CV Profile No.78109

Experience in the following industries :

• Health, pharmacy, hospitals, medical equipment

Professional experience

• Associate Nutrition and Food Security Officer
• UNHCR
• Since 07.2022
• • Assess the nutrition and food security needs and map resources and capacities, together with partners to propose technical solutions and strategies. • Provide technical leadership, technical support, and guidance to implementing and operational partners, including on the integration of a nutrition component into the overall primary health care programmes and curative services • Monitor and evaluate nutrition and food security programmes against UNHCR and international standards to ensure that programmes are evidence-based and implemented in a comprehensive and cost-effective manner; • Coordinate field level Nutrition and Food Security programmes; and work in a coordinated approach in co-operation with governments, other UN agencies, UNHCR partners, and other humanitarian partners. • Support the formulation and submission of projects proposals including budget to respond to the assessed and prioritized needs in collaboration with partners and UNHCR program

• Food and Nutrition Specialist
• National Child Development Agency, Rwanda
• 01.2021 - 07.2022
• I was responsible of the coordination and implementation of all interventions and activities related Child development from conception up to 18 years countrywide implemented by Social Cluster Ministries, District Plan to Eliminate Malnutrition committees in all districts, Donors, UN, Civil Society Organizations and Private Sector. I worked in Collaboration with Social Cluster Ministries and partners to: • Provide technical Support in the development of policies and strategic plans (School feeding policy and strategy), guidelines (School feeding guidelines), training materials (Kitchen garden manual), supportive supervision tools on food security and nutrition aiming at improving the nutritional status of the population • Contribute to the capacity building of farmers, Community Health Workers, Inshuti z’Umuryango, ECD caregivers on food security for prevention of human malnutrition • Revision of Maternal Infant and Young Child Feeding counselling card and MIYCN protocol • Contribute to the implementation and coordination of home-grown school feeding projects being implemented in Rwanda

• Food and Nutrition Specialist
• National Child Development Agency
• 05.2018 - 12.2020
• • Provided technical Support in the development of policies and strategic plans (eg: School feeding policy and strategy, PSTA IV, Food and nutrition strategic review,), guidelines (eg: School feeding guidelines, Kitchen Garden Guidelines), training materials, supportive supervision tools on food security and nutrition aiming at improving the nutritional status of the population • Contribute to the capacity building of farmers, Community Health Workers, Inshuti z’Umuryango, ECD caregivers on food security for prevention of human malnutrition • Revision of Maternal Infant and Young Child Feeding counselling card and MIYCN protocol • Contribute to the establishment of ECDs across the country • Organization and conduction of training of district and sector staff as well as farmer promoters on kitchen garden program implementation • Develop guidelines on food security and nutrition for usage on improving food security and nutrition • Contribute to the development of Food Based Dietary Guidelines (FBDGs) • Contribute to the Fill the Nutrient Analysis

• Food and Nutrition Specialist
• National Food and Nutrition Coordination secretariat
• 12.2016 - 12.2017
• • Develop guidelines on food security and nutrition for usage on improving food security and nutrition • Organize and conduct Nutrition and food security subsector working group meeting • Mapping of stakeholders intervening in nutrition specific or sensitive intervention • Contribute to the Preparation / appraisal of the Stunting Prevention and Reduction Project - SPRP (P164845) • Participate in conferences and meeting on food and nutrition organized by stakeholders • Prepare quarterly progress implementation report of the Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Malnutrition(JAPEM) • Collect and analyses data related to food security and nutrition • Monitor and report improvement on food security and nutrition. • Work closely with other stakeholders in the area of the food security and nutrition.

• Nutrition Officer
• American Refugee committee
• 03.2016 - 12.2016
• was responsible for the implementation of infant and Young Child Nutrition that encompasses Nutrition education through 30 Mother-to-Mother Support Groups and individual counselling. This also includes conduction of Mass MUAC Screening in every 3 months with purpose of identifying cases of Malnutrition present in the community. • Implement and supervise outpatient therapeutic feeding of severely malnourished under- fives as well as beneficiaries above 5 years while following the stipulated protocol. • Implement and supervise the supplementary feeding programs • Actively participate in promotion of appropriate maternal infant and young child feeding practices at the health facility and community levels. • Supervise and work in strict collaboration with the community health workers and nutrition team during nutrition screening activities in the community and at the health facility. • Develop nutrition education plan, ensure adherence, and ensure appropriate delivery of key messages and reporting of nutrition education sessions. • Plan and conduct mass MUAC screening on a quarterly basis as well as bi-annually vitamin A supplementation and deworming campaigns targeting children under five years in collaboration with the community health team and other stakeholders in the camp

• Nutritionist
• Catholic relief services
• 07.2014 - 03.2016
• I got an opportunity of being a professional intern working as Nutritionist at CRS where I performed duties related to the implementation of different projects such as USAID Higa Ubeho project, USAID Gimbuka project, Scaling Up Nutrition project and EKN Nutrition project. In the first period I was based at CRS Rwanda country office and in the second at Presbyterian Church in Rwanda which was implementing EKN Nutrition project in Karongi district