About Us

The Here and Home logo.

Here and Home, Inc. was founded in May 2005 by African college and university faculty members in the United States of America. It is a non-profit organization in the state of Massachusetts focusing on supporting higher education in Africa by encouraging African Diaspora and friends of Africa to donate their time to teach a summer course in Africa and/or participate in professional development workshops.

The Board of Directors are:

Issumael Nzamutuma, Ph.D. President
Retired Academic Administrator, Leominster, Massachusetts, USA.

Elisoa Andrian, Ph.D
STEM director/Science teacher-Vice Principal for Academics (2018-2019), Union Springs Academy, New York, USA.

Braam Oberholster, DBA
Professor, Southern Adventist University, Tennessee, USA.

Kofi Appiah Okyere, PhD.
Professor, Syracuse University, New York, USA.

Obed Rutebuka, Ph.D. Treasurer
Assistant Professor, Loma Linda University, California, USA.

Grace Tayo, Ph.D
Acting Dean, Babcock University, Ogun State, Nigeria.