Brighton Gwezera
Co-Investigator, ParentApp for the Early Years in Tanzania
Brighton Gwezera is a Co-Investigator at GPI for the ParentApp for the Early Years in Tanzania. She has over 18 years of experience in the field of Mental Health & Psychosocial Support and Orphans and Vulnerable Children & Youth (OVC&Y) sector. Since 2018, Brighton Gwezera has sat on the MHPSS Collaborative Steering Committee and is the REPSSI representative to the Inter Agency Standing Committee on MHPSS in emergency setting. Brighton Gwezera has provided technical support to SADC and EAC.
In this role, he has co-led the development of the SADC Guidelines for operationalisation of the Minimum Package of Services for Orphans and other Vulnerable Children & Youth. He has further provided technical input to EAC: Minimum Standards on Comprehensive Services for Children and Young People in the East African Community. In his current capacity as Head of Programmes, Brighton Gwezera manages a regional MHPSS programme in 13 countries.
