▪ Acting as the sub-regional CCCM Cluster focal point for Mekelle (the capital of Tigray Region) after receiving CCCM ToT by the cluster.▪ Led the Relocation Task Force in Mekelle to support IDPs to relocate to other collective sites and camps. ▪ Implemented UNHCR-led voluntary return exercise to support IDPs to return to their places of origin, including distribution of cash for transportation, funded by UNHCR. ▪ Team leader of a 25-person team for implementing activities for the Protection and Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) project, funded by UNHCR, and CCCM through area-based approach project in Mekelle, funded by IOM, including site profiling and service monitoring, facilitating bi-weekly meeting between IDP leaders and humanitarian partners in Mekelle as part of the AAP/CwC efforts, and compiling weekly 5W and other periodical reports. ▪ Successfully secured more than 3,000,000 USD of funding for 2023 onwards, including leading the proposal development of a 2,000,000 USD USAID-funded project implementing community-based integrated HIV/AIDS services for vulnerable children in Tigray. The project’s financial scale combined with its multi-sector/location/year design was the first of its kind for OSSHD. ▪ Team leader for the project entitled “Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) in IDP sites of Tigray Region” implemented by OSSHD under the fund from International Council of Voluntarily Agencies (ICVA). ▪ Coordinating protection activities implemented by OSSHD by enhancing the set-up of the protection response team. ▪ Improving the organization’s information management to support better response and advocacy.▪ Liaising with the Protection Cluster in Tigray, local government authorities and donors to support advocacy on various protection issues, including access to basic services. ▪ Authorize payments relating to durable solutions for IDPs in Tigray region.

* Principal Investigator for the project entitled “psychosocial challenges of internally displaced persons during COVID-19”, funded by Mekelle University. *Co-Investigator for the project entitled “knowledge, attitude, and practices of COVID-19 among the highly affected population groups in Tigrai”, funded by Mekelle University. *Lectured social protection, migration and population studies, and social policy courses for undergraduate students and co-lecturing research courses for postgraduate students. *Led research projects on internal displacement, social problems, mental health and psychosocial support, community development, and social change. *Developed and conducted various scale research projects funded by the university and external funds. *Contributed to community service activities including working on the community radio to conduct awareness raising on early marriage, domestic violence, youth and drug abuse.

▪ Worked as research team expert for the Ethiopia Rapid Research Facility. ▪ Provided weekly report reflecting local expert knowledge on the rapidly changing situation in Ethiopia for an international research consortium. ▪ Provided protection analyses on the humanitarian crisis of the Northern Ethiopia conflict.▪ Team leader of the qualitative research experts

worked as a protection specialist with internally displaced persons following the humanitarian crisis in Northern Ethiopia

▪ Provided child protection services in the women development centre run by Daughters of Charity with support from the Social and Development Commission of Ethiopian Catholic Church. ▪ Took on active role as social worker in supporting IDP and refugee returnees.▪ Participated in project beneficiaries’ identification and selection processes including conducting needs assessment of refugee returnees from Middle East.▪ Collected, updated, organized, stored, and retrieved data of all project beneficiaries.▪ Documented best practices of the women empowerment intervention, provided recommendation for work plans, and annual reviews.▪ Team leader for the housing program to build houses in a community style environment for people who are either homeless or destitute women.▪ Registration of women for Income Generating Program including training programs for hotel management, cookery, sewing and embroidery.

*Provided continuous support on Gender-based Violence and Child Protection activities, including regular monitoring visits to project sites.*Monitored beneficiary data collection, compilation and periodic (monthly) reporting to regional program area manager. *Organized basic Case management, GBV, child protection and psychosocial support skills training for social service workers, case management officers, and community volunteers.*Contributed to the development, testing and dissemination of IEC materials and intake forms related to child protection, gender, GBV, psychosocial support and services for effective protection of IDP returnees.*Developed detailed work plan and implement the project activities as specified in the work plan.*Worked on collecting, verifying, and analysing protection information in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the project activities and process of the services provisions.

▪ Lectured social work courses mainly migration and refugee studies, social and public policy, research methods, social welfare, contemporary social problems to undergraduate students. ▪ Led community service activities for asset-based community development.