PERPERTURE POPE PESA

P.O. Box ****;

MIGORI, KENYA.

MOBILE: +254********* / +254*********

D.O.B.: 6TH September, 1987.

Email: ad01i3@r.postjobfree.com

Personal Statement and Attributes

To become a project manager/Nutritionist capable of carrying out tasks from conception through to their realization. Improving the health and nutrition programming and there implementation, hence improving health status and lifestyle among our people and to use my knowledge to make a difference worldwide.

Education and Qualifications

2012 – 2016.

Bachelor of Science in food nutrition and dietetics-Egerton university, Njoro, Kenya

2008 - 2010.

Diploma in Dietetic and Nutrition – The Mombasa Polytechnic, Mombasa, Kenya (KNEC examined).

2002 to 2005

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education; St. Albert’s Ulanda Girls High School

Career Summary /work experience

December 2021 to Date.

Nutrition Educator, Abbott Nutrition International.

Support in the implementation of maternal infant and young child feeding program in Nairobi County.

Create forums for sharing of emerging issues and best practices to promote health and wellbeing in the communities.

Support community health stakeholders in screening for malnutrition during community health days or in mother to mother support groups in the community.

Mapping of hospitals to work with in the maternity and mother and child clinics to be able to create linkages and follow up to support hence promoting wholesome health in the first 1000 days of life and continually.

Education of community health workers on current nutrition health concerns which includes, Iron folic supplementation, Vitamin A supplementation, deworming, food fortification among others and the importance of adherence in the community.

Support in health message development and Nutrition education when need arise.

Represent Abbott nutrition in health and stake holders meetings.

Promote advocacy of Baby friendly hospital initiative in Hospitals.

January 2018 to October 2021.

Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN), Nutrition Officer – International Rescue Committee (IRC), Dadaab, Garissa County. Achievements.

Represented IRC in donor meeting and in Nutrition technical working groups with other health stakeholders in Dadaab.

Served as a member of the MIYCN (Mother infant and young child Nutrition) technical working group. I actively participated in developing messages that can easily be understood by the public so as to improve the health and nutrition of children under 5 years and mothers.

Provided technical support. During the development of the training packages for MIYCN, I actively contributed my knowledge and skills e.g. inclusion of videos in the training rather than pictures only.

In the routine development of the key MIYCN messages and posters, I helped to come up with simple messages that were easily understood while still maintaining the original scientific meaning.

During the review of the counseling cards, in the technical working group I actively contributed in coming up with pictures and messages that were relevant to the local context compared. This was in view of increasing the uptake of the program and ownership.

Ensuring quality Implementation of MIYCN program through conducting trainings for health and nutrition workers, facilitating the formation of MIYCN Support groups and on-job training of the counselors.

I actively participated as a facilitator during the roll out of the new MIYCN guidelines for Kenya by training various cadres including health and nutrition workers and Mother Support group.

Ensured success of the nutrition program by strengthening the linkage mechanism through monthly mass MUAC (Mid Upper Arm Circumference), taking a lead role in setting up of central kitchen gardens for the mother support groups, referrals and linkages of all mothers to support groups.

I took a lead role in community engagement and involvement by conducting community dialogues and family bazaars and community action days.

I participated in developing a resource centers which also served as child friendly space in various health posts in Hagadera.

I ensured weekly, monthly and quarterly reports in line with the needs of IRC and the donors who funded the nutrition program.

I was also responsible for case tracing and of all malnourished children under 5 years in the community and referral to the nearest health post.

May to December 2017.

Emergency response nutritionist - International rescue committee, Turkana.

Supervised the Blanket supplementary feeding (BSFP) team in implementing sites and ensured goals and objectives of the project are met.

Actively participated in defaulter tracing and routine health and nutrition key messaging in the community.

Closely monitored and reporting on the flow of the nutrition supplies stocks.

Community mobilisation and sensitization on BSFP before food distribution days.

Identified program beneficiaries.

Ensured proper screening of all children less than five years and pregnant and lactating women.

