Joseph Katsala Email & Phone Number

Lilongwe Malawi

I work to raise awareness among the youth about the structures and attitudes that sustain Positive Peace as well as the insightful research being done by IEP on Terrorism, Ecology, and the cost of Violence.

Malawi

• Facilitating Volunteer and Staff M&E trainings
• Reviewing Volunteer proposals
• Developing and Reviewing M&E frameworks for Volunteer projects and CorpsAfrica
• Conducting field visits to supervise Volunteer projects
• Conduct Data quality assessments for CorpsAfrica data
• Track and develop reports on Volunteer wellbeing, community activities, Volunteer projects and impact to be shared with stakeholders including Staff, Volunteers Development Partners and Funders

Washington, United States

• Managing Volunteer survey data
• Analysing Volunteer and project data
• Assisting in the coordination of M&E Activities across Malawi, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, Morocco and Ghana

Lilongwe, Central Region, Malawi

• Facilitating Volunteer trainings.
• Developing project proposals and evaluation reports.
• Coordinating activities for the implementation of the Junior CorpsAfrica Programme.

Karonga, Northern Region, Malawi

• I worked with rural communities to initiate high-impact, community-led development projects.Responsibilities:Community engagement activities, community needs assessment, project design and funds management, project.
• Performed 16 community engagement activities to build project awareness, leading to a 70% increase in project activity turnout.
• Implemented projects that improved health and education infrastructure for 3,000 people in Karonga district.
• Coordinated project activities with the Karonga District Council and the Village Development Committees, settling long-standing disputes.
• Partnered with World Connect inc., VillageX and local development groups to give 400 families access to clean water.
• Raised $3,000 for the construction of a Community Based Childcare Center in Karonga district.

Responsibilities:Writing articles for the magazine, Coordinating poetry submissions, Managing company social media pages, editing and reviewing, coordinating company strategy formulation

Karonga, Northern Region, Malawi

• Responsibilities:Community engagement, performing needs assessments, establishing working relationships with project stakeholders, developing proposals and implementation plans, managing grant funds, developing.
• Engaged rural communities and performed needs assessments prior to project implementation.
• Secured funding for projects: access to clean water and bee-keeping initiatives impacting about 1,000 people.
• Designed Monitoring and Evaluation frameworks for World Connect projects in Karonga district. Responsible for designing M and E frameworks and Sustainability plans.

Lilongwe, Central Region, Malawi

• Responsibilities:Performing business analyses, forecasts accounting, leading product branding and deliveries.Activities:
• Organized and conducted business evaluations and market strategy analyses which led to a 40% growth in sales!
• Supervised product distribution lines across Lilongwe and performed accounting and economic projections for the company.
• Supervised the branding design process of the new company products like Spotless Dishwashing liquid

Lilongwe, Central Region, Malawi

• Activities:
• Performed daily country-wide economic reviews
• Assisted in the Business Perception and Inflation Expectation Survey design and planning for the Ministry.
• Coordinated inter-department and inter-ministry meetings and activities.

Lilongwe, Central Region, Malawi

Master Of Arts - Ma, International Relations

Bachelor'S Degree, Agricultural And Applied Economics

Activities and Societies: Debate Team, Music instructor, Bunda Economics Association