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CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)
BEATSON KANYENDA
POST OFFICE BOX 272,
CHILUMBA,
KARONGA.
Cell: +265 999 098 342 or +265 888 599 193
Email: beatson8@gmail.com
PERSONAL DETAILS
SEX: Male
DATEOF BIRTH: 23rd
November 1983
NATIONALITY : Malawian
MARITALSTATUS: Married
DENOMINATION: Christian
MAINLANGUAGES:Chitumbuka, Chichewa, Kyangondeand English
OBJECTIVE
To influenceand help others realize their inborn and learned capacity to be
the first sourceof their own wellbeing.
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer: Lusubilo Community BasedOrphan Care Organization
Position: Field officer (reporting to the project coordinator)
Period: One year (2011-2012)
Location: Nyungwe catchment area ( Karonga)
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Projectplanning and implementation
Coordinating youth programs for HIV/AIDS behavior change
activities
Conducting community mobilization and sensitization campaigns
Data collection and analysis ( research and surveys)
Monitoring and supervision of village nutrition centers for
moderately malnourished children
Responsiblefor food security and small scale irrigation
Managing agricultureand nutrition intergraded program
Supervising community supportgroups
Providing psycho socio supporttraining
Responsiblefor home based care programmes
Managing of Community Based Child Care Centers(CBCCs)
Monitoring and supervising early childhood development
programs
Facilitating and organizing monthly review meetings with
community parties
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Employer:Karonga PreventionStudy (KPS)Lepra
Period: March 2013 to March 2017 (4 years contract)
Post: Field Interviewer
Department:Continuous Registrationsystem(CRS) ChilumbaDSS
To undertake consenting, interviewing and voluntary counselling/testing of study participants
with referralfor clinical and supportservices for careand follow up.
To consent and interview members of the population for purposeof continuous registration
and re-census of demographic events, and as part of related surveys.
To assistwith community based briefing, sensitization and feedback programmers, including
running monthly reporting/training session with key community representatives.
To consent subjects in an appropriate manner, and at all times to respect their wishes and
maintain confidentiality.
To interview study subjects in appropriate language, with attention to identification
procedures and careful recording of details on appropriateforms.
To learn and follow the essential principles of the projectspecific protocol, procedures and
data management.
To maintain study register and responding to queries fromthe data office promptly and
accurately.
To assistwith collection of specimens for KPS surveys, including blood, sputa, urineand stool.
To liaise with KPS colleagues, health servicestaff and community representatives in such a
manner as to ensure smooth running of the project.
To ensuregood representation of KPS and their harmonious relations with health services and
the wider community.
Conducting anthropometry measurements
Electronic and manual data collection
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PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
DIPLOMA 1, IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Gender issues
Community development 1
Social work & Community welfare
Human growth and Development
Dissertation (4000 words)
ADVANCE DIPLOMA IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
AWARDED BY ASSOCIATIONOF BUSINESS MANAGERS & ADMINISTRATORS
(ABMA)-UK
COMPETENCIES ACQUIRED
Community development 2
Projectmanagement
Business practice
Legal framework in community development
Dissertation (10000 words)
DIPLOMA 2, IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT(ABMA)
Community health
Sociology
Community response
Community empowerment
Dissertation (8000 words)
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PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Good computerskills(Word,Excel,PowerPoint)
CurrentstudentforInternational ComputerDrivingLicence (ICDL)
Good analytical,organizational skillsandteamplayer.
Attentionto detail andfastlearner
Knowledgeable inPRAS andResearchTechniques.
Excellentcommunicationandinterpretationskills.
Competentinreportwritingandpresentation.
Good facilitationskills.
Abilitytodesignaproject.
Knowledgeable inMonitoringand Evaluationtechnique..
Skilledinquantitativeandqualitative research.
Able toride a motorbike andholdingavalidlicense.
GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE (GCP) CERTIFICATES ACQUIRED
TRAINING CERTIFICATE IN RESEARCH ETHICS EVALUATION OF THE TRREE TRAINING
PROGRAMME
TRAINING CERTIFICATE IN INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH OF THE TRREE TRAINING
PROGRAMME
TRAINIG CERTIFICATE IN INFORMED CONSENT OF THE TRRREE TRAINING
PROGRAMME
ACCADEMIC PAPERS
MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OFEDUCATION (2003)
MALAWI JUNIORCERTIFICATE OFEDUCATION(2001)
HOBBIES
Playing piano and singing,
Interacting with people of various backgrounds
Traveling
Researching
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REFFEREES
The Line Manager (Albert Nkhata)
Karonga prevention study
P.O Box 46
karonga
Cell:+265 991 589 103
The field Supervisor( Mr. A.R.G Mwamtobe)
Lusubilo Orphan Care Project
Nyungwe catchment Area
Cell: +265(0)999 191 770
G.V.H Mwamtawali
P.O Box 225
chilumba
Cell: +265 882 390 901 / + 265 993 083 620