Ensured proper recording and tallying of all beneficiaries reached in every distribution site.

Ensured smooth implementation of BSFP in all distribution sites including crowd control and mobilisation.

Ensured all program beneficiaries get adequate food ratios at each food distribution date.

Ensured timely data collection and reporting, including producing both weekly and monthly report

Stock monitoring of various commodities.

Offered nutrition support through counselling to individuals with Malnutrition.

November 2015 to February 2016.

Volunteer Nutritionist, World Food Program, Ethiopia Country Office.

Provided support in implementation of nutrition programs and activities ensuring alignment with wider nutrition policies.

Designed the filing system of Nutrition papers on the share drive, including reports, policies and other communication documents for easy referral.

Assisted in the progress monitoring and tracking of reports in Targeted supplementary feeding [TSF] program.

Actively participated in regular workshops for implementation of TSF programs.

Contributed towards food and nutrition related studies/surveys.

Helped in the development of product leaflets and nutrition key messages.

Assisted in the memorandum of understanding with the NGOs and other implementing partners.

Organized weekly unit meetings

Took and filled the minutes.

Facilitated organizing planned cascade training by compiling the training tools, reports and materials.

Assisted in stock monitoring and management of food commodities used in targeted supplementary feeding program.

February 2010 – September 2011.

Assistant nutritionist - MATER HOSPITAL, NAIROBI.

Conducted nutrition assessments to patients both in inpatient and out patient’s clinics.

Promoted baby friendly hospital initiative program.

Educated on exclusive breast feeding, complimentary feeding, weaning to patients in both hospital and outreach clinics.

Nutrition education of patient in the medical wards, example Renal, diabetic, jaundice, hypertensive patients.

Prepared diet plans of all patients in medical wards.

Monitored the preparation of therapeutic feeds.

Supervised meal service of special diets for medical patients.

Promoted appropriate maternal, infant and young child feeding practices.

Planned and implemented enteral and parental dietary regimes for critically ill patients in high dependency unit and ICU.

Gave presentations on continuous nutrition education to other staff.

Implemented supplementary feeding to both severe and moderate patients.

Planned and conducted nutrition training to various department staff on weekly basis.

Follow up of HIV/AIDS Patients enrolled in the nutrition support program.

Jan 2009 – May 2009

Practical and Internship Training Coast General Hospital, Mombasa

Nutrition education and counselling of patients.

Meal and diet planning for individualized patient care.

Nutrition assessment, monitoring and follow up of inpatients.

Participation in continuous nutrition education.

Prescriptions of nutrition supplements to patient who need nutritional support i.e. HIV/AIDS patients.

Providing support in the implementation of nutrition programs.

Keeping records related to nutrition information in the facility.

Professional development (other courses) and registration.

Integrated management of acute malnutrition [IMAM] training, by ministry of health lodwar in coordination with [IRC].

Programming in Infant and young child feeding by UNICEF in collaboration with Cornell university.

Mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS by global health.

Basic concept in Nutrition by world food program [WFP.

Advanced security in the field

Corporate multifunctional training on cash and voucher by [WFP].

Basic certificate in computer; Word, Excel, Internet and Email.

2014 - Basic First Aid.

Registered nutritionist with Kenya nutrition and dietetics institute [KNDI].

Personal Details

Health Excellent; non-smoker

Interests Travelling, film, music, meeting new people and learning new cultures.

References Are Available On Request

Susan Ochieng

Head of Nutrition Section

Mater hospital.

Po box 0325-00100

Nairobi

CELL: 072*******

Email:ad01i3@r.postjobfree.com

Fragrance Manyala

Nutrition officer

WFP Ethiopia

P.O Box Nairobi

CELL:+251*********

Email:ad01i3@r.postjobfree.com

Nelly Oranga

Nutrition Officer, International Rescue Committee (IRC) Kenya.

P.O.BOX 347-40400; NAIROBI

Mobile-+254*********

Email; ad01i3@r.postjobfree.com

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