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CURE Malawi provides comprehensive care so patients can focus on healing.

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CURE Malawi provides comprehensive care so patients can focus on healing.

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CURE Malawi provides comprehensive care so patients can focus on healing.

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Community Engagement
Patient Ministry

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CURE Malawi provides comprehensive care so patients can focus on healing.

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Pre-Surgery Services
Surgeries
Post-Surgery Services

CURE Leadership Team

Helping kids heal takes a dedicated and compassionate team. Meet the talented doctors, nurses, and administrators committed to caring for the children that CURE Malawi serves.

 

Tileke Banda
Quality and Patient Safety Director
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Dr. Dorothy Bbaale
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon
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Chimwemwe Chimbatata
Spiritual Director
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Susan Kampeni
Director, Nursing Services
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Dr. Rhoda Kriek
Executive Director
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Dr. Nicholas Lubega
Orthopedic Surgeon
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Dr. Samuel Maina
Medical Director
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Ezekiel Milelu
Director of Finance and Administration
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Dr. Diane Nahimana
Anesthesiologist
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Dr. Kaiser Raphael
Anesthesiologist
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Davie Simengwa
Director of Programs and Development
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Tandulenji Zimba
Director, People and Culture
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CURE Malawi’s mission is to provide every child living with a treatable disability the physical, emotional, and spiritual care they need to heal. If you have questions about becoming a patient or a partner with CURE, please contact us.

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Tileke Banda
Quality and Patient Safety Director

Tileke serves as the Quality and Patient Safety Director at CURE Malawi. She ensures the provision of efficient and effective leadership in quality improvement and patient safety.

She has a bachelor’s degree in nursing and midwifery from the University of Malawi – Kamuzu College of Nursing and is currently studying for a master of science in management studies.

CURE’s comprehensive approach to prioritizing the physical and spiritual needs of our patients and caregivers is deeply rewarding for Tileke as she serves in her role.

When she’s not helping kids heal, Tileke enjoys singing and spending time with family. She is married to Francis.

Dr. Dorothy Bbaale
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon

Dr. Dorothy Bbaale serves as a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at CURE Malawi where she helps surgically treat conditions like burn contractures and cleft lip and palate. Dr. Dorothy loves the opportunity to treat some of the most vulnerable children, who typically lack access to quality, safe surgical services.

Before coming to CURE, Dr. Dorothy underwent post-graduate training at the CoRSU Rehabilitation Hospital in Uganda that focuses on surgically correcting and treating pediatric orthopedic conditions. She then went on to work there for a couple of years and her interest in plastic surgery grew. Dr. Dorothy also completed a burn-focused fellowship through Inter Burns at the Choithram Research Centre and a microsurgery course in Ganga Hospital in India.

Outside of work, Dr. Dorothy loves to stay active by jogging and playing tennis.

Chimwemwe Chimbatata
Spiritual Director

Chimwemwe serves as the spiritual director of CURE Children’s Hospital of Malawi. In this role, he leads the hospital’s ministry activities and outreach for patients, families, staff, and the wider community.  

Chimwemwe holds a bachelor’s degree in biblical studies and a minor in Christian education from the African Bible College. Prior to joining CURE, he was the hospital and university chaplain at Daeyang Luke Mission Hospital and Daeyang University, respectively. He was also an assistant pastor at Daeyang Presbyterian Church.

Chimwemwe is married to Deliwe Lungu. He is currently pursuing his master’s degree in Christian Leadership with Malawi Assemblies of God, enhancing his knowledge and skills in spiritual leadership and ministry.



Susan Kampeni
Director, Nursing Services

Susan serves as the Director of Nursing Services at the CURE Children’s Hospital of Malawi. Susan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and Midwifery from the University of Malawi-Kamuzu College of Nursing and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Malawi Institute of Management.

Susan is passionate about assisting children and strongly believes “we can make a difference in their lives with God’s guidance.”

Dr. Rhoda Kriek
Executive Director

Dr. Rhoda has served as the Executive Director of CURE Malawi since January 2025. In this role, she maintains overall accountability for the hospital’s operational, financial, spiritual, and clinical well-being.

Dr. Rhoda founded and served as CEO of Amber Medical Clinics, a private healthcare company. She also founded the Amber Care Foundation, a nonprofit organization supporting quality healthcare across rural areas of East Africa.

Originally from Kenya, she received her medical degree from the University of Nairobi and is pursuing a master’s in global health policy from the University of London.

