Experience

ECPAT International

• Thailand
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Intern

  • Apr 2023 - Present



UNICEF

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern, Research Facilitation and Knowledge Management - Best of UNICEF Research 2022

  • May 2022 - Nov 2022

  • Supported the Chief of the RFKM team and project manager with UNICEF flagship project ‘Best of UNICEF Research’ 2022. • Collected and analysed data from ten years of BOUR exercise to understand research quality, impact and ethics issues across UNICEF offices. • Produced a Database and ‘facts & figures’ summary of the key features of the 2022 research submissions. • Supported the RFKM Team in capacity building material development, Ethics Compliance analysis and research on disability –e.g., desk-reviews on Children with Disabilities in a Humanitarian context. • Monitored the review process and gathered all results and feedback from internal reviewers to communicate to the submitting offices and divisions. • Reviewed research papers within the thematic area of Social and Economic Policy. • Conducted interviews and collected inputs and material needed for BOUR BOOK publication and final event. • Reviewed research chapters and quantitative reports. • Supported the coordination of a publication on the twelve finalists. • Liaised with Country Offices, Regional Offices, Headquarter Divisions, and the External Panel of BOUR throughout the exercise. Show less



SomHabesha Youth Community

• Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

• Founder of SomHabesha Youth Community

  • 2010 - 2021

  • Coordinated and engaged in youth participation activities, advocating for child protection and the "best interest of the child" principle in Inter-Country Child Adoption (more than a hundred adopted children from Ethiopia in Spain). • Organized workshops and participated in debates to raise awareness about the implications of International Adoption practices on children's rights. • Created Peer-to-Peer support initiatives in the search for biological families and assisting returnees to their origins. • Developed programs and projects aimed at facilitating the search for biological families and promoting the integration of adopted children and migrants from East Africa in Spain. • Led Youth-led solidarity campaigns during crises in Ethiopia: 'Hambruna Silenciosa' (The Silenced Hunger) campaign in 2015, raising $12,000 for El Niño drought relief. 'Ethiopia Nos Llama' (Ethiopia Calls Us) campaign, providing aid to 80 families in vulnerable situations due to Covid-19. Raised €4,000 in 2021 to support IDPs affected by the conflict in the northern region. • Utilized a result-focused approach in strategizing and developing project proposals to obtain funds from various donors and organise SomHabeshe's annual activities. • Built effective relationships and partnerships with NGOs operating in Ethiopia and Catalonian government institutions. • Demonstrated the ability to establish strong relationships with community members and collaborators. Show less



Self-employed

• Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

• Freelance Amharic Language Services

  • 2016 - 2018

  - Demonstrated professionalism, confidentiality, impartiality and equal treatment by interpreting interviews and translating documents of asylum seekers and family reunification for refugees from Eritrea and Ethiopia, e.g., worked for the Spanish Immigration office, La Sopa NGO and Idiomatic Language Services, S.L. - Volunteered as an interpreter for the official meeting undertaken between the Ethiopian Paris embassy representative and International Adoption Agencies in Barcelona to address the issue of the Ethiopian government's ban on international adoption. - Press communications of Ethiopian runners such as Genzebe Dibaba in competitions held in Catalonia. Show less



AFNE.org

• Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

• Board Committee Member

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  • Teamwork, multi-task and prioritising work while organizing fundraising activities to support health and education projects of San José Muketuri Maternal and Child Centre in Ethiopia. • Supervised the Muketuri Maternal and Child Centre programme progress on the assistance of education and health for children (including children with disabilities) as well as the training offered to women so that they acquire autonomy and economic resources with the cultivation of their gardens. • Built effective communication and training skill teaching Amharic language to adopted children and adults. • Built partnerships and mobilized resources from various organisations (e.g., A Glimmer of Hope Foundation, Water is Life, Fundación Iñaki Alegria, IPI Cooperación, Catalonian government institutions, potential private donors). • Flexibility and adaptability to contribute to the NGO's values of diversity, inclusion, integrity and accountability. Show less