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Miranda Ekema

Miranda Ekema

Cape Town

Summary

Skilled team player with strong background in Global Health. I work well independently to handle assignments and always ready to go beyond basics assignments. Actively working towards continuing personal learning and development. I enjoy overcoming challenges, and I approach my work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.

Work History

COLLEGE AMBASSADOR

UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION, UNITED TO BEAT MALARIA
Pretoria
  • Leading the fight against Malaria on my university campus while advocating for full funding of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the President's Malaria Initiative, and the UN as well as fundraise for our work to protect students and their communities from this deadly disease
  • Promoted knowledge about malaria in campus events and on the media
  • Created social media campaigns designed to engage current students in campus campaigns
  • Collaborated with marketing teams to design targeted advocacy campaigns based on research insights
  • Assisted in the development of branding strategies to increase visibility on the work we do.

MEMBER COMMUNITY RIGHTS AND GENDER ADVISORY GROUP

THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT HIV, TB and malaria
Yaounde
  • Providing technical support when needed during virtual meetings or conferences hosted by the organization and also providing input on technical documents, guidance notes and other materials
  • Developed comprehensive reports detailing progress made against objectives set forth by the Youth Advisory Group's mission statement
  • Ensure consistency and coordination of inputs and dialogue between the various groups or networks that have historically advised the Global Fund on inter-related areas
  • Providing feedback with regards to Global Fund strategies, policies, evaluations and reports relating to CRG.

STEERING GROUP MEMBER

RESTLESS DEVELOPMENT & STOPAIDS
Cape Town
  • Support young people in donor and emerging donor countries to drive change on the reprioritization of global HIV and AIDS through connecting and collaborating with likeminded young people to lead campaigns for strong financial commitments to The Global Fund
  • Documented, researched and participated in developing the youth mobilisation fund to support specific campaigning activities led by HIV and AIDS focused youth organizations networks and movements
  • Collaborated with other members of the Youth Advisory Group to create innovative solutions to complex challenges
  • Provided technical support when needed during virtual meetings or conferences hosted by the organization
  • Developed comprehensive reports detailing progress made against objectives set forth by the Youth Advisory Group's mission statement.

HIV EPIDEMIC RESPONSE (HER) FUND AMBASSADOR

THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT HIV, TB and malaria
Yaounde
  • Engaging in Global Fund and other national processes around health and HIV for AGYW while supporting their active participation, by offering training and mentoring
  • Supervising and leading grant implementations with partners in Morocco, India and Tanzania.

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

COMMON ACTION FOR GENDER DEVELOPMENT
  • Supporting young women to participate in policy processes and activities and supporting them to represent their communities and community needs and priorities
  • Working in close cooperation with partners and senior advisors on HIV tuberculosis & malaria on the issues of planning, linking programmatic and operational processes and ensuring reaching of planned deliverables.

Caregiver, Special Needs

Saving Grace Care Home
Yaounde
  • Cultivated a safe and supportive environment for clients with diverse needs
  • Implemented care plans designed by healthcare professionals tailored to individual client needs
  • Improved well-being of patients by assisting with daily living needs and personal hygiene.

ADMINISTRATION & OPERATIONS ASSISTANT INTERN

MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION,YAOUNDÉ CAMEROON
Yaounde
  • Maintained optimal controls over administrative processes, office supplies and team schedules
  • Identified organizational strengths and weaknesses from performance records and reports
  • Typed, formatted and proofread documents and correspondence using computers
  • Facilitated communication, handling phone and email correspondence.

PROGRAMME OFFICER

WOMEN4GLOBALFUND
08.2023 - Current
  • Advocated for clients' rights and well-being in various settings
  • Educated clients on available social programs that could enhance their quality of life.

Education

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA CANDIDATE - Public Health - undefined

UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.S.) IN NURSING - undefined

SAINT MONICA UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE (SMUI)

Skills

Excellent communication and listening skills

Consultancyexperiences

  • AGYW Consultation towards Global Fund new strategy development- Global Fund: Assistive research support work, supporting desk review research work, creating baseline survey questions, producing questionnaires, and administering them, and drafting and consolidating data collected to improve access to new and existing prevention options for AGYW.
  • Psychological and Health Journeys of Young Mothers - UNICEF: Conducted online and virtual consultations to secure insights, perspectives in-depth experiences, preferences, and priorities for young mothers on their pre and post pregnancy care experiences with the goal of eliciting with clarity and nuance, the dimensions of care that contribute to positive experiences for young mothers.
  • Achieving more for young women and girls- UNICEF: Led online consultations, community led assessments including online surveys to bring forth a roadmap of action for girls and women.
  • Gender Equality Fund Consultation (GEF)- The Global Fund: Providing guidance on issues related to governance on the engagement of community representatives in the Fund's steering committee, the grantmaking process and operations of the Fund.

References

References available upon request

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
French
Upper intermediate (B2)

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline

PROGRAMME OFFICER

WOMEN4GLOBALFUND
08.2023 - Current

COLLEGE AMBASSADOR

UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION, UNITED TO BEAT MALARIA

MEMBER COMMUNITY RIGHTS AND GENDER ADVISORY GROUP

THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT HIV, TB and malaria

STEERING GROUP MEMBER

RESTLESS DEVELOPMENT & STOPAIDS

HIV EPIDEMIC RESPONSE (HER) FUND AMBASSADOR

THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT HIV, TB and malaria

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

COMMON ACTION FOR GENDER DEVELOPMENT

Caregiver, Special Needs

Saving Grace Care Home

ADMINISTRATION & OPERATIONS ASSISTANT INTERN

MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION,YAOUNDÉ CAMEROON

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA CANDIDATE - Public Health - undefined

UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.S.) IN NURSING - undefined

SAINT MONICA UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE (SMUI)

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