Dr. Nicholas Lubega
Orthopedic Surgeon

Dr. Nicholas Lubega is a Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon at the CURE Children’s Hospital of Malawi. He loves pediatric orthopedic reconstructive surgery and adult arthroplasty. Nicholas received his Bachelors in Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) and Masters in Orthopedics (M.Med) degrees from Makerere University in Uganda. After joining CURE, he completed a Trauma Fellowship at Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria in South Africa, and also excelled in the Orthopedic Fellowship exams with the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA), thereby becoming a Fellow of the College (FCS). He also completed an MBA with East & Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI).

Nicholas is married to Susan, and they have three teenage children. He loves teaching and is an honorary lecturer at the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Department of Surgery. He also serves on the English Speaking Africa, AO Alliance Foundation (AOAF) Steering Committee in charge of Education and Fellowships. AOAF is a nonprofit international surgeons’ organization dedicated to improving the care of the injured and orthopedic surgical education in low-and middle-income countries in Asia and Africa.

Besides medicine and surgery, Nicholas loves reading widely to broaden his mind in other fields. He loves jogging and actively participating in many ministries at his local church.

Dr. Samuel Maina
Medical Director

Dr. Samuel Maina serves as the Medical Director at CURE Malawi. He completed his medical training at the University of Nairobi before proceeding to Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, for his residential training in orthopedics and trauma. He capped it off with a fellowship in orthopedics and trauma from the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa. Prior to his residency training in orthopedics, he worked as a medical officer in orthopedics at CURE Kenya. 

Dr. Maina lives in Blantyre, Malawi, with his wife, Tabitha, and their three children. His passion is serving the less privileged that are often ignored by society.

Ezekiel Milelu
Director of Finance and Administration

Ezekiel serves as Director of Finance and Administration for CURE Malawi. He joined CURE in June 2018. A Kenyan national, Ezekiel previously served as the head of finance for the Kenya Diabetes Management & Information Centre and worked at the African Medical Research Foundation headquarters in Kenya. Ezekiel holds a Master of Business Administration from the United States International University in Nairobi and is a certified public accountant in Kenya.

Ezekiel is married to Mariam, and they are blessed with two daughters.

Dr. Diane Nahimana
Anesthesiologist

Dr. Diane Nahimana serves as an Anesthesiologist at CURE Malawi. She graduated from the University of Burundi in 2007 and completed her post-graduate in anesthesiology-resuscitation at University Hospital Center in Burundi and at Cliniques Saint Luc in Brussels, Belgium. She joined the CURE team in August 2015, serving in Niger until July 2023 before moving to Malawi to serve at the CURE hospital in Blantyre.

Dr. Nahimana and her husband, Thierry, have four children.

Dr. Kaiser Raphael
Anesthesiologist

Dr. Kaiser Raphael serves as an Anesthesiologist for CURE Malawi. He has served at various CURE hospitals over the years, including as the anesthesiologist at CURE Ethiopia. Originally from Pakistan, Dr. Raphael and his wife, Wajahat, and their two children now live and serve in Malawi.

Davie Simengwa
Director of Programs and Development

Davie oversees all the business development projects crucial to the revenue growth at Beit-CURE Children’s Hospital of Malawi. He manages data, patient recruitment and tracking, and donor-related functions. In addition, he’s responsible for administration and coordination of fundraising activities at the hospital, which includes managing existing donors, strategizing new donor engagement, implementing donor-funded programs, and marketing activities.

At CURE, Davie loves serving God and appreciates working in an environment that promotes spiritual growth.

Davie has worked with various local and international organizations in developing, fundraising, and project implementation. He holds a master’s degree in urban sociology from Central Christian University and Rashtriya Vishwa Vidyapeeth (RVV0) Institute, Mumbai, India. His bachelor in social science anthropology is from the Catholic University of Malawi. He’s currently a Ph.D. candidate in anthropology at Rhodes University in South Africa, with a focus on diversity of ethnics and development.

In his spare time, he enjoys writing, reading, and traveling.

Tandulenji Zimba
Director, People and Culture

Tandulenji serves as the Director of People and Culture for CURE Malawi. She has over 13 years of experience in administration and human resource management and holds a bachelor of arts degree in the humanities from the University of Malawi-Chancellor College and post-graduate training in psycho-social support and trauma counseling.

Her passion is to bring hope and healing to the vulnerable, and she believes in giving back. She worked to support street children through her church from her late teen years, and she currently leads a volunteer group that serves to provide psychological and emotional support to survivors of sexual abuse and domestic violence.

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