Bemshima Abako

Experience

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  Centre for Youth Initiative on Self Education (CEYISED)

  May 2007 - Nov 2009

  Project Officer II

  Ensuring that all Project are executed as plan and on scheduled ensuring the need of participant and attendant are met, evaluating all project carried out for future reference.

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  The Go-Go Academmy

  Jan 2010 - Mar 2012

  Director of Publicity and Media

  Develop a marketing plan; Oversee publication of Journal Oversee the Society's Web site and keep it current; Provide the focal point for external media interfaces, and issue press releases for member/Society achievements; Develop and publish an information brochure for youth in school

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  Pearls Care Initiative

  Mar 2012 - Jan 2014

  VC Officer

  Logistic Officer Responsibility:• Liaison with all staff & program teams to ensure adequate support of program implementation• Ensuring office, accommodation facilities and travel is well organized, coordinated & efficient• Managing all procurement for the office as well as any procurement escalated from field base.• Maintaining up-to-date control of all assets including tracking donor, value, and location.• Supporting ongoing setup and maintenance of the ICT infrastructure in including organizing and monitoring external support when necessary.Program Officer OVCResponsibility:• Lead the successful roll out and implementation of the OVC care and support• Implementation sites and participates in project evaluations and assessments.• To identify and provide needy OVC out of vocational training institutions with tools.• To coordinate food, medical, education and clothing subsidies and support for younger OVC.• To represent PCI in OVC care and support forums at local and national levels.• To prepare and submit timely monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports and share with partners as appropriate. Show less

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  First Step Action for Children Initiative

  Feb 2014 - Jan 2016

  Nutrition Officer

  Develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate nutrition programme activities and provide assistance to partners according to technical guidelines and standards.

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  Pearls Care Initiative

  Feb 2016 - Aug 2016

  M&E Officer

  • monitor the process of social mobilization and behavior change communication process, the use of BCC materials and the response from community and government.• Lead the facilitation of ignition and triggering process for Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) in targeted communities and schools.• Mentor Public Health Staff, natural leaders, women, school and community facilitators on CLTS.• Form a sanitation action group by drawing representatives from all the neighborhoods of the village and link them to work with village WASH committee.• Facilitate linking of communities to suppliers of latrine construction materials.• Develop tools and checklist for participatory monitoring success of implementation.• Identify gaps and facilitate with communities how to find solutions to address sanitation gaps through community action plans Show less

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  Catholic Relief Services

  Sept 2016 - Jan 2017

  Nutrition officer- Emergency Response
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  Plan International

  Jun 2017 - Dec 2017

  Nutrition Coordinator-Emergency Response

  Nutrition Coordinator

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  SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL

  Nov 2018 - Mar 2019

  Food Security and Livelihood Team Lead
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  Christoffel-Blindenmission Deutschland e.V.

  Mar 2019 - Jun 2020

  Country Livelihood officer
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  Mercy Corps

  Jul 2020 - Mar 2025

  Provide field-level managerial and technical oversight to the day-to-day implementation, coordination, supervision, and provision of technical support including capacity building to mercy corps program team, ensuring that activities are implemented according to scope, schedule, budget and required quality.oversees Mercy corps nutrition response supports both nutrition -sensitive and specific interventions that contribute to the prevention, detection, and management of malnutrition. These include:a) Promotion of Maternal, Infant, Young Child Nutrition (via support groups, one-to-one counselling, and community-wide SBC for IYCF)b) Provision of supplemental Nutrition Assistance i.e., the distribution of Fresh Food Vouchers, backyard gardening and poultry production aiming at improving dietary diversity among targeted householdsc) Nutrition surveillance activities i.e., community nutrition screening, nutrition surveys and assessments aiming at monitoring the nutrition situation of targeted vulnerable individuals.d) Management of children with uncomplicated Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) through established Outpatient Therapeutic Program (OTP) services, as well as support referral and follow-up of SAM patients with medical complications to Stabilization Centers (SCs) and children with Moderate Acute malnutrition (MAM) to Targeted Supplementary Feeding Program (TSFP).Draft monthly financial forecast and quarterly financial need forecast in line with the detailed project activity plan/Monthly activity plans and reports (including success stories and lessons learned reports).Closely collaborate with other sector teams at the field level to ensure an integrated Nutrition approach internally with MC sectors and externally with complementary activities implemented by other nutrition actors. Show less

  • Field Program Manager

    Oct 2024 - Mar 2025

  • Senior Nutrition & Food Assistance Programme officer

    Jul 2020 - Oct 2024