Clients include: ■ Zighra■ Humanitarian Funding Coordinator (stand in) – Care International – 2019 – Start fund support for Ghana and Iraq■ Education through Media (Submission to Canadian Heritage - Government of Canada under Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Prog. – Capacity Building Component - for expanding Education through Media’s Inclusive education opportunities) – 2019■ Art Experiential / Education through Media (Submission to Canadian Heritage - Government of Canada under Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program – Events Component - for Black History month event) - 2018■ Care International UK (submission to ECHO for South Sudan) - 2017

CAFOD - CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS (UK)

Supporting in securing co-funding gaps through UK trusts and foundations (including Big Lottery & Comic Relief), European foundations, island donors: GOAC; JOAC & Isle of Man; institutional donors such as EC, AECID; ECHO and others.

Editing/crosschecking/writing articles, budgets, narrative & financial reports (DFID, Irish Aid, Traid, Comic Relief), Translating proposals, budgets, documents from English-Spanish-EnglishUpdating website & contract management database.

Extensive research of potential funders: trusts and institutional.Reviewing guidelines on behalf of clients – e.g. Big Lottery Fund, variety of trusts such as Joseph Rowntree CT & Tudor TrustCompiling concept notes & Letters of Inquiry – e.g. DFID, J Paul Getty Charitable Trust, Barrow Cadbury Trust.Edit/submit grant applications – Lush Charity potLed training in trust fundraising for SDS members in March 2011

Raised annual budget of USD $0.84 million for: Education; Health; Migrant Development; Women’s Empowerment programmes.Strategised and supported fundraising & programme development,researched and attracted new grant opportunities. Donor compliance.Experience of Project Cycle Management (PCM), Logical Framework Approach (LFA), Participatory & Rights Based Approaches.Trained volunteers in grant research & writing.Key member of staff working on Human Rights report "A report on survivor experiences & human rights abuses during the two year post-Nargis reconstruction phase"Assisted with other tasks e.g. advising on HR issues, editing news articles; writing sensitive correspondence and reviewing & inputting to rights reports; commissioned/reviewed baseline data research/survey design.

The Foundation for Education and Development (FED), also known as Grassroots human, Rights, Education and Development (GHRE) is a grassroots organisation based in Phang Nga, Southern Thailand that works to support marginalised Burmese migrant families. The 3 main program areas are: Health, Education and Migrant Development. Within these areas there are a large number of projects including women's empowerment, Human rights education and documentation, legal aid, job creation, school integration and a community health worker project. FED-GHRE also runs 8 learning centres with over 500 Burmese children enrolled, 2 nurseries, a youth outreach centre, a temporary emergency shelter and a commiunity child care centre. Coordinated 150-200 volunteers over 18 months – up to 12 at any given time. Reviewed CVs & matched them to programme needs, liaised with volunteer recruitment firms. Created research projects and activities for volunteers, created and improved volunteer management documents. Orientated volunteers to the area, organisation and culture, assisted with visas, accommodation and arranged transportation. Liaised with partner/donor organisations, brainstormed new project ideas, researched and wrote project proposals and grant applications, formulated budgets, planned project monitoring and evaluation, negotiated MOUs, wrote/edited donor reports. Contact person for donors.I have also taught a variety of topics such as drama, physics and art to children of all ages at a number of summer camps, taught beach volleyball to girls aged 8-12 and taught jewelery making handicraft skills to several groups of vulnerable women.

I supervised and lead play and craft making activities for children of asylum seekers and refugees in London who were newly arrived to Britain and acclimatising to school life. I volunteered once a week for a couple of hours in the after-school club and helped fulltime over the school holidays to take the kids out to interesting and inspiring places or to intorduce them to new activities such as ice skating or rock climbing.

Work involved editing a research document, writing its bibliography, carrying out ethnographic research and writing up the anthropological section relevant to and included in the document. The project concerned the social and environmental desertification of the Peruvian Highlands as a result of rural-urban migration, globalisation and climate change. The purpose of the report was to highlight the causes of agricultural abandonment, namely poverty, and to suggest schemes at local and government level in order to deal with its consequences. The report was commissioned by and distributed to the Peruvian government.The main working language in the office was Spanish although English was also used.http://www.fao.org/climatechange/27003-0ca48ac78232e712dc17f10f6c19e5576.pdf

Support & campaigns group that offered practical, emotional and legal support through regular visiting immigration detainees and connecting them with lawyers and doctors. Also led advocacy campaigns on their behalf. SDS continues today and has grown significantly.Attended regular group and campaign meetings, attended specialist immigration trainings led by external experts.Managed a grant award of £3000, fundraising events, set up a charity bank account, managed organisation income & expenditure.Worked with partner organisations such as No Borders, Medical Justice, and Student Action for Refugees (STAR).

I taught English everyday to a number of classes ranging from nursery age to 16. With the nursery group I mainly led creative arts and crafts sessions to stimulate their creativity and imagination.During this time I resided with a Thai family and for the first time, learnt to deal with significant culture and language differences.