Partner Focus Area: Faith / Religion

Kemigisha Elizabeth

Clay| Ambivert| Daring| Lover of the Arts_ Animals_Tea_Books_Cooking| Giver| Enjoying SBCC work @ Program for Accessible health, Communication and Education

Kareen Shawa

Feminist. Communications officer at EPN. Creative. Masters Degree in International Relations and Diplomacy/Strategic Communications

Joel Oduor Otieno

Joel is a Community and Public Health Nutritionist with an extensive knowledge and a wealth of experience in health and nutrition programming, monitoring and evaluation, capacity development, global health and international development. He holds a Bsc in Food Nutrition and Dietetics from South Eastern Kenya University and a Micromasters of Leadership in Global Development at The University of Queensland, Australia.
Currently, Joel is a Research and Field Officer at EpiStat Research with a focus on building capacities in SMART Methodology. The bulk of the work mainly targets planning and execution of nutrition assessments, development of survey tools and protocols, report writing, representation and communication.
With the 3 years of experience, Joel has worked as a Clinical Nutritionist working with People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in the Comprehensive Care Clinics, Pregnant and Lactating Women at the Maternal Child Health Centers and management of malnourished children through implementation of the Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition Protocol.
With knowledge of Leadership on Global Development and Nutrition, Joel is available for opportunities that may call for skills and competence in the following area of interest; project management, monitoring and evaluation, cash transfer programming, community management of acute malnutrition, water sanitation and hygiene, food nutrition and security, sustainable development and global health.

Holly Freitas

Holly graduated from Seattle Pacific University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She worked a an RN in the US Army for 4 years, specializing in OB/GYN. After working many years in both hospital and outpatient settings, Holly began to pursue work in international health. She co-authored a women’s health curriculum and authored a multi-module HIV curriculum for international use. In 2006, she and her family, moved to Tanzania, East Africa where she began extensive work with the Maasai people group. In 2007, she developed an educational HIV video together with her Maasai colleagues. She completed her Master’s Degree in Public Health with a focus on Community Health Education in 2011. Holly and her family continued to live in Tanzania until fall of 2014 when they returned to the US. Holly continues to focus her efforts internationally as a consultant for Social and Behavioral Change Communication.