Team Leader Reproductive Health

CURRICULUM VITAE- CAROL GAMA

PERSONAL DETAILS SURNAME: Gama

FIRST NAME: Carol

DATE OF BIRTH: 18th June 1992

MARITAL STATUS: Married

NATIONALITY: Malawian

HOME ADDRESS: Chiswe Village, Chigumula, Blantyre

CONTACT ADDRESS: C/o Kenneth Masache, Wananchi Media Ltd, P.O. Box 1147, Lilongwe, Malawi.

Cell: 099*******/088*******

E-mail: *****.*****@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Carol Gama-Masache is an experienced behavior change communications practitioner who has worked on demand creation and social behavior change communication projects. She is a trainer of several community capacity building and demand creation approaches that improve people’s lives while meeting project targets. She has experience in community mobilization approaches such as Community Score Card (CSC), Community Action Cycle (CAC) and the Champion Community. She also has experience in Theatre for Development (TFD) and Drama in Education that focuses on Social and Public Health emergencies. Carol is a self-starter, team player as well as a team leader who has time management skills which are effective in achieving project outcomes. She has worked on projects that focus on Maternal and Child Health, Reproductive Health and Family Planning, HIV/AIDS, Education, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Nutrition, Malaria and most recently, Covid-19. She has a Bachelor of Arts Humanities degree from Chancellor College, SRHR Services Provider certificate awarded by the Ministry of Health and a certificate in Social Behavior Change Program Monitoring awarded by Global Health eLearning. EDUCATION SUMMARY

• SRHR Services Provider, Certificate (Ministry of Health, 2023)

• Certificate in Social Behavior Change Program Monitoring (Global Health eLearning, 2019)

• Bachelor of Arts Humanities (University of Malawi, Chancellor College, 2014) WORK EXPERIENCE

EMPLOYER: Banja La Mtsogolo

POSITION: Behavior Change Communication Interventions (BCCI) Officer PERIOD: Since September 2021 (Lilongwe, Kasungu, Thyolo and Nsanje) DUTIES:

Responsible for implementation of effective and efficient planning, prioritization, documentation, monitoring and evaluation of BLM’s Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) Behavior Change education, community mobilization and service demand creation communication strategies and operations.

Providing Youth Friendly SRHR services including sessions on effects of early sex debut, HPV and Cervical cancer.

Coordinate and provide periodic reporting of SRH and HIV/AIDS Behavior change communication interventions progress reports, and analysis to Programs and Operations Directorate.

Coordinate and manage a network of Reproductive Health Assistants (RHA’s), community-based agents in implementing effective SRH Interpersonal Communication (IPC), education, community mobilization, demand creation and education strategies including managing RHA incentive scheme with District Team.

Budgeting, handling and liquidating all BCCI activity funds in line with the guidelines. Provide BLM M&E team with periodic BCCI monitoring reports as per standards by guided by BCCI Manager and M&E Manager.

Writing monthly and quarterly reports for BLM service channels informing progress status and identifying opportunities on SRH and HIV/AIDS education and demand creation programs. Training Health Surveillance Assistants (HSAs) on health advocacy and demand generation approaches.

Representing BLM in relevant forums as needed.

EMPLOYER: Management Sciences for Health

POSITION: District Community Mobilization Officer (Ntcheu) PERIOD: 01st October 2019 to 31st December 2020

DUTIES:

Coordinating ONSE district-related community mobilization and outreach activities such as CAC, Community Scorecards, Champion Community approaches among a variety of stakeholders Providing advice and direction to ONSE District Team Leader and Technical Director for Community Mobilization and Engagement (CME) on community mobilization strategies based on district establishment and priorities.

Budgeting, handling and liquidating all community activity funds in line with the guidelines. Managing the activity and funds tracker for community activities. Supporting the M&E to update the IPTT (Indicator Progress Tracking Tool) on a monthly and quarterly basis.

Work to build the skills of Health Surveillance Assistants (HSAs), Community Health Workers

(CHWs), and Community Service Organizations (CSOs) to educate the population on healthy behaviors and increase demand for services by using social behavior change communication approaches

Tracking and documenting success stories for donors Support the DHMT and ONSE staff to develop a district-specific Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) plan to be included in the District Implementation Plans (DIP) Writing and sending all activity and monthly reports to the district coordinator and the CME Technical Director

Linking the health facilities with the community structures within their catchment areas i.e. HSAs being the link

Working together with sub-grantees and other stakeholders in the district to ensure indicator achievement

Collaborating with the District Community Mobilization Teams to ensure smooth running of community mobilization activities in thematic areas such as WASH, Nutrition, Malaria, MNCH

(including family planning and youth friendly health services). Working with MoH Officers to mobilize communities and raise awareness on risk perceptions and preventive behavior regarding the most recent Covid-19 pandemic Budgeting, handling and liquidating all community activity funds in line with the guidelines EMPLOYER: Village Reach (Ntcheu and Zomba)

POSITION HELD: District Community Mobilization Officer PERIOD: April 2017- 30th September 2019

DUTIES:

Leading in the formation of Community Mobilization Teams (CMTs), Community Health Action Groups (CHAGs), Champion Communities, training them and ensuring their sustainability through supportive supervision

Budgeting, handling and liquidating all community activity funds in line with the guidelines Support the DHMT and ONSE staff to develop a district-specific Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) plan to be included in the District Implementation Plans (DIP) Writing and sending all activity and monthly reports to the district coordinator Writing weekly updates for all planned activities

Linking the health facilities with the community structures within their catchment areas i.e. HSAs being the link

Following and supporting maternal death audits at community and health facility level Working together with sub-grantees and other stakeholders in the district Promotion of Chipatala Cha Pa Foni toll free line (54747) among a variety of stakeholders. REFEREES

Mr. Joseph Ntwana

USAID Malawi

P.O. Box 30455

Lilongwe

E-mail: **************@*****.***

Cell; +265-***-***-***

Mr. Innocent Mainjeni

Village Reach

P.O. Box 31348

Lilongwe 3

E-mail: ********.********@************.***

Cell; +265-***-***-***

Mr Simeon Thodi

Banja La Mtsogolo

P.O. Box 1854

Email: ******.*****@*****.***.**

Cell; +265-***-***-***

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