FAITH NEKESA WANDERA
Pema Kenya
Ottawa,ON
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Language
10
Years of experience
Results-driven human rights and development practitioner with over five years of experience in coordinating community-focused programs and advocacy . Skilled in mobilizing diverse stakeholders, facilitating human rights learning, and supporting advocacy campaigns. Trained in Human Rights-Based Approach and engaged in leadership roles across boards and regional initiatives. Dedicated to promoting equality, social justice, and inclusive participation.
Work History
Project Country Lead
4 Months- Conducted baseline study on commercial sexual exploitation of children in coast region, funded by Global Fund to End Modern Slavery.
- Complied with data protection laws during the study.
- Compiled and presented daily reports detailing key findings from the study.
- Supervising a team of 12 field assistants in coast region
- Established connections between organization and local administration to enhance collaboration.
- Engaged with NORC at to support project objectives.
Volunteer Head of communication and Advocacy
2 Years 4 Months- Spearheaded online campaigns addressing gender-based violence, raising awareness and engaging the community
- Managed social media platforms to enhance outreach and foster engagement with target audiences
- Conducted organizational communications to inform stakeholders and promote initiatives
- Heading the online advocacy team through moderation
Programs Health Promotion Officer
4 Years 11 Months- Spearhead advocacy for improved access to health services in the target communities and increased access to safe sex commodities to LGBT persons.
- Contributed to fundraising and resource mobilization by identifying funding opportunities, developing concept notes and proposals, preparing budgets, and supporting donor engagement and grant development processes.
- Coordinate advocacy, dialogue, and capacity-building initiatives that strengthen community participation, human rights protection, accountability, and engagement with duty bearers.
- Coordinated advocacy, dialogue, and capacity-building initiatives to strengthen community participation, protect human rights, enhance accountability, and engage with duty bearers.
- Facilitate needs assessments and other surveys within the programs/projects and provide appropriate technical support.
- Support knowledge management and documentation of program results, lessons learned, and emerging advocacy issues to inform organizational learning, communications, fundraising, and future program development.
- Supported knowledge management and documentation of program results, lessons learned, and emerging advocacy issues to inform organizational learning and improve future program development.
- Involvements and Achievements
Field Research assistant
4 Months- Responsible for ensuring that I collect, record and submit data on a daily basis
- Ensure work is completed according to procedures in all assigned clusters
- Maintains regular Communication concerning the assigned households’ performance to the supervisor
- Executed the survey following Feed the Future guidelines and ensured respondent consent was obtained.
- Communicated enumeration area performance results to management team every three days to ensure alignment and address any issues.
- Field Research assistant – Enumerator (Implementation of FEED THE FUTURE Survey in Kenya’s Zones of Influence (ZOI), sponsor-USAID)
Project Accountant/ Admin
1 Year- Facilitated resource mobilization efforts to secure funding for projects.
- Resource mobilization.
- Advocacy team.in training of sex workers on their legal rights
Peer educator
1 Year 3 Months- Educating the sex workers on the benefits of proper health and reproductive care
- Mobilized peers to raise awareness on reproductive health issues.
- Provided education on HIV/AIDS and stigma to community members
- Executed outreach activities to engage underserved populations
- Writing reports on a monthly basis.
- Supported ICRH in mapping grassroots stakeholders crucial for effective programming
- Referring clients to health facilities for health services
Education
Bachelors of Arts - Development Studies
Basic computer packages - Microsoft packages, basic computer skills
Qualification
Diploma - Accounting
Qualification
Skills
Health Program Evaluator
HIV media advocacy
Fundraising strategies
Strategic planning
Project coordination
LGBTQ Inclusion Advocate
Work coordination
Report writing
Accomplishments
- Designed and led community-driven human rights, advocacy, and health programs for Key Populations and Gender & Sexual Minorities, using rights-based and community-led approaches to strengthen access to services, protection, participation, and social justice.
- Conceptualized and developed a Safety and Security Web for LGBTIQ+ communities at the Coast, strengthening access to safety information, referral pathways, support services, and community-led mechanisms for responding to human rights and protection concerns.
- Contributed to the development of the Mombasa Youth and Adolescent Health Strategy, advocating for the inclusion of the specific health and human rights needs of LGBTIQ+ young people and promoting more inclusive and responsive policies and services.
- Trained and supported a cohort of 40 young human rights defenders, including LGBTIQ+ community members and duty bearers, strengthening their capacity to participate in dialogue spaces, engage decision-makers, advocate for human rights, and promote inclusive policies and practices.
- Demonstrated leadership in digital advocacy, communication, and community mobilization, supporting campaigns advancing human rights, gender equality, SRHR, inclusion, and access to equitable services.
Languages
English
Full Professional
Affiliations
- Board Chair AMKENI MALINDI
- Board Member at Coast Sex Workers Alliance (COSWA)
- Steering Committee Power of Pride Africa region
Personal Information
Nationality: Canadian
Timeline
Programs Health Promotion Officer
Pema Kenya
11.2021 - 10.2026Read More
Project Country Lead
The University of Chicago
01.2021 - 05.2021Read More
Volunteer Head of communication and Advocacy
Coast Women for Women
01.2019 - 05.2021Read More
Field Research assistant
Kantar East Africa
01.2019 - 05.2019Read More
Project Accountant/ Admin
NKOKOJU AFRICA
02.2018 - 02.2019Read More
Peer educator
International Centre for Reproductive Health Kenya
08.2016 - 11.2017Read More
Times College of Accountancy
Diploma from Accounting
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Diverse ICT College
Basic computer packages from Microsoft packages, basic computer skills
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Technical University of Mombasa
Bachelors of Arts from Development Studies
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