Board Members
Souleymane Mori
President
Souleymane was born and raised in Niger Republic. He had polio at age two and lost the use of his right leg. Lost his mother at age ten and his father was not always around. The odds for a boy with all these challenges at such a young age were for him to be a panhandler in the street of Niger. Souleymane knew and come to realize very early in his life that education was his only way out. He walked on crutches four miles daily to get the education he needed in the hope of surviving poverty and children’s disease. He made it to high school where he met his current fellow board members who were classmates back in 1996. Later, Souleymane miraculously made it to the United States of America where he studied Economics at the University of New Hampshire as his undergraduate and later earned an MBA at Rutgers University in New Jersey. He has several years of experience in managing profits and nonprofit organizations. His life experience makes him a devoted believer in helping children, especially young girls, and children with special needs to be supported to go to school and most importantly to stay in school. This is what drove him together with all his classmates from his high school senior year of the College Mariama they attended in Niger, to create Zaouren Zumuntchi ( family hood room ) to primarily help and support children education in Niger.
Adamou Mahamadou Sani
Vice President
A passionate of education who works tirelessly to advocate and promote education in West Africa and in the United States. He currently resides in the Washington, DC area where he works as a researcher in Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation.
Aminatou Diop
Secretary Général
I am of Nigerian nationality, holder of a master’s degree in Business Administration “Business Management” at UNIBEN University of Benin City Edo State Nigeria. Eighteen years of relevant experience in Administrative and Human Resources management; good knowledge of Nigerien labor law and collective agreements; listening skills and teamwork. Rigorous, autonomous, patient, and organized with a keen sense of professional secrecy. Good knowledge of the social environment, and government administration in charge of NGO issues.
Oumarou Mounkaila
Advisor
je suis titulaire d’un diplôme de Conseiller Pédagogique de l’Enseignement Secondaire (CPES) et d’une maîtrise en géographie physique de l’UAD de Niamey, 25 ans de carrière d’enseignement dont 8 ans dans l’encadrement pédagogique des enseignants. Bonne maîtrise de l’administration scolaire nigérienne et des collectivités territoriales en occupant actuellement le le poste d’assistant technique en éducation dans une collectivité territoriale du Niger. Grande expérience de la vie associative à travers les ONG et associations.
Sido Moctar
Coordinator : ( Executive Director)
Resides in Niamey, Niger. He holds a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Marketing. He was Executive Distributor at British American Tobacco from 1999 to 2008, Trade Marketing Manager, and Sales Manager at Moov Niger from 2009 to 2020, Commercial Director at Sunu Assurance Vie Niger in 2021. Currently, he is the coordinator of the NGO ZAOUREN ZUMUNTCHI and Business Consultant in Marketing at Cabinet Leader d’Afrique.
Aïchatou M. ABDOULAYE BARKIRE
Treasurer
A Software Process Analyst and an
Accountant who works since 2012 at the Department for the Economic
Empowerment of Women at the Ministry of Promotion of Women and Child
Protection (MPF/PE).
She holds a Master in Business Administration as well as other degrees in
Computer Science.
A mother of five, Aïchatou is also very implicated in work related to
empowering rural women projects in Niger.