Grace is an energetic, passionate and inspiring leader for our Malawian team. She has been with Chance For Change since 2013 in many capacities before taking up her post as Country Director. Grace oversees all programmes and brings her experience to bear ensuring high-quality delivery and maintaining the Chance For Change ethos and philosophy. Grace provides leadership and strategic direction and is also responsible for maintaining partnerships, recruitment and management of staff, mentoring and training.

"I love working with young people as they hold such promise, and the idea that I might be able to guide them on their journey, or be part of it in any way, is more fulfilling than anything else I could imagine myself doing. Our projects address deep social problems and I feel honoured that I can contribute to making a positive change, helping young people to redirect and refocus their lives, giving them a second chance and empowering them to move towards a brighter, healthier and more productive future."

After qualifying in 2011, Ronnex joined Chance For Change as Finance Manager in 2018, and has risen through the ranks to become our Finance Director. A qualified Accountant, he is responsible for all aspects of finance from day to day management of funds to overseeing audits. He also coordinates donor reporting, budgeting, proposal development, budget review, variance analysis and financial forecasting. In the past few years, Ronnex has been working hard towards bridging the gap between financial administration and operational delivery and deputises Grace as Country Director when called upon.

“It has always been my desire to work with an organisation that puts the value of money to work for the true benefit of others. This is the very definition of what Chance For Change achieves.”

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Yami’s two main passions are child justice and the education of young people. At Chance For Change, he heads up the Criminal Justice Department, making sure that all referrals are rehabilitated and trained before reintegration to their families and communities. Yamikani brings his skills and experience of the court system to bear in assisting Grace’s liaison with the wider criminal justice system. As well as his studies in law, Yami also studied education and has worked as a secondary school language tutor. He loves working with children and watching them grow.

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“My energy level gets very high every time I get challenged within my area of work, as I am an open-minded person when it comes to learning new things”. 

In 2006 Promise was among a group from different African countries, selected by UNICEF to go to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to train as a voice of fellow African youth under the brand of 'Speak Africa Challenge'. 

Promise joined Chance for Change in 2014 as a part-time bookkeeper. As Chance For Change grew, he joined us full-time and extended his role to cover administration, human resources, and took over the duties of personnel and welfare manager. In 2016, he became an Administration Manager, and shortly after, as the organisation expanded further, he became Head of Administration. As well as his administration work, he also takes responsibility for staff welfare and pastoral support.

"I have always wanted to be part of the solution to the many challenges that young people in Africa are facing, and I feel passionate about the work we are doing at C4C."