Miriam Loivotoki-Elisha
2024-2025 Obama Foundation Africa Leader
Founder and Executive Director, Buyegi Trust Fund and Unique Child Academy
Tanzania
Miriam Loivotoki-Elisha is the co-founder and managing director of Buyegi Trust Fund, an organization that empowers children and youth to unleash their full potential through inclusive and innovative learning techniques and methods. Miriam has built a world-class education academy in Tanzania, training teachers in neurodivergent approaches to learning. Through the Unique Child Academy, children are granted access to relevant extracurricular activities and a safe environment to learn and flourish through neurodevelopmentally diverse teaching methods and implementation. Miriam has dedicated her life to advocating for social justice and quality education for girls and individuals with neurodevelopmental diversity such as autism.
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