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Graduated in June 2014 with a Masters in Disaster Management from the University of Copenhagen. My thesis explored how the emerging national climate change landscape in Kenya is facilitating the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation at the newly devolved County level with the ultimate goal to help achieve better overall adaptive capacity and sustainable socio-economic development in Kenya. My thesis primarily assessed national level capacity to mainstream climate change adaptation into the county level planning processes; evaluated initial capacity of county-level adaptation mainstreaming following the formation of the devolved counties; and explored how the county level can inform national measures for successful long-term integration of adaptation measures into planning. Interested in how local communities and civil society organisations have a wealth of knowledge to help build awareness and inform the county and national level governments on how to reduce vulnerability of the country and whether devolution will allow for this.Currently working as a Programme Officer for Mary's Meals in Glasgow head office since August 2014 providing support to our country programmes and implementing partners in sub-Saharan Africa. This was preceded by a six month placement in capacity building and programme support at Mary's Meals' Liberia head office in Tubmanburg, Liberia. Mary's Meaels school feeding programme encourages children and young adults to attend school by providing a daily nutritious and hygienically prepared meal in target schools in close collaboration with school authorities and local communities and successfully progress through each grade to complete their primary and secondary education.

Listed skills include Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation, Local Government, Climate Change Policy, and 23 others.