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I am a linguist who works in Swahili and English languages for many years as a translator, Swahili tutor and voice-over specialist for Swahili and English.

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Background

TV sessions host / voice-over specialist / Translator/ editor

Challi television · 01/03/2022 – 31/01/2024

Working in the television as TV sessions host and voice-over specialist, also translating news from English to make Swahili news and editing some news before the session.

Research Assistant

USAID Measure Evaluation/ PACT/DAMAX · 01/09/2017 – 31/10/2017

Conducting baseline survey for the Kizazi Kipya MVC and OVC households + conducting evaluation in OVC households to study the HIV burden and eﬀectiveness of saving groups in order to improve the wellbeing of the OVC households.
Transcribing the voices to transcriptions.
Translating transcriptions from Swahili to English.

Research Assistant (Qual data collection)

MDH- AAPH · 01/05/2017 – 01/07/2017

Assessment of impact of vegetable gardening for PLHIV clients in Dar es Salaam and Kagera as one of the Nutrition projects for MDH-AAPH.
Transcribing the voices to transcriptions.
Translating transcriptions from Swahili to English.

Researcher

MoHCDGEC - RCH Section · 01/03/2017 – 30/04/2017

Research on youth friendly services baseline assessment in Ushetu, Shinyanga.

Researcher & Supervisor

FHI 360/MUHAS · 01/09/2016 – 31/10/2016

Conducting Formative assessment of the CB-HIPP Project Sites

Cultural facilitator/ Researcher/ Swahili/ English Translator

Frog Design Group UK/ Mhealth · 01/06/2016 – 30/08/2016

Assessing Pregnant Mother and Health Baby Nutrition and Mhealth Mobile Service for Mothers.

Rapporteur / reporter

MoHCDGEC /JPIEGO · 01/04/2016 – 31/10/2016

Writing minutes and reports for Technical Workshop to develop National Training Package for STI AND RTI; Technical Workshop to Review CQI Tool Training Package SOPs, and Job Aides for VMMC/EIMC; Technical workshop to Review/Develop National Training Package for VMMC and EIMC

English/ Swahili Translator/ Interpreter/ administration officer/ research coordinator/ research team leader/ proofreader/ data collector

NEDICO · 01/01/2016 – 30/09/2026

I was working in various activities in a Consultancy firm for public health.

Research Consultant

KNCV USAID Tuberculosis Foundation · 01/10/2015 – 31/12/2015

Conduct QUOTE TB light assessment in three regions of Tanzania; Arusha, Mwanza and Dar es salaam, Data analysis and report writing

Swahili tutor/ Translator/ editor/ research assistant

University of Dar es Salaam · 01/06/2015 – 31/08/2018

I was teaching Swahili as a Foreign Language. Editing manuscripts, translating English/ Swahili and collecting research data.

Swahili/English Translator

Engender Health /USAID · 01/06/2015 – 31/07/2015

Translating tools, Editing and proof reading

Project Management Associate, Researcher, Senior translator/ Interpreter for Swahili/ English

DAMAX Solution ltd · 10/03/2015 – 31/12/2015

Project Management Associate, Researcher, Senior translator/ Interpreter for Swahili/ English.
Working in all Research activities like data collection, transcribing data, engaging in report writing, translating tools and transcripts, data entry, engaging in hiring temporary teams, searching for consultancy and other company projects activities.

Translator/ Interpreter

CSR Group Africa/ and Mathematica Policy Research of Washington DC, USA/Millennium Challenge Account · 01/05/2014 – 30/09/2014

Consultant (Swahili /English Translator/Interpreter): End line evaluation of The Millennium Challenge Millennium Challenge Account Tanzania (MCA-T) Project.

Translator/Interpreter and Research Assistant

International Business and Technical Consultancy Inc. Vienna, Virginia, USA/USAID · 01/08/2013 – 31/10/2013

Consultant (Translator/Interpreter for Swahili/English and research assistant): Final Evaluation of the iWASh project and USAID/Pwani project

Swahili instructor

Fulbright/ IEE · 12/08/2009 – 31/05/2010

Teaching Swahili language and culture at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA.

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Early Childhood Development

28/02/2019

Certificate for completion training on Early Childhood Development and Childhood assessments and research for my public health activities qualifications.

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