• Managed 15 relief and development projects in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania including projects with funding from Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB)• Reviewed and approved proposals, narrative and financial reports submitted by partners• Conducted monitoring visits to partner countries to evaluate program implementation, progress, challenges and opportunities• Built and maintained relationships with partners, donors and member organizations• Carried out speaking engagements to increase constituent awareness about PWS&D’s international relief and development work

• Maintained positive and productive relationships with donors and senior volunteers • Supported activities to coordinate, plan and organize the Annual General Meeting• Prepared resource material packages for committee meetings and wrote summary committee reports

• Successfully coordinated the delivery of a Human Trafficking workshop attended by 100 participants to enhance their awareness about trafficked and vulnerable persons• Active steering committee member, recommended strategies to effectively implement the workshop, researched workshop materials and developed participant resources• Wrote successful funding proposals to enhance services provided to clients

Responsible for managing human resource and institutional capacity building projects with academic institutions in Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania and North America, including financial management, writing project reports, project coordination liaison and facilitating training sessions• Obtained three new projects in Tanzania through the GAC/DFATD/CIDA funded Education for Employment program by actively seeking new opportunities and developing compelling expressions of interest and proposals• Enhanced partner relationships and created networking opportunities by facilitating effective and frequent communications• Active member of project management teams, provided guidance and direction to ensure project objectives were achieved in accordance with workplans and budgets• Increased public awareness and engagement by developing effective communication materials for use at campus outreach events and interacting with people interested in program activities• Successfully facilitated short-term training programs with international partner faculty and staff on topics including project management, the environment and gender analysis

Responsible for undertaking a stakeholder feasibility study in five chiefdom headquarter towns to assess opportunities to enhance the livelihoods of residents in a country where civil war had recently ceased• Coordinated, supervised and participated in community consultation activities which involved developing and administering surveys to heads of households• Validated survey and feasibility study findings and wrote a baseline report with community stakeholders• Developed a comprehensive program proposal with the following components: logical framework, benchmark indicators, first phase activity matrix and budget which ultimately obtained donor funding to enhance community livelihoods

Responsible for coordinating and supervising the administration of a nutrition and household income survey in project communities and training field assistants who administered surveys• Validated nutrition and household income survey findings with participating communities, documented the data using survey data systems and derived information by conducting statistical analyses of the data• Wrote a nutrition booklet entitled “SEND’s Approach to Improving Nutrition Security in the Eastern Corridor of Northern Ghana”• Facilitated stakeholder consultations addressing environmental and agricultural issues in communities using participatory rural appraisal (PRA) methods and incorporated the information in a report with recommendations to improve natural resource management practices• Achieved cross-cultural learning and sharing by integrating with colleagues and community members

August 2004 to February 2005: M.Sc. Thesis Fieldwork: Potentials and Constraints of Agricultural Production for Small-Scale Farmers in KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaUmbumbulu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa• Conducted interviews with small-scale farmers regarding their agricultural production practices and facilitated PRA sessions to assess farmers’ crop production practices and labour calendars• Evaluated field level nutrient balance by collecting and analyzing numerous biomass samples• Developed a legume experiment to evaluate potential contribution to soil fertility• Mapped farmers’ fields’ using GPS and GIS to track soil fertility• Wrote thesis detailing research findings and compared results with similar studiesJanuary 2005 to February 2005: M.Sc. Interdisciplinary Field Course in Ban Mai Nai Fan, Nan Province, Thailand• Participated in an interdisciplinary field course with Thai and Danish students to evaluate the potential impacts of a proposed national park for the livelihood security of Ban Mai Nai Fan community members• Utilized PRA methodologies to gather information about villagers’ livelihood strategies• Audited community forest reserve and collected water and soil samples to evaluate qualitative metrics• Participated in interviews with government officials to learn about national park and community forest laws• Compiled a detailed interdisciplinary report evaluating the potential impact of the national park