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Margret Atieno

Writer/Blogger

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Nairobi County, Kenya

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Timeline
About me
Psychologist and project officer| Mental health care| Providing mental health services to underserved communities| WHO Quality Rights Certified|
Education
- Moi Forces Academy Lanet
  2013 - 2016
  Activities and Societies: Among the founders of the writers' club, Debaters club, Participated in essay competitions with my Ekitabu essay: "Is technology changing your life" scoping the 4th position in Kenya. Moi Forces Academy Lanet is a girls’ national boarding school, sponsored by the Kenya Defense Forces with 80% of the students, therefore, from the Defense Forces families, while 20% are from the Civilian Families. It started as a Double streamed school, but due to the demand for higher education for the girl child, the school has grown to be 5-streamed, and in 2015, added a sixth stream.
- Egerton University
  2017 - 2022
  Bachelor's of psychology General Psychology
  Activities and Societies: Egerton University Human Rights Club, Egerton University Psychology Club. Egerton University is the oldest university in Kenya having been in 1939. It was founded as Egerton Farm College. It became part of the University of Kenya in 1986 and a university in its own right in 1987. The university is based across four campuses in Njoro.
Experience
- Teen Network Magazine
  Sept 2017 - Oct 2018
  Writer/Blogger
- PDO Kenya
  Apr 2022 - Sept 2023
  Shamiri InterventionThe Shamiri intervention is the first mental health solution that we built for youths. It develops youth character strengths to reduce mental health problems and improve overall wellbeing and functioning.Love and Hope Centre project (HIV and GBV)Worked with Love and Hope Centre in data collection for Irish Aid integrated project for HIV and GBV survivors. University College of London, Stema Health Research.Stema is a disruptive research group pioneering new approaches to community health and sustainable development.Stema's mission is to develop tools and approaches that will empower everyone to find sustainable solutions for community health in low-resource settings. Show less
  - Project Officer
    Oct 2022 - Sept 2023
  - Research Assistant
    Apr 2022 - Sept 2023
  - Psychologist
    Apr 2022 - Sept 2023
  - Intern
    Apr 2022 - Jul 2022
- Shamiri Institute
  Nov 2023 - Jun 2024
  Clinical Supervisor
  • Training Lay Providers• Supervising Lay Providers whilst they are undertaking their roles.• Offering support to ensure that the service delivered is one that helps our clients to Thrive!• Attending Clinical Supervision for debrief, support and quality assurance.• Coordinating activities during the program implementation.
- Athena
  Jun 2024 - now
  Executive Partner
Licenses & Certifications
- Annual Meeting Speaker 2023
  The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
  Jul 2023
  View certificate

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