protection and safeguarding Kimmage

Dual masters qualified, registered Public Health Nurse and midwife with 25 years professional experience.

Founder and director of i4Life an NGO providing care to children in Zambia.
Extensive training and teaching experience. Doctoral Candidate at the IPA, UCD.

Maura travels to Zambia three times a year and is in daily contact with the i4Life team in Zambia.

Dr Kevin Connolly

Voluntary Director of i4Life

Dr Kevin Connolly is a retired Paediatrician. Kevin has developed Immunisation Training Programme. Member of NIAC (National Immunisation Advisory Committee Ireland) on which he chairs the Paediatric sub-committee. Kevin is a member of the Advisory Committee for Human Medicines of the Irish Medicines Board and the Irish Representative on the Paediatric Committee of the European Medicines Committee. Kevin is Medical Director of i4Life since its inception, he travels to Zambia three times a year and attends weekly management meetings with the Zambian team.

Katherine Farrell

Katherine has volunteered with i4Life since its inception and has traveled extensively to Zambia and Uganda to volunteer in i4Life Nutrition clinic. Committed to sustainable education, Katherine is a Public Health Nurse and Midwife.

Joyce Makasa

Joyce graduated from Lwitikila Girls Secondary School in 2009 and achieved a Certificate in Psychosocial Counselling from the University of Zambia in 2017 and a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Nutrition from the University of Zambia in 2017.

Joyce commenced her nutrition internship at the i4Life nutrition clinic under the supervision Sally Bell Cross where she has excelled. In March 2020 Joyce travelled to Uganda as part of the i4Life international team to offer her expertise to her colleagues at Adraa Agriculture College, Sub Oflaka County, Uganda.

Joyce is a valued member of the i4Life team.

Mukena Schilema Lead admin i4Life/Neri Clinics

Mukena is lead administrator at i4Life nutrition clinic since 2018 and has achieved the following qualifications Bachelor of Business Administration from Cavendish University Zambia

Diploma in Management Studies from National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA) Certificate in Diplomatic Practice, Protocol and Public Relations from Zambia Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies (ZIDIS)

Advanced certificate in Public Relations from University of Zambia, Ridgeway Campus

Certificate in Human Resource Management from University of Zambia, Ridgeway Campus

Sinead O’Mahony,

Sinead is a Registered Dietitian with an MSc in Public Health and Health Promotion from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Sinead has worked in regulatory, clinical, research and humanitarian nutrition for ten years. Sinead currently works for the Food Safety Authority of Ireland in the Public Health Nutrition Team. Prior to this Sinead worked as a Nutrition Manager and Advisor with Concern Worldwide and GOAL Global. During this time Sinead worked in both humanitarian and development nutrition sensitive and specific programme across East Africa, the Middle East and Central America. Sinead has a particular interest in programming to address the underlying determinants of malnutrition to address the root causes as well as providing high quality services for the identification and management of acute malnutrition across all vulnerable group’s including infants, young children, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women and the elderly. Sinead joined i4Life in 2018 as a voluntary Nutrition Advisor and supported i4Life in securing a significant grant form Irish Aid.

Dorothy Nthani, RIP

It was with deep sadness that we have to inform you of Dorothy’s untimely passing.

We first met Dorothy in 2015 with Kevin and Katherine when i4Life was exploring opportunities to partner with UNZA. Dorothy was a highly thought of and respected UNZA lecturer who penned the nutrition guidelines for Zambian Ministry of Health and through her advocacy has left a rich legacy behind in Zambia and worldwide of nutrition education, research and a commitment to Human Rights. Dorothy was an esteemed colleague and friend who supported i4Life and very generously gave of her time and energy to i4Life nutrition projects .Dorothy was such a perceptive person who had the ability to see things how they were. A pillar of strength to Sally and Joyce the CHWs Harriet and Mukena at Neri were also very close to Dorothy’s heart and she always started her training sessions with

‘Are We Together’

Rest In Peace Dorothy. We will all miss you dearly.

Maura & Sally. July, 2021

So sad that such an inspirational lady has died. She has left a very important legacy as a person, a mentor and an educator. Her publications include Nutrition and HIV Guidelines, trainers guide and participants manual, Drivers of micronutrient Policy change in Zambia: An Application of the Kaleidoscope model (USAID), Nutrition Assessment, Counselling and Support (NACS) Standard Operating Procedures Manual, and Maternal, Adolescent, Infant and Young Child Nutrition guidelines (2016). She also had an understated sense of humour. Thanks, Dorothy, for all you gave to those you influenced.

Dr Kevin Connolly, July 2021

Dorothy was Zambian and a Lecturer in Human Nutrition in the University of Zambia (UNZA). Dorothy achieved her MSc. (Public Health, Health Promotion and Environmental Health) from Leeds Metropolitan University (UK); BSc. (Food Science and Nutrition) from University of Surrey, (UK); Post-Graduate Diploma (Maternal and Child Health) from Netherlands and Diploma (Food and Nutrition) from Zambia. Dorothy played a key role in developing the partnership between i4Life and UNZA to enable human nutrition students to obtain their clinical placements in i4Life Nutrition clinic. A great achievement it is the first community placements of UNZA students in the community. This opportunity enables these students to gain valuable experience of Community management of malnutrition in the community. A MOU between these organizations was signed in 2019.