Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline
Accomplishments
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Volunteer
Paul Akuamoah-Boateng

Paul Akuamoah-Boateng

Development Worker
P. O. Box EF 274, Effiduase,Ashanti

Summary

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

I am a person with a great passion for development work, I have always stretched myself along paths where I can broaden my knowledge and attain the requisite skills needed to fulfill my lifelong goal of being a development practitioner helping to promote human development.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language

Work History

Ag. Project Coordinator

World Vision
12.2022 - Current
  • Periodic Responsibilities
  • Reviewed and compiled district project reports for submission to project manager
  • Submission of monthly management reports to project manager
  • Coordinate data collection from field level for submission to donor office per requests
  • Support development of Cocoa Life project documents for World Vision Triennial Council visit
  • Review and update community action plan matrix for donor office.

Project Coordinator

Bicycle Education Empowerment Programme, World Vision Ghana
12.2017 - 01.2022
  • Supervises the distribution of bicycles to student beneficiary who walk longer distance to school
  • Conduct trainings for Bicycle Implementing Partners (BIP) at the district level
  • Formation and training of Bicycle Supervisory Committees (BSC) in beneficiary communities
  • Conduct baseline surveys and monitor school enrolment, students’ performance and attendance rate for informed management decision
  • Supervises spare parts inventory, sales and importation from World Bicycle Relief.

Development Facilitator

World Vision Ghana
01.2016 - Current
  • World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice
  • It works in the areas of agriculture and food security, child protection and sponsorship, clean water and sanitation, resilience and livelihoods etc
  • I serve as a Development Facilitator on the Cocoa Life Project under the Livelihood Enhancement and Family Empowerment Technical Programmes
  • Responsibilities:
  • Facilitate the establishment of food crop Demonstration Farms (Rice, Vegetable, Plantain sucker multiplication, Vegetable seed growers) making farmers resilient to shocks and pandemics
  • Organize community sensitizations on additional sources of livelihood and the Community Savings Concept and facilitate savings group formation and training on VSLA methodology in communities for increased household income from complimentary and additional sources
  • Coordinates and collates MIS data on all existing Village Savings and Loans Associations quarterly
  • Train farmers and Savings Groups in digital savings and digital financial services using DreamSave app
  • Engage farmers, communities and households within project communities to implement improved agricultural practices, strategies and climate adaption techniques for improved food security
  • Support project communities to prepare and adopt Disaster Preparedness plan in anticipation of severe rainfalls leading floods, loss of soil cover and livestock
  • Sensitizes communities on energy efficient cooking stoves from local raw materials to reduce the excessive dependence on firewood by communities
  • Delivers training to Savings producer groups on value addition practices for prioritized value chains (sorting, cleaning, grading, dressing, processing, packaging and labeling)
  • Sensitize women on assertiveness and socio-economic empowerment as well as facilitated their access to cooperatives and markets so as to strengthen women’s voice in project communities to actively participate in decision making process
  • Facilitate community discussions in project communities on reduction of child labour and importance of education, as well as educated farmers on child labour and development
  • Facilitate bi-monthly meetings with Implementing Partners (UNDP, Right to Play, COCOBOD, Abantu, Department of Cooperatives and IDEG)

Ag. WASH Project Officer

01.2018 - 04.2018
  • Performed
  • Undertook periodic handwashing demonstrations in communities, schools and health facilities
  • Worked with partners to train food vendors on appropriate food handling practices and collaborated with District Health Management Team to examine and certify food vendors
  • Facilitated training of School Health Education Program (SHEP) Coordinators, School Health Clubs, School Member Committees and Parents Teachers Associations
  • Supported implementation of Menstrual Hygiene Management activities
  • Conducted Pre-triggering and post-triggering follow up activities in Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) implementation
  • Facilitated training of natural leaders and other support team in CLTS implementation
  • Supported Environmental Health Officers to assist in monitoring of CLTS implementation
  • Facilitated community exchange visits and learning tours to CLTS communities
  • Supported Open Defecation Free (ODF) celebrations and certifications

