Experience

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  International youth alliance for family planning

  Jul 2018 - Oct 2021

  County representative

  • Organized and facilitated focus group discussions on 'Let's Talk,' acampaign commissioned by the Technical Coordinating Group of theESA Ministerial Commitment 1 through the core partner organizations ofUNESCO, UNFPA, SCS and SAfAIDS to end early and unintended teenage.pregnancies.• Managed county partnership process, thereby increasing capacitybuilding to 10 IYAFP county members through collaboration with civilsociety organizations.• Assisted the country coordinator in organizing focused group discussions,which helped shape the organization's leadership structure and strategicplan.• Conducted reproductive health education to adolescents in KisumuCounty, thus decreasing unmet needs for contraceptives use amongmarried adolescents by 17% Show less

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  Students for liberty

  Jan 2019 - Oct 2021

  Local coordinator

  Key Achievements: Created a multi-media campaign that increased student member enrollment by 30% in 2019. Spread the ideas of liberty among students, increasing pro-liberty information among students. Engaged students on understanding liberty ideas, receiving compliments from the Country Coordinator, thus selected to attend Leaders Fora.Responsibilities: Spreading the ideas of human dignity and individual and economic freedom.

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  World youth alliance

  Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  Member of the wya certified training program

  The WYA Certified training program is a premiere training for WYA members that provide the philosophical underpinnings for the protection of Human dignity. The training covers topics on Human dignity, Freedom, Solidarity, Culture and International law & Human rights. The World Youth Alliance is a global coalition of young people committed to promoting the dignity of the human person in international policy and building solidarity between developing and developed countries.

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  Unep-tunza

  Sept 2019 - Oct 2021

  Regional ambassador

  Key Achievements:• Collaborated with grassroots organizations to conduct market clean-up exercises, clearing five solid waste dumping sites.• Conducted environmental awareness campaigns and tree planting exercises diligently, receiving the 2019 Hidden Eco-Hero Award.• Wrote exemplary monthly reports, increasing awareness of climate actions.Responsibilities:• Actively plan, execute and participate in various regional environmental programs. • Embody the spirit and values of Tunza Eco-generation. • Take on various roles to promote and raise environmental awareness in Kenya. Show less

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  Yali regional leadership center east africa

  Oct 2020 - Nov 2020

  Alumnus - civic leadership

  The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) was launched by former President of the United States Barack Obama as a signature effort to invest in the next generation of African leaders. The YALI RLC East Africa is more than just a space for learning or collaborating; it represents a future-oriented culture that envisions the possibilities of thinking differently and dreaming big to realize one's full potential. The educational philosophy incorporates three main focus areas: personal, leadership, and sector transformation. Enhanced leadership skills underscore all three focus areas. Show less

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  Shamiri institute

  Oct 2021 - Apr 2023

  • Set up the first satellite hub for Shamiri Institute in Kisumu, Kenya, as partof its expansion to reach 1000+ youths in rural and peri-urban settings.• Managed the recruitment and onboarding process of the first cohort of31 Thrive Fellows in Kisumu County.• Led a team of 6 clinical supervisors and 31 Thrive Fellows to deliver theShamiri intervention (simple stigma-free character strengths interventionthat promotes youth flourishing and mental health) to 600 students in twosecondary schools in Kisumu County.• Organized logistics for internal and external meetings and conferences,including securing catering and event space, preparing agendas andminutes and compiling materials.• Implemented and monitored department administrative systems andprocedures.• Assisted in administering small grants to partner organizations, includingdisseminating requests for proposal, vetting received applications, issuing.grants and grant reporting. Show less • Reviewed, presented, and facilitated mental health research studies,including a 2022 pilot study with Alchemy Pay (worth $100,000) on usingsmart wearables to collect users' health data.• Designed measures for adolescent mental health and well-being and adata safety and management system for implementing the Shamiriintervention (Shamiri Institute currently uses these systems).• Led the acquisition of necessary regulatory approvals for implementingthe Shamiri intervention in high schools in Kenya. This involved writingethical approval letters, obtaining research permits, and meeting withcounty commissioners/governors.• Facilitated a research study to collect long-term health outcomes from300 previous participants of the Shamiri intervention. This involveddistributing, collecting, and analyzing data from smart wearables toassess users' health data.• Contributed to preparing and writing a manuscript entitled “What is therelationship between pleasure in learning and youth mental wellbeing?A scoping review,” thus, gaining well-deserved authorship.• Supervised an entire team of 14 research volunteers to work on pipelinesof research deliverables, improving efficiency by over 80%.• Cleaned and analyzed data using Excel and R. Show less

  • Hub Coordinator

    Oct 2022 - Apr 2023

  • Research Associate

    Oct 2021 - Sept 2022
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  Ilina fellowship

  Aug 2022 - Apr 2023

  Fellow in the ilina program

  ILINA program is designed and focused on introducing exceptional undergraduate or recently-graduated students to new ways of thinking about doing good and pressing problems to work on safeguarding the lives of future generations and other sentient beings. Overall, fellows learn about Longtermism, Effective Altruism, philosophical ideas, and measuring impacts using various tools such as the ITN framework.

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  School of tellus

  Sept 2022 - Apr 2023

  Fellow in the quest program

  Quest fellowship is a-three months program - designed in partnership with the Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre(DDQIC) at Queen's University to equip high school and college students with a robust toolkit to transform ideas, technologies, or passions into viable ventures and enable them to explore their evolving purpose and realize impactful existence (Ikgai) while socializing in the global workforce with the right mindsets and transferable skills essential for the future of work.

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  Alliance for science

  Sept 2023 - Oct 2023

  Communications/partnership intern
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  Shamiri institute

  Oct 2023 - now

  Service delivery associate