Lelei Asa

National Program Coordinator at Helen Keller Intl
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(386) 825-5501
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Kenya, KE
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  • Swahili -

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Daniel Krop

Lelei Asa is a man of high integrity, i have worked with him and he's competent, well endowed with knowledge and undertakes his work with all the energy in him.

Okere John

Assa is a self motivated, highly achieving staff who can be relied upon to work in dynamic settings.

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Experience

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • National Program Coordinator
      • Apr 2022 - Present

      Strengthening the health systems to deliver high impact, inclusive and cost-effective nutrition interventions among the most vulnerable groups in Kenya. Strengthening the health systems to deliver high impact, inclusive and cost-effective nutrition interventions among the most vulnerable groups in Kenya.

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Systems Enhancement for Transformative Health (SETH) Technical Coordinator
      • Jul 2017 - Mar 2023

      Technical and strategic support to program team implementing MNCH program in Western Kenya. My role involves providing leadership geared towards ensuring implementation of quality MNCHN interventions that is within scope and in compliance to Global Affairs Canada (GAC) regulations.

    • Nutrition Program Manager
      • May 2014 - Jun 2017

      Provide technical and oversight support to the day to day implementation of Action Against Hunger programs in West Pokot including representation of the organization in county coordination fora. My role entailed building a robust nutrition team that spearheaded several initiatives aimed at reversing the negative and unacceptable malnutrition trends in the county.

    • Ag. Nutrition Technical Coordinator
      • Mar 2016 - Aug 2016

    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Project Officer, Nutrition
      • Feb 2014 - May 2014

      Capacity build the MOH personnel to successfully implement High Impact Nutrition Interventions

    • Cooperating Partner Nutritionist
      • Mar 2011 - Jan 2014

      • Support in day to day management of the nutrition activities of the supplementary feeding program, out - patient therapeutic program and Stabilization Center.• Support in coordination of field logistical operations for the program e.g transport in conjunction with the administration department.• Monitor program activities against the workplan.• Ensure that nutrition screening activities in the community take place and Participate in health/nutrition education delivery and counseling• Monitor program indicators as per SPHERE standards• Ensure proper nutritional management of beneficiaries through; administration of systematic medication and supervision of distribution activities (registration, ration mixing and distribution.)• Monitoring nutritional status of beneficiaries as per set indicators and protocols• Ensure appropriate referrals i.e. to Merlin and MoH health facilities. Participate in nutrition assessments in the WV operation area• Preparing and submission of weekly and monthly field reports.• Participate and compilation of reports on community health education and Infant and Young Child Feeding practice (IYCF).• Carry out an assessment on effective channels of communication used in disseminating key program messages to the community• Participating in nutrition survey and program coverage survey through data collection and analysis. Show less

    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Nutritionist - GRIP FY10
      • Sep 2009 - Oct 2010

      All that i am all that i have i dedicate to the Lord Jesus Christ for His use and Glory absolutely, un-conditionally.

    • ADP
      • 2009 - 2010

      a) Program implementation and oversight Ensure proper management and utilization of the grants with a 100% utilization rate as per the set timelines within the workplan.  Ensure adherence of planned activities as per National and International policies, guidelines and thresholds Foster good partnership and collaboration with key stakeholders in the county and participate actively in meetings and nutrition related forums Accurately and routinely update and advise coordination on implementation of health and nutrition programmingb) Reporting and documentation of all related nutrition activities: Ensure that accurate and timely weekly; monthly reports (Both qualitative and quantitative).  Ensure at least case studies, good practice and lesson learnt are documented.c) Budget management   Utilization of budget based on donor requirement and guidelinesd) Technical support:  Ensure the capacity of the nutrition officers is strengthened on report writing  Strengthen staff capacity on concept and proposal development Documentation of evidence based programming and bottleneck analysis Monitoring and evaluation,  Capacity build nutrition team on surveys and surveillance,  Undertake advocacy towards enhancing prioritization of nutrition at different levels  Implementation of various Social Behavior Change strategies.e) Staff management, relations and others –  Ensure staff management and adherence to HR manual Promote and foster team spirit and ensure staff are motivated in close liaison with HR Undertake staff evaluations and mentorship  In close liaison with HR, Show less

    • GRIP
      • 2009 - 2010

    • Nutritionist
      • 2009 - 2010

      Supporting The Implementation Of Selective Feeding Programmes • Support the DNO to ensure nutrition coordination meeting are held on a monthly basis and disseminate minutes to agency, WFP national level and WFP field office. • On Job Training and monitoring - carry out nutrition programme supportive supervision of health facility staff for atleast 15 health facilities implementing IMAM and prepare a monthly health facility supervision report. • Collect coordinates of health facilities visited during the monthly supervision i.e. map IMAM sites in areas of operation. • Carry out joint distribution monitoring with the DNO and WFP in 10% of total facilities implementing IMAM and Protection ration programme. • Maintain an updated list of IMAM sites in the district. • Monitor submission of stock and nutrition indicator reports from all health facilities. • Receive and review monthly district SFP Stock summary report and come up with food request. • Ensure that SFP food is moved to health facilities within 3 days of receipt of the food request. • In liaison with the agency logistics unit, prepare the monthly SFP Commodity Dispatch Report (CDR) indicating amount of food moved from EDP to health facilities per month. • In liaison with the agency logistics unit, prepare the monthly stock invoice, and ensure it is submitted on time. Ensure Linkage Between Selective Feeding Programmes and General Food Distributions And Protection Rations. • Ensure IMAM contingency is adequate to cater for selective feeding referrals to GFD/FFA. • Ensure adequate supply of referral slips at health facilities for IMAM to GFD/FFA linkage. • Support collection of monthly referral lists from all health facilities consolidate for districts and submit to the CP logistic unit for inclusion in the next month’s distribution. • Ensure adequate amount of causal assessment forms at health facilities for determination of the causes of malnutrition. Show less

    • student
      • 2004 - 2004

Education

  • University of Nairobi
    Monitoring and Evaluation of population and health services
  • Maseno University
    Master's degree Public Health, International Health
    2014 - 2014
  • University of Nairobi
    Bsc Food Science and Technology
    2005 - 2009
  • Liverpool John Moores University
    Masters in International Public Health, International Health, Public Health Policy, Global Health, Health Improvement,
    2020 -

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