Myson Jambo

Myson leads the Community Independence Initiative (CII) in Malawi, a Peer Driven Change model that invests in the talents and ingenuity of people living in low-income communities. He facilitates families’ self-selected peer groups, plans and launches CII events, analyzes CII data into reports, and regularly engages local/district council stakeholders and NGO actors. Myson got his start at Root Change in 2017, working with Malawian organizations and communities to launch Social Labs as part of a USAID Local Works initiative to test alternative approaches to supporting, sustaining and measuring locally-owned and led development. Before joining Root Change, Myson worked as Malawi Co Founder and Country Director at VillageX, a community-led organization, which has funded development programs in over forty rural communities in Malawi. Myson has ten years of experience working with NGOs in programming at the community level, including vetting and facilitating projects, including youth engagement programming, peer mentoring, monitoring and evaluation, managing and administering finances, and responding to community concerns. He believes the key to success in development is giving people the power to decide their own future. Myson holds an advanced degree in public health. When he is not working, Myson enjoys traveling with his family.