Dianah Gowa

Monitoring And Evaluation Assistant at Sawa World
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(386) 825-5501
Location
UG
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Swedish Elementary proficiency
  • Luganda -

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Experience

    • Canada
    • Philanthropic Fundraising Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Monitoring And Evaluation Assistant
      • Feb 2023 - Present

      Provide support in monitoring and evaluation of ongoing and completed projects aimed at developing business skills among youth to help lift themselves out of poverty by using low cost and local materials to start eco-businesses that generate income and transform lives. -Conduct field visits to monitor implementation of ongoing projects, track and assess progress on project activities to ensure timely implementation and alignment with project goals and objectives. -Collect, record, manage and analyze project related data and results in line with the M&E framework. -Compile data from surveys using relevant and appropriate M&E tools. -Support monitoring and evaluation of the effects and impact of the projects on livelihood improvement. -Assist the project manager in the preparation of reports on the findings and lessons learned from project innovations.

    • Consultant
      • Jun 2021 - Sep 2021

      Conducted procurement audits as a consultant, for the Resilient Landscapes and Livelihood project for the government of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia, financed by the International Development Association (IDA) credit from the World Bank. Effectively performed procurement audits for 80 goods and works contracts in 10 Implementing Agencies in Amhara region, Ethiopia. Conducted procurement audits as a consultant, for the Resilient Landscapes and Livelihood project for the government of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia, financed by the International Development Association (IDA) credit from the World Bank. Effectively performed procurement audits for 80 goods and works contracts in 10 Implementing Agencies in Amhara region, Ethiopia.

    • Uganda
    • Non-profit Organization Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Project Management Officer
      • Jan 2019 - Nov 2019

      Delivered Buikwe district menstrual health Intervention project aimed at improving menstrual health management in 28 rural schools, from which over 1,570 girls were empowered in the use of menstrual cups as a more environmentally and economically sustainable menstrual hygiene management tool. -Gave project management support involving intervention, design, community outreaches, training, and advocacy. -Developed budgets, work and procurement plans for the different project activities. -Planned and organized dissemination meetings with community leaders, supervised and coordinated training of trainers (ToT) and beneficiaries.

    • Uganda
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Youth Worker
      • Aug 2017 - Aug 2018

      -Taught children aged between 5 and 12 years in formal education and participated in community and street outreaches, reaching out to vulnerable women and youth who were victims of poverty, injustice, and inequality. -Organized a two-day workshop on Gender Equality in partnership with Swedish Institute, raising awareness and sensitizing the local community in Fort Portal, on patent issues of gender equality as a Sustainable Development Goal with particular focus on women’s rights and gender mainstreaming. -Enhanced literacy and formal education to 102 school-going children by teaching English, Mathematics, and piano playing skills. -Produced behavior change messages and participated in community dialogues, training, and capacity building to facilitate social and behavior change communication and community mobilization.

    • Uganda
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Project Manager (UNCDF funded project on MM4P)
      • Jun 2016 - Jun 2017

      Effectively managed the Kyagalanyi coffee value chain digitization project funded by the UNCDF, that was aimed at improving financial inclusion in eastern Uganda, through the use of mobile money as a digital financial tool. -Accelerated phone and mobile money literacy and penetration to 215 rural illiterate households in Eastern Uganda, improving financial inclusion in eastern Uganda. -Enabled economic empowerment of over 10,000 coffee farmers in rural unbanked communities through digital finance. -Partnered with UNCDF and MTN telecom company in strengthening and integrating digital financial inclusion into other value chain projects. -Determined gaps and delays in project implementation and ensured the smooth running of the entire project. -Prepared monthly budgets for the different project activities. -Built and managed relationships with different project stakeholders and partners in the value chain of digital Financial Services (DFS) including financial institutions, NGOs, merchants, payment processers, technology vendors and agent distribution networks. -Wrote weekly project progress and perfmance reports and presented to senior management.

    • Uganda
    • Telecommunications
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Project Administrator
      • Aug 2012 - Jul 2014

      - Gave general administrative support on different projects and programs such as corporate customer registration, CSR projects, and acted as a liaison between six project managers to ensure smooth running and timely completion of all projects. - Took minutes for weekly projects and departmental meetings, tracked and followed up on pending actions to ensure their delivery. - Effectively managed and controlled accounts, budget allocations, petty cash inflow and outflow within the Capital Projects Department. - Project data entry; ensured proper documentation of project briefs, spend approvals and project handover reports while adhering to internal standards and procedures. -Ensured constant supply and timely delivery of different consumables and inventories, processed payment timely payment of suppliers. -Managed asset control usage and gave general Human Resource support. - Arranged in-house training, planned and organized for social activities such as departmental team builds. - Organized conferences and departmental workshops, setting up programs of events and establishing venue and other needs for conference.

Education

  • Mid Sweden University
    Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General
    2014 - 2015
  • Makerere University
    Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance, General
    2009 - 2012
  • Gayaza High School
    Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education, Physics,Economics, Maths and Music
    2003 - 2008

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