WORK & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Islamic Relief Kenya
Project Management; Monitoring and Evaluation; Placement and Deployment for Fieldwork March - September 2023
- Emergency deployment to floods-stricken regions within Kenya for aid delivery purposes
- Conducted food-distribution programmes in urban-slum environments
- Implemented integrated-village development projects across regions of the country
Islamic Relief/READ Foundation – Joint Project Sindh, Pakistan; London, United Kingdom
Emergency Disaster Response Deployment; Fundraising and Event Management September 2022
- Emergency deployment to floods-stricken regions in Sindh for aid delivery purposes
- Documented and filmed interviews alongside aid-recipients for fundraising purposes
- Organised last-minute fundraising event jointly-organised with Islamic Relief & READ Foundation
- Gave keynote speech as eyewitness of on-the-ground situation
International Organisation for Migration (IOM). London, United Kingdom
Research & Policy. Jan 2020 - Feb 2020
- Improved methods of data analysis used to determine UN aid response.
- Researched into the increasing use of the ‘Migration-Conflict Nexus’ as an IOM lense to approach policy implementation.
- Assisted writing a report into causes and effects of conflict on forced migration patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.
Islamic Relief Mali
Project and Event Management & Fundraising; Fieldwork; Filming July 2018 – December 2018
- Researched causes of lack of access to education, high infant mortality rates, and poor agricultural harvests.
- Built and documented purpose-built schools, natal-care centres and micro-dams for fundraising purposes.
- Organised a fundraising event of loyal charity donors and members of the public for further provisions of stated projects.
Talk Education Partnership Uganda
Project and Event Management; Placement & Deployment for Fieldwork; Filming Oct 2016 - June 2019
- Researched into causes of lack of access to education for children in East Africa, specifically the lack of access to clean water.
- Held panel talks spreading awareness in London universities for the causes of lack of education in East Africa.
- Designed, fundraised and executed projects delivering water tanks to schools in Eastern rural Uganda
- Set up policy procedures for further provisions of aid.
READ Foundation Kashmir, Pakistan; Lebanon; London, United Kingdom
Project and Event Management & Fundraising; On-Ground Deployment; Filming June 2016 – ongoing volunteer
- Researched causes of lack of, and improved access to, education, in the local communities.
- Visited and documented purpose-built schools and/or refugee camps and provided emergency aid.
- Organised a fundraising event of loyal charity donors and members of the public for further provisions of stated projects.
ITV London, United Kingdom
Project & Event Management; Project Design July 2014 – August 2014
- Organised a promotional event for the launching of a new TV channel.
- Designed a marketing campaign for the launching of a new reality show.
- Researched into new targeted-audience marketing methods and customer behaviour.
British Asian Trust Karachi, Pakistan; London, United Kingdom
Charity Mentor; Project and Event Management; Fieldwork; Filming June 2014 – July 2014; Jan 2019 – June 2019
- Liaised with prospective grassroots NGOs in Pakistan and India for fundraising and support mentoring.
- Visited and documented partner NGOs in Karachi, and interviewed vulnerable mothers and widows supported by NGOs.
- Wrote a blog post detailing personal experiences and others’ points of views about fieldwork and spoke during a fundraising event.
Human Appeal North Macedonia
International Volunteer November 2014
- Sourced and delivered emergency aid at refugee way-points at North Macedonian border points.
- Spoke at schools raising awareness of the ongoing European refugee crisis.
