PhD Student
Dept. of Global Health, Columbia University
from Zimbabwe
Tendai Mvuvu is a Zimbabwean international pursuing a doctorate in Global Health at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY in the City of New York, USA.
Her commitment to women is recognized in her current work, in her home country of Zimbabwe. She is Co-Founder of IMPAKT Trust Zimbabwe (https://www.facebook.com/impakttrust/) founded in 2017 to help young girls from low resources families have access to menstrual hygiene products. She is also a trustee to Environmental Buddies Zimbabwe, a nonprofit that aims to promote sustainable forests resources management and waste management in Zimbabwe.
Tendai plans to pursue a career in program planning and implementation of maternal and child health interventions that meet the needs, desires and requirements of women and children. She is a firm believer that women have the capacity to shape and determine their own health. She hopes to launch programs that are steered and shaped by women—who for a long time have been marginalized as passive recipients of health care.
