Patricia Ferreira-Whittaker Email & Phone Number

Working with local councillors, VCSFE organisations and partners enabling communities to create sustainable, bottom-up projects and activities based on their needs and priorities. In this role, I'm specifically assigned to the Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth and Villages area.

Ipswich, England, United Kingdom

Head Manager of the implementation, coordination and monitoring of the following refugee programmes in Suffolk: UK Resettlement Scheme; Afghan Resettlement Schemes (ACRS and ARAP); and Homes for Ukraine Scheme. Direct partnership work and reporting to Suffolk County Council and Home Office.

East Suffolk

Financial adviser to an ongoing client base including intensive help with debts, preparations for Debt Relief Orders, negotiation with creditors, write-offs, bailiff enforcement suspensions, among other debt solutions. Direct liaison with the East Suffolk Council via parallel casework with family intervention and financial inclusion officers. Responsible.

Serrai, Central Macedonia, Greece

Director of a grassroots NGO and refugee community centre in Northern Greece, which provides regular aid distributions and a range of psycho-social programs to 1000+ refugees. Leader and manager of a team of international volunteers and community volunteers (camp residents). Responsible for the recruitment, orientation, safeguarding training, and.

Support, development, and care activities for adults with learning disabilities in supported living, promoting their wellbeing and integration in the local community.

Cracow, Małopolskie, Poland

Manager of the promotion of events and collective actions to foment integration between refugees in Kraków and the Polish society, and bring light to various refugee issues around the world. Manager of the group's social media platforms and outreach strategies. Partnership consolidation for events, eg with different universities, departments, local NGOs.

Serrai, Central Macedonia, Greece

Provision of emergency assistance and capacity-building activities for asylum seekers in the refugee camps. Coordination of the Music Programme for Refugees, which involved daily lessons and weekly events. Warehouse work, dealing with donations and aid distributions. Organisation of talent shows in the Refugee Community Centre and the Yazidi genocide.

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Secondary School / High School English teacher, with an emphasis on each technical area offered by the Institute: Information Technology, Management, Work Safety, and Nursing.

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

- Led and took part in various social projects of inclusion in my own community, a slum (favela) in Rio;Gathered donations to orphanages, nursing homes, and homeless people, found sponsors and built connections with the City Council for the execution of local programmes;- Built a small community library, taught various subjects to kids deprived of quality.

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Responsible for the processes involving the "Global Citizen Programme" of the NGO, promoting the outgoing exchange of Brazilian students to fulfill volunteer social work abroad.

Budapest, Lublin And Prague

- In Budapest - Hungary, teacher at Torpegömba kindergarten, with special assistance to an autistic child, for 2 months. - In Lublin - Poland, and Prague - Czech Republic, middle school and high school teacher, doing workshops about Brazilian culture and young empowerment, for two months in each city.

Master Of Arts - Ma, International Security And Development, Thesis Grade: 5.0/5.0. Course Gpa: 4.95/5.0. Graduated With Distinction.

- Specialisation in International Security and Crisis Management. - Thesis: Impacts of External Interference on Post-Conflict.

Bachelor'S Degree, International Relations And Strategic Studies, Thesis Grade: 9.8/10. Course Gpa: 8.7/10. Graduated With Distinction.

- Specialisation in Defence and Strategic Studies. - Thesis: Evolution and Challenges faced by the UN Peacekeeping Operations: A.