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Paul Muchire

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Last update: 06.09.2022

Communication specialist, Linguist and Freelancer

Graduation: BA Linguistics and Kiswahili, MA Communication Studies
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: English (Limited professional)

Attachments

Paul Muchire CV.pdf

Skills

Twitter, Facebook

Project history

06/2012 - 08/2013
Sanitation Marketing Assistant
Bio-Centres Initiative (BCI)

and Implemented by Umande Trust and Bankable Frontier Associates (BFA), Communications and
Sanitation Marketing Assistant
* Led Sanitation Marketing of bio-centres and adoption of electronic card based payment
system for access of sanitation facilities.
* Provided documentation support

01/2012 - 08/2013
PROJECT SUPPORT


01/2012 - 08/2013
PROJECT SUPPORT
Nakuru Low Income Areas; Community

Led Total Sanitation in an urban area; Funded by Comic Relief and implemented by Practical
Action and Umande Trust
* Communication and Documentation.
* Managed media relations for the project
* Organized the 2012 World Toilet Day: Nakuru County celebrations

06/2007 - 08/2013
NETWORKING AND COMMUNICATION MANAGER
UMANDE TRUST.

Communications team leader: Umande Trust (www@umande.org), a right-based water and
sanitation civil society organization involved in designing and developing innovative water,
sanitation and hygiene facilities and other community empowerment programmes in poor urban
people's settlement. As a team reader, I;
* Coordinated organizational branding
* Handled media relations in the organization as well as designing and production of media kits
* Revamped and created content for Umande Trust's Website, Twitter and Facebook accounts and
podcasts
* Coordinated the design and production of Umande Trust's quarterly newsletter
* Took lead in development and production of human interest stories, most significant change
stores and information education communication materials
* Did rapporteur ring for both internal and external organization's events, meetings and workshops
*

06/2010 - 12/2012
Assistant project manager
Promoting Associations, Governance and Equity (PAGE ); Civil Society Urban Development Programme (CSUDP)


06/2010 - 11/2012
PROGRAMME MANAGER

I managed the Oxfam programme at Umande trust that included several projects on Water and
Sanitation, Human Rights and Economic Empowerment.
* Community Empowerment to Access and Demand Justice: - a governance and advocacy
programme targeting small scale traders in Nairobi's informal settlements; supported by
European Union (EU), and jointly implemented by Oxfam, Umande Trust and Kenya Private
Sector Alliance (KEPSA)
- Together with KEPSA, trained Journalists in Nairobi on project's aspects and explored
areas of cooperation
- Mobilized and trained small scale traders in Nairobi's informal settlements on the project
aspects
- Mobilized and trained the then Nairobi's Provincial administration officers (D.O's, chiefs
and assistant chiefs in Nairobi on Human Rights and safe business spaces




* Kenya Urban Development Programme: Empowerment for youth and water for all - A three year
water and sanitation programme targeting the youth in Mukuru, Korogocho and Kibera slums
- Fundraised for construction of 5 sanitation facilities (bio-centres) and 8 water kiosks
- Mobilized youth in the project areas, build their capacity on savings and governance.
- Managed construction of bio-centres an water kiosks

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