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Manchester

I manage all protracted ShelterBox programmes in Ethiopia, including creating a longer-term strategic vision and direction for continuing support within the programme, leading on strategic humanitarian relationships within this area, ensuring quality measure and impact of our work and supporting the programme funding strategy.

England, United Kingdom

Provided comprehensive programme and admin support to ensure successful delivery of programmes while working closely with our regional partners and other members of theteam. Specific roles included supporting project and partnership management, research & advocacy, training & capacity building, network development, finance management, programme communications and programme fundraising. I was also responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the Monitoring and Evaluation framework and maintaining accurate, well-organised records relating to programmes to measure the impact.

England, United Kingdom

Was part of Viva’s Network Development Team, supporting international partner networks to run effective programmes that impact children. Developed, monitored and evaluated programmes. Researched and compiled reports and resources. Wrote blogs and assisted with communications. Key Accomplishments:-Designed and developed a toolkit to support 28 international partner networks to enhance city-wide influence for issues affecting children in their communities.-Analysed large data sets and produced monthly reports for an emergency phone mentoring programme within 24 countries.

Nairobi, Kenya

The Youth Think Tank is an initiative of the MasterCard Foundation implemented in partnership with Restless Development Uganda in seven African countries, including Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, Zambia, and Malawi. Worked with a team of young people from the seven African countries to research and generate high-quality evidence on youth living, leading every step of the research process from designing the questions to data collection and analysis. Finally, the research findings were shared with partner organisations to promote the development of effective livelihood projects for Africa's largest population-youths.

Nairobi, Kenya

Supported UNICEF to expand its mapping of research entities In the East and Southern Africa Region. Main roles included searching and identifying 250 evidence organisations in East and Southern Africa through existing databases and publications, gathering publicly available information from the Think Tank organisations in the region and inputting them into the database.

Nairobi, Kenya

Supported UNOCHA in fulfilling its mission to coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action by providing key data on food insecurity, diseases, refugees and disasters in the Southern and Eastern African Region. Migrated existing data sets into new database templates and organised files to maintain accuracy. Supported in producing thematic maps and conducting spatial analysis tasks for UNOCHA’s daily projectsKey Accomplishments:-Provided data to support the 2019 cyclone Idai's response in Zimbabwe -Successfully developed a 100 questions survey to help humanitarian partners from 25 African countries to review a flood response in Malawi.-Consistently updated the humanitarian contacts dashboard to ease information sharing and planning among humanitarian partners during the cyclone Idai and cyclone Kenneth responses in Zimbabwe.-Developed a drought database to monitor drought effects in 4 ASAL counties in Kenya.

Kenya

Worked with a team of youths to conduct a survey on child and maternal health within rural communities in Kenya. Collaborated with the leadership team to identify relevant questions and determine the best data collection methods. Planned, modified and executed research techniques and procedures. Organised important paperwork, including participant informed consent waivers and research scope documentation. Evaluated potential subject participants to assess suitability for planned studies. Conducted household interviews within the established time frame (including daily targets).

Kenya

I spent 3 months with a group of youth from the UK and Kenya to train small-scale young entrepreneurs on various business skills, e.g. Idea generation, business planning, financial management, and time management. Developed team communications and information for training meetings. Supported the entrepreneurs to resolve customer problems, improve operations and provide exceptional service. Promoted engagements and partnerships between business owners and county government for funding opportunities. Wrote grant proposals with entrepreneurs to apply for loans to grow their businesses. Mobilised the community on global issues such as environmental conservation through campaigns and town cleaning.Key Accomplishments:I once organised a successful business marketing event for one of the entrepreneurs and managed to sell her 8 phones within 2 hours, increasing her average weekly sales by 80%.-As a personal Initiative, I coached one of the entrepreneurs to build her self-confidence, empowering her to comfortably interact with customers and increase her sales.

Nairobi

Participated in routine activities at NDOC, including monitoring and information gathering, report writing, data recording, processing, and information gathering. Collected and analysed the best practices in policy, legislation and institutional arrangements in disaster risk reduction. Actively participated in disaster preparedness and mitigation training.Key Accomplishments:-Actively contributed to the preparation of the Kenya National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework 2017.-Campaigned for and gathered 1500 signatures for the national Disaster management Bill.-Created a digital filing system for NDOC to enhance effective disaster information gathering and monitoring.

Kenya

Monitored political parties' compliance with the constitution, code of conduct and the political parties act, 2011. Monitored parties' engagement in illegal activities, including violence during campaigns within the constituency. Monitored non-compliance of political parties within the prescribed constituencies. Organised and participated in ORPP meetings within the constituency. Reported findings during campaigns and elections, including elections outcome/petitions, to the County Monitors.Key Accomplishments:-Trained 25 chiefs and village elders from all the wards in the constituency on peacekeepingduring elections, promoting peace campaigns up to the village level.-Closely worked with 2 key election stakeholders at the constituency level, including the national electoral body (IEBC) and the national security, to promote their partnership with ORPP.

Kenya

I spent 3 months volunteering alongside other young people in Northern Kenya to support women and youth run livelihood improvement projects. As the team leader in my group, I identified service gaps and located needed resources for groups, including funding and other support. Trained women and self-help groups on business and marketing, record keeping, table banking, and hygiene. Did peer education in schools on relevant topics such as hygiene and health, study habits, and career development. Collaborated on program operations with work counterparts, including offering feedback from participants and improvement recommendations. Detailed program operations and participant activities with comprehensive record keeping. Mobilised the community and created awareness on environmental conservation, maternal health through walks and campaigns and tree planting.Key Accomplishments:-I successfully organised financial training with Equity bank for women groups training, with over 100 women trained and supported to open bank accounts for their savings.-I initiated a poultry farming project for a support group, enabling them to sustain their daily livelihoods. I am told the project is still running up to today.

Ma International Development, Distinction

Ba Disaster Management With It, 1St

Activities and Societies: Class Representative