Governance & Transparency

St. Theresa Magazine Initiative operates under a governance structure designed to ensure accountability, ethical leadership, and responsible program management.

Governance Structure

The organisation’s leadership includes:

  • Founder and Executive Leadership
  • Program and Operations Management
  • Strategic Partnerships and Advisory Support

Accountability

STAM maintains responsible stewardship of its resources through:

  • Transparent reporting of programs
  • Clear documentation of partnerships
  • Compliance with regulatory requirements for registered non-profit organisations

Ethical Principles

Our work is guided by:

  • Integrity and accountability
  • Respect for human dignity
  • Inclusion and non-discrimination
  • Responsible program delivery
  • Community-centered engagement

Executive Details

NAME: Theresa Ebi Tobuyei

DESIGNATION: Founder, STAM Initiative

EMAIL: Tessablankson@yahoo.com, 
sainttheresamagazine@gmail.com

BIO: Theresa Ebi Tobuyei is a lawyer, humanitarian novelist, and literacy advocate committed to advancing justice, peacebuilding, and creative empowerment. Her work bridges law, storytelling, and humanitarian engagement, with a particular focus on the role of literacy in strengthening resilience within conflict-affected and socially fragmented communities.
She is the Founder of St. Theresa Magazine Initiative (STAM), a literacy-centered humanitarian organisation dedicated to expanding access to reading materials, promoting trauma-informed awareness, and building creative capacity among young people. Through structured literacy programmes, youth creative training, and dialogue-driven community engagement, she leads initiatives that position education and storytelling as tools for social cohesion and long-term development.
Theresa is the author of GASP and The Man Called Elizabeth Martins, literary works that examine justice, identity, and the psychological impact of violence. Her writing and institutional leadership reflect a sustained commitment to using words both legal and literary as instruments of restoration, dignity, and transformative impact.

NAME: Etekpe KemelayifaAmbily

DESIGNATION: Chief Operations Officer, STAM Initiative

EMAIL: Kemeslim@gmail.com
Bayelsa State, Nigeria

BIO: Etekpe Kemelayifa Ambily is an engineer, writer, musician, and humanitarian committed to community transformation. A member of the Prisons Ministry in Bayelsa State, he actively supports outreach and restoration initiatives. He is the author of Black Dust (2021), a poem highlighting the environmental challenges of soot pollution in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, and has contributed to several other literary works. His mission is to combine skill, creativity, and compassion to impact lives meaningfully.

NAME: Grace Unekwu-Ojo

DESIGNATION: Executive Assistant & Programs Lead

BIO: Grace Unekwu-Ojo Michael is a development and humanitarian professional with over seven years of experience implementing programmes across health, gender equality, youth development, education, and community empowerment in Nigeria. She currently supports multi-state health programmes with ACOMIN, focusing on programme monitoring, stakeholder engagement, and data-driven reporting. Previously, she led community initiatives addressing gender-based violence, women’s economic empowerment, and youth civic engagement. Grace brings strong expertise in programme implementation, community mobilisation, capacity building, and monitoring and evaluation, and is currently pursuing an MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

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