AnneJoyce Abuga

Experience

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  Book Of Hope Intl

  Feb 2008 - Dec 2009

  School Programs Coordinator

  Worked with the field team to enroll schools on the project. Supported primary schools to start the book of hope bible clubs. Provided guidelines on implementation of the book of hope project. Distributed free copies the book of hope booklets to schools. Trained youth volunteers to work with schools. Trained teachers facilitating sessions. Facilitated mentorship and coaching sessions for youth volunteers.

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  Scripture Union

  Mar 2008 - Dec 2010

  Coordinator and Trainer Kisii Region

  In consultation with the regional team provided leadership critical to implementation the project in Kisii County. Mapped out schools and enrolled them to the project. Supported schools to start and run bible clubs. Co-ordinated fundraising activities to support bible and children books distribution. Facilitated sessions to train youth volunteers. Co-ordinated children holiday camps and joint school activities.

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  Youth For Christ Kenya

  Aug 2009 - Dec 2012

  Adolescent Coach, Trainer and Coordinator of School Programs

  Worked with the regional team to enroll schools to the project in Kisii County, Kenya. Mapped out project beneficiaries. Facilitated sessions for youth volunteers. Developed continuous learning programs for volunteers and built a resourceful implementing team. Identified gaps in project implementation. Oversaw implementation of the ‘Worth the Wait’ manual in 80 high schools. Identified partnerships to enhance the program and coordinated implementation of joint school activities. Selected to represent Kenya in Kigali, Rwanda for the Young African Leaders Convening in December, 2013. Show less

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  Kereri Girls High School

  Jan 2010 - Dec 2013

  English Language and Literature Teacher

  Worked as a classroom teacher, class teacher, drama trainer and guidance and counselling department team member. Working in an extra-county girls-only boarding school with a student population of 1,500 girls in the urban set-up of Kisii County, Kenya was highly satisfying and rewarding. I taught and assessed learners in the English and Literature learning areas. As a class teacher, I supported the school administration by managing a class of 70 learners. Together with the drama team, we successfully led the school drama group and qualified to stage a play at the National Drama Festival level in 2012. As a member of the guidance and counselling department I also provided support to learners facing challenges that affected their learning, health, school attendance and discipline. This is the role that inspired me to want to do more to support school communities by engaging at the system level. Show less

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  Wake Up Women Organization

  Jan 2014 - Dec 2018

  Youth Educator and Community Mobilizer

  Worked with young women in Kisii and Nyamira counties to sensitize and educate communities on social work, HIV and gender issues. Developed training programs for the youth. Mobilized community participation in programs and projects. Recruited youth volunteers. Engaged in advocacy work. Contributed to the development of training manuals. Engaged in resource mobilization. Nominated to represent the organization in Minnesota, USA in October 2017 to raise awareness on the work the organization does at grassroots level to contribute to SDG 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing), 4 (Quality Education) and 5 (Gender Equality). Participated in Local, National and Global Platforms to represent young women from Kisii County. Show less

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  CARE Kenya

  Dec 2014 - Dec 2017

  Adolescent Mentor and Coach - Chagua Maisha Project

  Worked with the adolescent program team to develop school-based psychosocial support structures for effective adolescent HIV programming in Kisii County, Kenya. The overall aim of the project was to open up referral pathways, enhance community partnerships and strengthen linkages. This was key in promoting child protection to sustain gains made while opening up opportunities to enhance programming. We worked as a treatment team to identify school-going adolescents who were failing on HIV treatment and TB treatment. We then traced them to the school and community. Working with schools through the guidance and counselling departments to support the learners, we managed to improve HIV treatment outcomes and promote adherence to Antiretroviral therapy (ART) among the adolescents. Further, to enhance HIV treatment literacy for teachers supporting adolescents on care, I used the knowledge I had to develop and facilitate trainings for teachers working with adolescents on HIV treatment and care. Through this project, I authored The Peer book first edition. Show less

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  Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD)

  Jan 2015 - May 2024

  Curriculum Specialist and Consultant

  Curriculum author with 10 KICD approved The Peer series of textbooks used in schools by teachers and learner in both 8-4-4 and Competence Based Curriculum (CBC). Engaged in high level policy discussions on curriculum reforms. Made significant contribution to the development of curriculum designs in health education and life skills learning areas for junior secondary school (CBC) and High School level for the 8-4-4 curriculum. Engaged in professional teacher training for CBC implementation. Lead discussions on inclusion of social justice curriculum in teaching and learning. Authored ‘What Every Parent Should Know about CBC’ to enhance understanding of CBC for effective parental engagement. Authored ‘What Every Teacher Should know about CBC’ to support teacher professional development in CBC. Show less

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  World Vision Kenya

  Oct 2015 - Dec 2015

  Adolescent Coach and Trainer

  Worked in consultation with the education team to develop a mentorship project implemented in Nyamira County, Kenya targeting vulnerable school-going adolescents aged 10 to 18 supported by the education scholarship fund. The aim of the mentorship project was to equip the students with information on identified areas based on the challenges that they were facing. The goal of the mentorship was to equip the students with life skills, build positive peer relationships within the community, motivate participants to succeed in school while encouraging them to aspire for more and to strengthen their resolve to transition to the next level of education. Show less

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  Peer Publishers & Consultants

