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Wageningen, Ge, Nl

The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

Stichting Vluchteling (The Netherlands Refugee Foundation) provides emergency aid to refugees and displaced people in the world’s most critical humanitarian crises. In times of crises, the organization provides medical care, shelter, food and drinking water. People in need can also count on The Netherlands Refugee Foundation in protracted crises, with education, psychosocial support and de-mining of residential areas.The Project Assistant role includes providing support to the Project Team where-ever possible, This includes contributing to and supporting longer-term organizational processes and ambitions including the country allocation list, policies around PSEA, year planning and multi-year plan as well as integration of CHS improvement points and contributing to the learning agenda. Furthermore, the role includes agenda setting, drafting monthly reports and ensuring strategic goals are followed-up on. Furthermore, it includes producing briefing and background documents. Moreover, it includes supporting the project team in achieving more effective collaboration.

Talking Hands is a foundation supporting deaf children and youth in Uganda. One of the core activities of the organization is supporting projects that enable deaf children and youth to access education. Talking Hands collaborates with Ugandan partner organization New Hope for the Deaf.My responsibilities in the Talking Hands board include: - Writing social media posts.- Updating and developing content for the Talking Hands website. - Writing the Talking Hands newsletter which is released 4 times a year.- Taking notes during monthly Talking Hands board meetings and meetings with partner organization New Hope for the Deaf.- Communicating with the school and project representatives in Uganda. - Contributing to yearly reports and plans for the future.

The Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA) is a coalition of 14 Dutch humanitarian organisations in partnership with the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The alliance's goal is to enhance the effectiveness, timeliness, reach and quality of the Dutch humanitarian aid efforts. The DRA responds to humanitarian crises by designing Joint Responses drawn up and implemented by the members best placed to respond to a crisis. The members are CARE Nederland, Cordaid, Dorcas, Oxfam Novib, Plan International Nederland, Red een Kind, SOS Kinderdorpen, Save the Children, Stichting Vluchteling, Terre des Hommes, Tearfund, Warchild, War Trauma Foundation, World Vision and ZOA. In 2022, Tearfund is the chair of Dutch Relief Alliance and my contract is with them. My responsibilities and tasks include: - Taking minutes during meetings with the Board of Supervisors, Board of Directors, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Partners and Working Groups. - Ensuring managerial, communicative and administrative order in the functioning of the Board of Directors.- Regulate information flows, and collate large quantities of information into cohesive reports.- Managing the agenda of the Board and create order in the decision-making.- Manage correspondence and various documents to internal and external relations in Dutch and English based on consultation with the persons responsible. Keeping correspondence and other information and records up-to-date, complete and accessible.- Organizing and planning for the main DRA meetings (face to face, via Skype or teleconference), workshops and working groups and keep deadlines in mind relating to these meetings.- Supporting any event that DRA is organizing.

Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands

As a member of the Awareness Committee my tasks include: organizing informative and interactive lectures, interviewing employees of UNICEF The Netherlands for a podcast, contributing ideas regarding raising awareness, writing informative texts for events and international days such as World Children’s day and making students in Wageningen aware about the activities of UNICEF.

As a Project Assistant and Team Coordinator at Shelter Centre I was engaged in various projects and activities in the humanitarian sector. One of the core projects I worked on was an innovative project entitled ‘Assessment of Shelter Arrangements in Out-of-camp situations in Borno State, Nigeria’ which was commissioned by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). During my time at Shelter Centre I engaged in the following activities;-Analysing quantitative and qualitative data gathered from household surveys and focus group discussions-Report writing-Reviewing documents and providing feedback-Coordinating a project including project activities and 10 team members across various timezones-Co-leading a human resources selection process of new project assistants-Co-coordinating internal professional development sessions -Participating in meetings with stakeholders (IOM, Better Shelter, Global Shelter cluster among others)-Participating in daily team meetings

Nabilatuk, Karamoja, Uganda

The thesis research is about adaptation strategies of households in Nabilatuk Sub-County and Nabilatuk Town Council to cope with drought impacts. Research activities include:• Extensive literature review, utilizing recent reports and articles of NGOs and experts in the field.• Conducting interviews with households.• Conducting focus group discussions with households.• Using models to analyse the collected data; Sustainable Livelihoods Framework, Food Consumption Score and the Livelihoods Vulnerability Index. • Data processing using SPSS Statistics.• Organizing and facilitating a consultation session to share preliminary research findings and receive feedback.• Writing a comprehensive research report discussing the results and recommendations of the research. • Writing an article in which the research is summarized for an in-expert audience.

Kampala, Uganda

The research is was about evaluating youth programmes of Café Africa and Kyagalanyi. The two organizations implemented trainings on coffee cultivation, good agronomic practices and entrepreneurship to youth (18 – 35 year olds). Research was conducted in a research team of four Ugandan students and two Dutch students. Research activities included: • Developing a questionnaire and research questions.• Conducting interviews with the program participants consisting of young farmers across different regions in Uganda.• Meetings and consultations with the research team. • Processing collected interview information.• Providing recommendations to the involved organizations based on the research findings.• Writing a comprehensive research report. • Presenting the research to the involved organisations, project stakeholders, Makerere and Bukalasa students and other interested parties.

Moshi, Tanzania

The focus of the internship was climate change, drought, water shortages and irrigation. Internship activities included:• Analysing challenges and current measures to manage (future) water shortage risks and providing recommendations regarding water conservation, water quality and environmental, social and economic sustainability.• Writing a plan to improve the water use practices of local communities living alongside the plantation. • Analysing the company and its organizational structure. • Supporting the daily activities of the irrigation department.

Master'S Degree, International Development Studies

Specialisation Sociology of Development. Sociology of Development and Change Group & Disaster Studies Group Courses that have been.

Bachelor'S Degree, International Development Management

The specialisation of my studies was Disaster Risk Management. During my studies I have worked on university projects concerning India.

Minor, International Land And Water Management

Completed the following courses: - Land Degradation and Remediation - Global Food Security - Food, Nutrition and Human Rights - Adaptation.