Research Assistant

• 2023 - Present

Field Research Coordinator/ Dynamic project

• Jan 2021 - Feb 2023

The DYNAMIC project aims at promoting antibiotic stewardship and mitigating antimicrobial resistance using an electronic clinical decision support algorithm (CDSA) that helps front-line health workers manage sick children. It evaluates the use of a tablet/desktop-based electronic algorithm and associated point-of-care tests (POCTs) to support clinical staff in the diagnosis and management of childhood illnesses at the primary health care level. • Coordinate the collection of quantitative and qualitative data • Work with the clinical and data teams on the development and execution of monitoring activities. • Contribute to the design and adaptation of the data collection tools based on field-based piloting • Contribute to the development of training materials and standard operating procedures • Conduct regular monitoring of field staff and data quality checks • Participate in data analysis and report writing Show less

Research Consultant / No to Alcohol and Drug Abuse

• May 2017 - Sep 2017

Investigated the knowledge status about alcohol use habit, assessed the attitude and behaviors among youth under 25 (Girl Guides) regarding the use of alcohol in order to inform the enhancement of the national educational program and improve alcohol use prevention activities and services among youth: • Produced a technical research proposal, designed research instruments, executed quantitative and qualitative research.• Arranged logistics (Field preparation, survey testing, training of field officers, supervising data collection, assembling and analyzing data, writing reports, and presenting research findings. Show less

District Supervisor /12+ Adolescent Girls Empowerment Programme

• Dec 2016 - Aug 2017

The 12+ programme is a mentorship program that provides young girls aged 10-12 with accurate information on reproductive health, financial literacy, personal and leadership development, and learning journeys. It promotes adolescents’ health in vulnerable communities through Sexual and reproductive health education:• Provided thought leadership in implementation.• Trained Mentors, organized and coordinated Mentors’ interventions (gathering sessions and learning journeys) with girls, • Organized community outreach, prepared reports, documented and shared success stories, • Monitored all involved activities. Show less

Project Coordinator / Girl Village Representatives (GVR) Project

• Dec 2016 - Jul 2017

Girl Village Representative (GVR) is an initiative that aims to activate and sustain adolescents’ girls' representation and participation in decision-making around issues affecting girls at the village level. Together with Girl Effect Rwanda and the National Youth Council, I volunteered to lead the pilot phase of training girls in leadership to enable them to partake in and to represent girls from their communities in community-level decision making• Served as the contact person between partners,• Oversaw activities’ implementation including:• Coordinating and supporting leadership training of girls, • Preparing the field and handling related finances, • Reporting all activities of GVR beneficiaries in five districts where the initiative operated and hosting dissemination meetings with partners. Show less

Fellowship and Youth Years’Programs Associate

• Nov 2015 - Dec 2016

Played a broad-ranging role providing implementation and engagement assistance, activities planning and co-creation and volunteered office help: • Provided thought leadership in programs ‘implementation specifically leading in providing new thinking such as contribution supporting the conversation on the contribution of agriculture to the nutrient economy conversation. • Maintained and handled all updates of the Changemaker Schools ‘database and strengthened a robust network. • Assisted in the management of Fellows’ engagement Show less

Field Officer

• Feb 2015 - Sep 2015

• Handled field preparation activities, tested questionnaires, sampled, and provided feedback on pilot surveys that helped improve research instruments used in the final survey. • Collected data for the following successful surveys: “12+Program’s endline survey” and “Cooperative support program evaluation” of the SPARK Rwanda • Documented issues on the field, tracked field expenses, and reported back to the field coordinator on a daily basis. • Handled field preparation activities, tested questionnaires, sampled, and provided feedback on pilot surveys that helped improve research instruments used in the final survey. • Collected data for the following successful surveys: “12+Program’s endline survey” and “Cooperative support program evaluation” of the SPARK Rwanda • Documented issues on the field, tracked field expenses, and reported back to the field coordinator on a daily basis.

District Coordinator /GrowUp Smart Project

• Sep 2014 - Sep 2015

• Coordinated GrowUp Smart, a reproductive health program for very young adolescents: • Oversaw community intervention activities of expanding family planning access availability and awareness among very adolescents between 10 and 14 years through leading sessions guided by a curriculum tool. • Co-facilitated the training of Facilitators of GrowUp Smart, • Weekly supervised gathering sessions of very young adolescents, • Handled finances, monitored activities, and all reporting aspects. Show less

Professional Intern

• Feb 2014 - Aug 2014

• Supported daily on-farm (research station) animal health activities for small animals’ section. • Facilitated farmers’ workshops on improving feeding and maintaining healthy farms. • Supported daily on-farm (research station) animal health activities for small animals’ section. • Facilitated farmers’ workshops on improving feeding and maintaining healthy farms.