CURRICULUM VITAE

FIRST NAME LAST NAME

NAISON MUPFIGA

ADDRESS

Stand Number 2602

Victoria Range

Masvingo

Zimbabwe

PHONE NUMBER EMAIL ADDRESS

+263*********/+263********* ad47f6@r.postjobfree.com SUMMARY:

I am a passionate Development Practitioner with 33 years of working experience divided between Education (13 years) and development work (20 years). My development work experience has accrued over a wide range of cultural groups both in Zimbabwe (Matebeleland South, Manicaland and Masvingo Provinces) and Mozambique (Gaza and Nampula Provinces). My greatest passion lies in facilitating transformation in human lives and seeing them improve for the better using community based/participatory approaches.

I have gained valuable experience in the use of the following community based/participatory approaches: Participatory Market Systems Development ;Community Level Participatory Planning (Community Based Planning);Participatory Extension Approaches ;Gender Action Learning Systems; Internal Savings and Lending ; Participatory Technology Development and Training for transformation. I also have in-depth understanding of climate change impact on livelihoods and disaster risk reduction from hands on initiatives. I piloted a number of technologies including Greenhouse technologies, standard fish farming

(using both fish tanks and cages), soil and water conservation as well as promotion of local seed banks of open pollinated drought tolerant seeds.

I gained valuable knowledge and insights through participating in a number of capacity building workshops including Climate change mainstreaming facilitated by the University of Reading in collaboration with Practical Action and Ministry of Agriculture (Masvingo, Zimbabwe), Gender Mainstreaming facilitated by FAO (Nyanga), Participatory Extension Approaches by Practical Action and AGRITEX (Masvingo, Zimbabwe), Training for Transformation by Practical Action (Masvingo, Zimbabwe), Advocacy Training facilitated by Practical Action (in Tanzania) and a number of others . Working in different environments has helped me to develop strategic and systems thinking in developing approaches for sustainable development. I have also carried out consultancy assignments for more than 5 local and international development organisations. I have passion in Community Level Participatory Planning/Community Visioning, for proposal development, Training/Facilitation, public speaking and advocacy. My greatest desire is to see a basically subsistence community developing into a commercial one with several income streams and livelihoods options.

SKILLS

Active Communication ;Integrity ;Dependability; Teamwork; Computer skills ; Leadership; Management; Problem-solving ; Time management

EXPERIENCE (33 Years)

Job, Organization and Time Contributions and Achievements Farm Manager; Masesane

Farm; October 2021 to July

2023

• Farm planning and budgeting

• Human resources management and supervision and

relevant skills development

• Marketing and linkages development

• Timely and appropriate record keeping

Proposal Writer;

Development Aid from People

to People Zimbabwe (January

to September 2021)

I contributed immensely to Livelihood Projects across the country through provision of expert advice on effective report writing, stories of significant change and news. I contributed to more than 5 full proposals and several concept notes between January and September. I facilitated linkages with 3 key partners and potential donors. Lecturer; Magamba Training

College; January to December

2020

Presented lectures in Crop Science, set and marked examinations for Diploma in Agriculture classes’ as well providing student counselling and support and project and assignment supervision. I also provided follow up and support of students on attachment.

Project Manager; Practical

Action; Chimanimani District

I piloted Soil and water conservation in drier areas of both Zimbabwe and Mozambique. I managed to build coherent purpose driven teams Manicaland, Zimbabwe

(January -December 2004)

( Massangena District, Gaza

Province, Mozambique

January 2005 to December

2009)(Funded by EU)

(Mutasa District, Manicaland,

Zimbabwe February 2015 to

July 2017) (Funded by UKAID)

in Gaza (Mozambique) and Manicaland (Zimbabwe). Successfully facilitated participatory planning as a culture and improved motivation of teams. Generated more than 20 annual reports for international office and donor review and several monthly reports for lessons and experience sharing with all stakeholders. Participated in more than 10 winning proposals working with the Sustainable Agriculture Department and sustainable energy teams in Practical action. I became one of the key facilitators in participatory/community based approaches training providing support to teams throughout the country.

Managed project budgets of more than 10 million US Dollars both in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Linked more than 20 farmer groups to markets and promoted Value chain development and upgrading for local farm products. Monitoring and Evaluation;

Practical Action;

(Matebeleland South

Province, Zimbabwe; October

2011 to August 2013)(PRPII

Project)

Mutare District, Manicaland

Province, Zimbabwe (October

2013 to January 2015)

I developed monitoring framework and tools for use by all stakeholders and carried efficient data collection and analysis thereby generating lessons and experiences from the projects. I also developed informative live data bases and advised field staff on participatory monitoring and evaluation of project activities. Care Programme

Coordinator; (District

Outreach for Care and

Support) Manicaland,

Zimbabwe (January to

September 2011)

I successfully managed the relief and development programs and developed systems for accountability, Supervision of field stuff as well as

Monitoring and evaluation

Markets Development

Officer; Practical Action

Consulting; Nampula

Province, Mozambique (

January –December 2010)

Carried out market research and linked 8 farmer groups in Nampula province to the market. Also facilitated training of government department of Agriculture and financial services in two Districts in Participatory Market Systems Development

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Master of Science in Development Studies; Bachelor of Science in Agriculture; Diploma in Education; Certificate in Agriculture

References

1. Mr. Reginald Sithole, CARE International, 9845Stoneridge, Waterfalls, Harare, Cell

+263*********/ +263********* Email ad47f6@r.postjobfree.com 2. Mr. Lloyd Chirombe, Manicaland Provincial Housing Officer, Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, Government Complex Mutare, Cell: +263 776-***-****/ +263-*********, Email: ad47f6@r.postjobfree.com

3. Mr Lamack Mahohoma, Cell Number +263*********, Email ad47f6@r.postjobfree.com

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