Mr. Lwamba is a graduate from Nairobi University and holder of a Bachelor of Science & Education. Starting as a Professor at a national high school, Mr. Lwamba thereafter got employed by the mainstream giant national telecommunication company "Kenya Telkom" now "Orange", in the capacity of Assistant Manager for the Network Planning unit. Before joining IIMSAM, Mr. Lwamba had by virtue of his former employer Orange, the opportunity to undergo various management training courses including Advanced Supervisory management, Total Quality Management, Training of Trainers, Project Management and Executive Development training.

Mr. Lwamba started early as a philanthropist, always with a heart to help the less fortunate and needy in society. He has been passionately involved in the fight against malnutrition through the utilization of spirulina since the year of 2007.

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Mr. Dieudonné Fundi Malombo is an agricultural engineer specialized in phytotechnology from IFA/Yangambi (Institut Facultaire des Etudes Agronomiques) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His experiences of extreme poverty, severe malnutrition, unemployment, diseases including HIV/AIDS in the country played a major role in choosing his occupational career. He has long been motivated by the negative effects of the war to find a lasting solution for malnutrition, which is a major problem affecting the people of the DRC and Africa.

In 2003, he signed a contract with ANTENNA Technologies, Geneva branch of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo as the leader of their Spirulina cultivation and production project. He was also involved in conducting seminars, cultivating and harvesting Spirulina for ready use.

Since February 2008 Mr. Malombo has been IIMSAM's the Director of Techincal Matters for the Spirulina cultivation, leading the team involved in the production of Spirulina. His role as a Technical Expert to the Director-General is not limited to Kenya but global.

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Mr. Charles Ochome, Special Adviser to the IIMSAM Director General on the CAMP MARADONA initiative was born in Kogelo Nyangoma sub location of the Siaya district. He is an Engineer who has been instrumental in the construction of many schools, churches and hospitals in the entire province of Nyanza and beyond. Mr. Ochome was the vice chairman of the National committee that welcomed the current U.S. President Barack Obama when he visited Kenya in the year 2006. He possesses many positions in boards and he is the Chairman of President Obama's Secondary school in Kogelo. Mr. Ochomé's love for working with the community led him to resign from his position as a senior buildings inspector, within the Ministry of Roads and Public Works. He is currently a community organizer in the Nyanza Province where he founded the nongovernmental organization "Pendeza Africa" (PENAF) which has teamed up with IIMSAM to alleviate the peoples suffering caused by malnutrition. He is also the founder of the best performing primary school "Golden Elites School" in the Kisumu Municipality.

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Ms. Kwasu, holds an Associate Degree in Public Relations from the University of Nairobi. Prior to her position within IIMSAM, she was working for Orange Telkom in the capacity of secretary and personal assistant to the Area Manager of Western Kenya.

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Mr. Essombo earned his Masters in Geography from the Institut Supérieur Pédagogique Bukavu in the DR Congo. He was the Principal of a school from 1998 to 2002. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Essombo was the coordinator of "Initiatives Pour la Promotion de la Santé Scolaire" in the D R Congo. Thereafter he joined ANTENA in Goma, DR Congo, responsible for its Water Management Program.

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Ms. Nyalal is a Certified Public Accountant, by the K.A.S.N.E.B (Kenya accountants and secretaries national examination board) equivalent of associate degree. She currently managing the finances at IIMSAM-ECASP in Kenya. She is a trained Accountant having passed the Kenya Accounting Technicians Certificate I & II and the Certified Public Accounts (CPA 1) examinations.

Grace carries with her a wealth of experience having worked with the Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics for a period of five years. Other experiences include working at the Kisumu Healthcare Clinic, Jubilee Insurance Company and the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI NFRC).

In 2007 Grace worked with Kisumu Kids Empowerment Organization as an accountant before relocating to IIMSAM.

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Geraldine De La Serna is IIMSAM'S Special-Adviser to the Director General and Chief of IIMSAM'S Regional Office in Mexico. Geraldine holds a Degree in Accounting and Foreign Languages from the Autonomous University of Aguas Calientes, Mexico. She has worked with orphaned children and the elderly in the field of moral values, malnutrition programmes and the collection and delivery of consumer goods to the homeless population.

She is member of the Pro-Energia que es vida, A.C. a non profit entity the sustainable development field in Aguascalientes, Mexico. She has been a catalyst in initiating several humanitarian programmes to the poverty stricken masses, she has also raised awareness via public relations campaign in support of the UN MDGs. It is her intention to serve IIMSAM in order to bring about a spirulina food supplement programme to the severely poverty stricken areas of the Aguascalientes Region and throughout Mexico and Latin America. Ms. De La Serna will also act as IIMSAM's liaison to the National, Regional and local Government Officials.

Ms. De La Serna is currently working on the implementation of IIMSAM's Spirulina Tortillas Programme for the Aguascalientes region. Comprised of two supplements: Spirulina Tortillas, Cocoa/Spirulina mixed drink for the undernourished children of the following States: Aguascalientes, Ags, Oaxaca and D.F. Mexico.

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Candidate for doctorate of the Doctoral Program in Philosophy of Science and research fellow in ways of healthy life, across genomic nutrition, microalgae and Mesoamerica's ancient food, in the University Program of Food (PUAL) of the UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico). 2009

Master of Philosophy of Science in the Institute of Philosophical Research, UNAM. Obtaining the Master Degree with the thesis: History, nutrition, health and ecology to generate strategies of communication on the Spirulina (A. maxima). 2009

Specialist in human nutrition (Solarium Biotechnology, Chile). 2006

Surgeon dentist graduated from the UAM (Autonomous Metropolitan University). 2002

Representative in Mexico, active member and lecturer of the Foundation FISS, (International Federation of Scientific Societies).

Lecturer and researcher fellow of the Foundation ELIC (Free Schools of Scientific Research for Children.

Founder of the Mexican company Essential Food for the Humanity SA, dedicated to the rescue of the uses and customs of ancient food like Spirulina.

Teacher of philosophy and history of the people of Israel in the Great Foundation Fraternitas Universales, dedicated to the diffusion of the culture and the knowledge.

Active member and lecturer in the Center of General Studies: "Dr. David Juan Ferriz Olivares" dedicated to four basic areas of the human knowledge: Philosophy, Science, Didactics and Art.

Lecturer in Congresses with more than 500 conferences on Spirulina among those who stand out:

June, 2005, Lecturer in the International Seminar of the Foundation Inveciecias in the University of Trieste, Italy, with the topic: Biomedical Aspects of Spirulina maxima.

October, 2005, Lecturer in the Fourth World Congress of Scientific Societies in Bogota, Colombia, with the topic: Study of the effects of the diet with Spirulina maxima (Arthrospira) on the oxidative stress associated with cellular aging.

August, 2006: Participation like exhibitor in the Conference "Towards Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary knowledge", that was carried out in the School of Law of the UNAM, across the Seminar of Philosophy of the Law.

October, 2006, Lecturer in the Fourth World Congress of the Talent of The Children in Cuenca, Ecuador, with the topic: Nourishment for a Talented infancy: Spirulina maxima.

October, 2007, Lecturer in the Fifth World Congress of Scientific Youths, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with the topic: Nutrition within reach of all. Healthy people, educated people: a historical and philosophical approach of the epistemology of the nourishment.

October, 2009, Lecturer in the Sixth World Congress of Scientific Youths, in the UNAM, Mexico D.F., with the topic: Spirulina maxima, History and biomedical Aspects. Academic responsible for the seminar: " The Real History of Israel's Mystery ", in which there treat each other topics related to the history and the philosophy of the People of Israel.

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