  Jan 2016 - now

  Curriculum Specialist and Consultant

  Founded Peer Publishers. Authored and published 10 textbooks called 'The Peer' series which are approved by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and used by both students and teachers. The Peer Books have been credited to the success of 5 high impact adolescent and youth programs in Kenya. Trained over 3,000 teachers, 100 education sector managers and over 2000 youth leaders. Engaged in high level policy dialogues in Kenya and Globally. Made a significant contribution to the education sector in Kenya through 8-4-4 and CBC curriculum development, education policy, school programs and teacher education. Forged high level strategic partnerships with organizations working in adolescent programming, youth development and school programs to deliver timely consultancy assignments. Show less

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  Lean on Me Foundation

  Sept 2017 - Dec 2017

  Member - Lobby Group for Global Fund Catalytic Funding for AGYW Programs Grant Cycle 2018-2020

  Identified as a young woman making significant contribution to adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) HIV programming in the country, I represented Kisii County in the lobby group comprising of 25 young women drawn from the 5 priority programming counties of Kisii, Siaya, Machakos, Kilifi and Turkana for the global fund grant cycle 2018-2020 high level Kenya country dialogues. Together as a team, we championed for the allocation of funds for AGYW programming for Kenya. Using our combined experiences, we developed a compelling case that led to the allocation of 10 million USD by Global Fund HIV program. This big win for the country was unprecedented and it led to the prioritization of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) as a key programming area for the country to date. Show less

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  Kenya Red Cross

  Oct 2019 - Dec 2022

  Worked in consultation with the Global Fund AGYW management team and in line with Global Fund AGYW programming priorities for the grant period of 2018-2020 and 2021-2023 grant cycles, within the Covid-19 programming priorities for AGYW designed a high-impact mentorship project called ‘My Dream Beyond Covid-19’.The project targeting AGYW aged between 10 and 24 was implemented using peer learning communities approach in the 6 counties of Kenya which include Siaya, Kisii, Kilifi, Turkana, Machakos and Kajiado. The main goal of the project was to address challenges that adolescent girls and young women faced due to Covid-19 school closure. To date, the program has reached approximately over 300,000 AGYW. Supported 26 Red Cross-Global Fund sub-recipient organizations to build capacity to effectively implement the AGYW programs and other youth related programs. This project was recognized by Global Fund and it also won me the Africa Youth Award for the most impactful education project in Africa (2021) by the Africa Youth Awards Committee based in Accra, Ghana. Show less Worked with the Global Fund KRCS team and the KENEPOTE management through facilitation by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to identify capacity training needs of the KENEPOTE teachers in the five (5) counties of implementation being Kilifi, Kisii, Turkana, Machakos and Siaya Counties. Developed a curriculum for teacher training to train 100 ToTs. Facilitated the 5- day training of the Tots. Supported roll-out of the KENEPOTE teachers trainingto the county level.To date, this has supported the growth of KENEPOTE network throughout the country, improved peer teacher support, championed for the rights of teachers and learners living with HIV and supported the growth of peer support clubs for learners living with HIV in schools. This has led to the growth and development of the network to over 3,000 teachers resulting in over 3,000 adolescent peer clubs in schools across the country. Show less

  • Consultant - Adolescent, Girls and Young Women (AGYW) Project (Global Fund Program)

    Aug 2020 - Dec 2022

  • Consultant - KRCS KENEPOTE Capacity Building Project

    Oct 2019 - Dec 2022
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  Kenya Red Cross Youth

  Aug 2021 - Mar 2023

  National Student Program Consultant

  Worked in consultation with the youth department management team and in line with the Kenya Red Cross Society Strategic Plan 2021-2025 identified capacity building needs of youth red cross volunteers, partnerships, school communities served and in light of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) within the existing program developed a revamped national student program. Further, I developed the curriculum and curriculum map to support seamless roll out of the program to all the 47 counties targeting all the schools and colleges within the republic of Kenya. Provided technical support and linkage between the program and ministry of education (MoE) to kick start the process of signing a charter of partnership. I undertook the roll-out capacity building pilot project for the 5 counties of Nairobi, Machakos, Makueni, Kitui and Kajiado. The program started rolling out in May 2022 and is currently in 20 counties and over 4,000 schools with the target of 100% nation-wide coverage by December 2025. Show less

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  Positive Young Women Voices

  Sept 2022 - Nov 2022

  Training Consultant and Manual Development - 'How to Activism Guidelines For Young People’

  Worked in consultation with the program leadership team to identify the capacity building needs of young female activists aged between 18 to 24 in the marginalized informal settlement of Dandora, Nairobi County-Kenya. This led to the development of a training manual called ‘How to Activism Guidelines for Young People’ addressing key learning gaps to effectively build the competencies of young change makers to thrive both their personal life and the activism space. Through a 3-day training workshop, conducted a training based on the manual with 80 participants. This marked the roll-out to implementation phase. The manual has since become instrumental in shaping how young people engage in activism and is being used by organizations working with young people in Kenya. Show less

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  Lwala Community Alliance

  Aug 2023 - Apr 2024

  School Program Consultant

  Working in consultation with the school program implementing team to understand priorities, key deliverables, learning gaps and integrating them into the design of the adolescent focused school program targeting learners aged 12 to18 in 160 schools in Migori County, Kenya. Identifying training and capacity building needs in the school communities implementing the project. Developing the curriculum map to enable seamless roll-out of the program to reach over 112,000 in-school adolescent beneficiaries. Designing and delivering high-quality training to strengthen the program through teacher professional learning targeting 1600 teachers. Sensitizing school heads and education managers on the program. Conducting follow-up project monitoring meetings to address challenges and ensure program quality improvement. Show less