User:MSaungweme

Maxwell Saungweme was born on 5 March 1977 in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Maxwell obtained a Bachelor of Social Sciences Honours Degree in Economics from the University of Zimbabwe in 2000. He also obtained a Diploma in Information Technology from the Business and Computer Institute of London in 2003. Maxwell went further to attained a Masters in Development Studies in 2012 from the University of the Free State in South Africa.

Maxwell is a development specialist who has worked in various development sectors that include human rights,health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods, capacity building and humanitarian work. His experience spans over 10 years and has worked in Zimbabwe, Sudan, South Sudan, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Afghanistan in programme management roles. Maxwell has programme and strategic management experience in governance, human rights, democracy, health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods, emergency, humanitarian, development and peace building projects and programmes. He has expertise in strategic management, capacity building, project/programme design, reporting, fundraising, fund management, accounting, partner grants management, partner management, project/management management and monitoring and evaluation. Have training and experience in managing teams, project set-up and closure, security, logistics, operations, finances and other organisational resources. Maxwell has worked with local and international NGOs in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Darfur (North Sudan), Southern Sudan, Ethiopia and Afghanistan.

Maxwell is also a human rights activist.His human rights advocacy and campaigns saw him being expelled from the University of Zimbabwe in 1998 and 1999 where he was a student leader. As part of his kin interest in human rights work Maxwell worked with human rights organisations that included the National Constitutional Assembly in Zimbabwe (where he held positions of youth chairperson and information officer). He also worked for the Zimbabwe Peace Project before working in for Oxfam GB, Medical Relief International, Concern Worldwide, Trocaire and GRM International.

Maxwell is also a writer who write on a wide range of issues that included politics, social issues, project management and the environmental protection.