Young Expert at Rode Kruis - Philippines

YEP period 2019 - 2020, batch 17

YEP Role

As a Young Expert for the Netherlands Red Cross in the Philippines I am responsible for the implementation of Coastal Zone Management project in Tacloban. I am currently working on setting up a Leadership & System Transformation lab for key stakeholders within the Tacloban ecosystem to increase the ability to reflect and identify possibilities for the creation of sustainability-oriented solutions. 

 

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Skills

• Thematic expertise in the field of Global Health, Hygiene Promotion and Integrated Water Management
• Strategic skills in the field of Ecosystem Thinking, multi stakeholder processes, partnership development, programme design and relation management
• Practical skills in the field of project management, planning, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, financial management

Background

Nationality: Dutch

Education: Research Master Global Health at the VU University, Bachelor Cultural Anthropology & Sociology University of Amsterdam 

 

Experience before YEP

Prior to YEP I worked as a Project Officer for the Philippines and Malawi at the Netherlands Red Cross Headquarters. I have field experience working as a Medical Coordinator for Project Abroads Nepal and as a Research Officer for Simavi in Ghana and Indonesia.