Ag. Health Project Officer

10.2017 - 12.2017
  • Supported training of health workers and partners on food-based approaches
  • Conducted sensitizations at the community level on micro-rich nutrient foods
  • Mobilized and trained COMM on tracking and reporting nutritional status of children
  • Supported training of volunteers on integrated community case management
  • Sensitize mothers of children under 5 on importance of growth monitoring
  • In-Country Volunteer

Legal Aid

International Service Ghana
01.2015 - 12.2015
  • Scheme is a government organization that is committed to seek justice for the poor and needy in the society
  • It achieves this by providing free access to justice for those who cannot afford the court system through the alternative dispute resolution mechanism and provision of a lawyer where necessary for court proceedings
  • Responsibilities:
  • In-take of cases
  • Mediated cases for amicable settlement
  • Gave legal advice
  • Filing of cases for court processes
  • Serve invitation letters to parties for mediation
  • Prepare quarterly and annual reports on land disputes, tenancy, child maintenance issues, intestate disputes etc
  • Actively involved in mass education and sensitization of the general public about free access to justice, Tamale
  • International Service is a UK charity organization funded by DFID
  • It works in Ghana to empower women, children and persons with disabilities to access their rights
  • It uses rights- based approach to development, delivered through projects with long term, local partners
  • Responsibilities:
  • Attended and organized meetings, kept minutes, facilitated meetings with persons with disabilities (PWDs), partners and communities
  • Writing letters and emails to schools, organizations, regarding sensitizations, follow-up visits, partnerships and sponsorship of athletes
  • Researched into the rights and needs of PWDs in Tamale
  • Developed sensitization campaigns on disability rights
  • Researched into grants available for PWDs in education
  • Worked outside normal working hours, i.e
  • Early starts and weekends to attend sports groups and sensitizations in schools or communities
  • Event organization and management
  • Organized sensitizations in schools, presented in schools and communities; raising awareness on disability issues on radio stations
  • Regularly updating social media pages and website
  • Teaching ICT lessons to PWDs
  • Delivered a head teachers’/circuit supervisors’ workshop on disability issues.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Officer, Legal Aid

Community Mediation Centre
09.2013 - 08.2014
  • Scheme, New Abirem

Education

MSC - Development Management

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
09.2019 - 08.2021

BA (Hons) - Integrated Community Development

University for Development Studies
09.2009 - 07.2013

General Arts

Ofori Panin Senior High School
09.2005 - 08.2008

Skills

Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook) IBM Lotus Notes Clientundefined

Timeline

Ag. Project Coordinator

World Vision
12.2022 - Current

MSC - Development Management

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
09.2019 - 08.2021

Ag. WASH Project Officer

01.2018 - 04.2018

Project Coordinator

Bicycle Education Empowerment Programme, World Vision Ghana
12.2017 - 01.2022

Ag. Health Project Officer

10.2017 - 12.2017

Development Facilitator

World Vision Ghana
01.2016 - Current

Legal Aid

International Service Ghana
01.2015 - 12.2015

Alternative Dispute Resolution Officer, Legal Aid

Community Mediation Centre
09.2013 - 08.2014

BA (Hons) - Integrated Community Development

University for Development Studies
09.2009 - 07.2013

General Arts

Ofori Panin Senior High School
09.2005 - 08.2008

Accomplishments

  • Community Organising for Action Model- YALI Network -2018
  • Communicating an Evidence-Based Approach I & II (World Vision International, 2018 & 2022)
  • Specialized Module on Children and Climate Change-(UNITAR/UN CC:Learn/UNICEF, 2018)
  • Child Protection Training- World Vision Ghana-2017
  • 2nd Ghana Youth Conference on Climate Change and Sustainable Development- Organised by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/Greener Impact Initiative-2017
  • Outcome: Formed Youth Alliance in Climate Change and developed a youth position paper on climate change issues in Ghana
  • Savings Group Project Model- World Vision Ghana-2016
  • Community Owned Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (COVACA)- World Vision-2016
  • International Citizen Service Certificate- DFID-2014
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)- UNDP/Legal Aid Scheme-2013

Interests

Climate Change and Child Protection

Project Planning

Community Action for Development

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