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Monrovia, Montserrado County, Liberia

I lead transformative efforts to integrate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) into health sector policies, plans, and strategies as part of our Country Programme Strategy. My work focuses on improving maternal and public health outcomes through:• Policy Advocacy & Influencing: Driving national health priorities, including Global Advocacy Priorities (GAPs) for maternal health, by shaping policies and frameworks that support sustainable WASH integration.• Programme Delivery & Capacity Building: Strengthening systems through partner capacity building and delivering impactful programmes aligned with our Country Programme national influencing plan.• Project Leadership: Managing the Strengthening Wholistic and Inclusive Systems for Health (SWISH) project and providing technical assistance to urban sanitation initiatives. These include advancing access through the 4P Approach, promoting WASH Governance, and driving behavior change for safe water use and payment.• Fundraising & Proposal Development: supporting proposal design and development, ensuring financial sustainability through budgets that prioritize cost recovery and co-financing opportunities

Monrovia, Montserrado County, Liberia

▪ Assist the project manager in project design and proposal development, including the development of project management documents such as project budgets, project schedules, scope of work and project plans.▪ Provide direct oversight over the recruitment of enumerators for the conduct of WASH assessments in schools, communities, health facilities and institutions in 6 UNICEF supported counties.▪ Provide input to the development of survey tools in as far as reviewing the tools to improve clarity and contextual appropriateness. ▪ Lead the coordination of logistical resources to organize, deploy, and supervise enumerators/facilitators in the field. ▪ Lead the development of costed WASH plans and budgets based on input from respective assessments and stakeholders’ engagement teams.

The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

510 is an initiave of the Dutch Red Cross (NLRC) aimed at shaping the future of humanitarian aid by converting data to understanding, put it in the hands of aid workers, decision-makers and people affected, so they can better prepare for and cope with disasters and crisis. As a member of the team, I provide Surge Information Management Support (SIMS) by making maps, dashboards, designing data collection tools while adhering to data and digital responsibility.

Monrovia, Montserrado County, Liberia

WASH Coordinator for Research and Logistics with USAID-Liberia's Data Evaluation Learning and Technical Assistance (DELTA) programme, assessing Liberia's current and future HR needs related to WASH operations, maintenance, management and training.

Monrovia, Liberia

NPHIL aims to prevent and control public health threats by promoting healthy outcomes and serving as a source of knowledge and expertise.My work within the Division of Environmental Health includes the development and deployment of program monitoring tools to increase the quality of environmental health interventions, particularly in underserved communities. I provide technical support in areas of proposal development, budgeting, strategic planning, data management, qualitative research, report writing, training, monitoring & evaluation, policy development, and collaboration with nonprofit organizations (NGOs).

Monrovia, Liberia

• Assess the main GIS data needs of the USAID/Liberia Mission as determined by the Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) and descriptions of USAID’s activities in Liberia.• Coordinate with USAID/Liberia to approach the Government of Liberia ministries, agencies, and commissions to arrange for the transfer of any geospatial data that is deemed to be critical to USAID/Liberia• Inventory of all data gathered in a robust geospatial database or data management system at LSA, ensuring it is readily accessible and organized.• Conduct geospatial analysis by drawing on the data collected through this GIS data collection initiative for each USAID DO team: Democracy, Rights, and Governance (DRG), Economic Growth (EG), Health, and Education

Kakata, Margibi County

I provided technical support to a team of Environmental Health Technicians (EHTs) to conduct environmental health activities ranging from drinking water quality surveillance, Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), Food Safety, Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), vector control and chemical safety, and healthcare waste management. I represented the team at various levels--from sector working groups to county and national levels. I also co-chaired the county WASH team, which comprised the Ministries of Education, Internal Affairs, Public Works, and nonprofit organizations (NGOs)• Coordinated assessment, mapping supervision, and training of 251 communities for Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), Participatory Hygiene & Sanitation Transformation (PHAST), and other behavior change approaches; • Supported setup and utilization of community structures such as Natural Leaders Network (NLN), and Community Water Committee (CWC) in more than 300 communities to implement WASH activities

Kakata, Margibi

As a member of the county's Rapid Response Team (RRT), I coordinated health education/promotion activities, contact tracing efforts, capacity building, and safe & dignified burial of Ebola victims to reduce the risk of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) transmission in communities, funeral homes, health facilities, etc.Key Accomplishments:▪ Trained more than 200 health workers from across the county that significantly contributed to the reduction of Ebola transmission in health facilities by 90% during the first 6 months of the epidemic, and gradually led to the end of the Ebola outbreak in Margibi.▪ Facilitated Dead Body Management (DBM) training and supervision of the county's burial team members that contributed to ZERO Ebola infection within the burial team.▪ Developed a database that captured and stored information from deceased persons buried by the county health team. This database was later used by humanitarian nonprofit organizations to verify family members of deceased Ebola victims eligible for social benefits▪ By the end of the Ebola epidemic, I received an award from USAID and the Liberian Government for my contributions to the fight against Ebola in Liberia

Mamba Kaba, Margibi

I supervised Community Health Assistants (CHAs) and Community Health Promoters to deliver quality health services at the community level to reduce health gaps associated with geo-location, income differences, education level, etc. This role involved providing them with adequate coaching and support to ensure the quality of their work and the accuracy of their monthly reports. • Mapped the location of all CHWs in the catchment area and maintained a register to track those who have received training. • Established a monthly work plan and calendar of supervision activities and shared it with health facilities and the CHWs in his/her catchment area. • Supervised over 130 CHWs to investigate suspicious deaths and conduct contact tracing in communities • During supervisory visits, evaluated CHWs’ performance, provided feedback, and agreed on recommendations to solve problems and improve CHW performance.

Gbarnga, Liberia

• Support other IWASH partners and WASH actors in CLTS training, community entry, community mobilization activities, etc.• Conduct training of WASH Committee on maintenance of WASH Infrastructures and sustainability strategy.• Support collection of field data and submit to County M & E Officer• Mobilize Community dwellers in getting their local materials for construction of hand dug wells. • Establish and strengthen Community based water supply management models through empowering beneficiary communities to own, manage and sustain their water supply facilities and system.• Organize awareness campaigns with Community Health Volunteers, Community Health Assistant, Natural Leaders, Community Health Committee using MOH approved messages.• Build the capacity of district and community-level CLTS facilitators e.g., EHTs, NLs, and supervise EHTs on post-triggering activities.

Master Of Science - Ms, Sanitation

Master Of Public Health - Mph

3-Year Professional Diploma, Environmental Public Health

Bachelor Degree, Geography/Demography Education

Professional Development Course, Monitoring And Evaluation In Global Health

Certificate, Policy Coherence And Systems Thinking For Sustainable Development