Wendy Henry has over 20 years of experience in development work, including capacity building, project management, networking, training, fundraising, and advocacy. She has worked extensively in East Africa, most recently as a technical adviser for Voluntary Service Overseas in Kenya and Ethiopia from 2007 to 2015. Her roles have included advising various organizations in Kenya on issues like gender equality, HIV/AIDS, education, livelihoods, and governance. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art and qualifications in youth and community work.

1. Wendy Henry (BAHons)
77 Cundiff Road, Manchester, M21 8ES
Email: wendy.henry777@gmail.com Mobile - 07923 250 282
Personal profile. A highly experienced development professional with particular specialism in capacity
building, project development and management. Eight years of experience of advisory work in east
and Horn of Africa has added new perspectives to a successful career in the UK.
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Key skills
 Capacity Building. 20 years of experience of participatory organizational capacity building and
strategic planning. 25 years of experience of community development.
 Project and Personnel Management. 18 years of experience of organisational and project
leadership, successfully meeting budget and project milestone deadlines. Sensitive management
of multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teams. Motivational management style with the ability to build
confidence and skills in staff members to reach their full potential
 Networking and Partnership Development. 12 years of experience of managing complex
networks. Competency in developing strategic partnerships & coalitions to mobilize for change,
share learning and maximise resources to address development objectives.
 Training, Mentoring and Facilitation Skills. Ability to facilitate training from community to
institutional levels.
 Fundraising and Financial Management. 20 years of experience of mobilising and managing
funds up to £950,000 sourced from a variety of institutional and other donors including; USAID,
ActionAid, EU, IRC, Big Lottery, Global Fund for Women, Rotary Club of Kenya.
 Advocacy and Programme Development - 20 years of experience. - Health and well - being,
gender based violence, citizen engagement, HIV, arts and regeneration.
Work experience
March 2015 – Present – Freelance adviser.
September 2007 - March 2015. Voluntary Service Overseas, Jitolee. Kenya and Ethiopia, with a
portfolio of assignments.
Position. Technical Adviser – Organisational Development and Management. Areas; Gender
Equality and Women’s Rights, HIV, Girl Child Education; Sustainable Livelihoods, Environmental
Protection; Governance; Leadership and Participation.
Kenya Women Parliamentary Association and civil socety coalition, Nairobi. Achievements;
briefing MPs and NGO partners on the post 2015 development agenda. Supporting VSO’s ‘Women in
Power’ campaign. Advising the Ministry of Devolution and Planning (Government of Kenya) at CEDAW
review. Review of Sexual Offences Act leading to good practice recommendations for gender desk
officers.
Sauti Ya Wanakawe – Pwani – (Grassroots Women’s Rights movement). - Mombasa, Kenya.
Achievements; Capacity building of Secretariat. Policy development. Mobilsation of $ 44,300 AAIK
funds (Basic Rights Program) & $ 5000 IRC - (Peace Initiative Kenya) USAID. Documentaion of local
women leaders stories. Advised on development of GBV and civic engagement programmes, 2nd stage
proposals to USAID, (Grassroots Women and the New County Governments)- $370,000. Pending.
Local Ocean Trust – Watamu, Kenya (Community development & marine park conservation).
Achievements; Baseline analysis & report on community based groups; capacity development plan.
Mobilisation of $23,000 Disney Fund; $ 5,000 TUSK – marine protection education programme.
Women in Media and Social Accountabilty’ – Workshop lead for partnership developing EU proposal
- Uganda.
VSO Jitolee - Research - Legislative, situational and MDG analysis. Preparation of context information
for programme development and proposals. (‘Challenges facing women and girls- east and Horn of

2. Africa’).
Dzarino CBTO, Mombasa, Kenya – Grassroots women’s training and livelihoods initiative.
Achievements: Facilitating capacity building activities for women's self help craft groups. Identification
of new market contacts. Presentations at international Livelihoods conference, Malawi- 'Making
Markets Work for the Poor'
NACOHAG - Naivasha HIV & AIDS Community Group, Kenya. (INGO supporting women flower
farms workers at risk of HIV&AIDS). Achievements: Strategic plan, HR policy. Advocacy on behalf
of flower farm workers leading to partnerships with Campaign on Violence against Women, (trained
paralegals) & Tunza (FHI) SRH - outreach services in Maasai community. USAID scholarships for staff.
BIGA. Women’s Rights Centre, Awasa, Ethiopia. Achievements; Advocated for women’s safe
houses; mobilised $560,000 from USAID. Facilitated 5 year strategic plan, prepared research brief for
Goal Ethiopia - 'Women and Girls in Detention,'
The Women’s Network Centre. Mombasa, Kenya. Achievements; Strategic plan.
October 2005 – August 2007. Central Manchester Primary Care Trust. Public Health Team.
National Health Service, (NHS) UK. Position: Community Involvement Manager.
Jan 2002- Oct 2005, South Manchester Healthy Living Network (SMHLN) (Chief Executives
Regeneration Department, Manchester City Council - MCC). Position: Co-ordinator -
Nov 2000 - Jan 2002. Manchester City Council, UK. Position: Arts and Regeneration Officer.
1997- 2000 Moss Side and Hulme Women’s Action Forum. Position: Executive Director.
1995-1997 Health, Human Rights and Immigration Controls. Greater Manchester Immigration
Unit (Kings Fund Scheme). Position: Training and Development Officer
1994-1995 - ‘HIV and Complementary Therapies.’ Position: Action Researcher (MCC and
Manchester Health Authority HIV Purchasers).
1991-1994 – HIV & AIDS Link-Worker Project. Manchester City Council, Social Services. Position:
Co-ordinator.
Education and Qualifications
 Certificate in Youth and Community Work, Stockport College, UK
 BA Hons - Fine Art. Goldsmiths College London, Manchester Polytechnic.
Other Skills
Clean valid driving license. IT literate - Word, Excel, Power-point. Artist. Tai Chi Practitioner.
Languages - English – Fluent; Ki Swahili – conversational.
Membership
Chair of CIVICUS Gender Working Group Advisory Board; Member of Association of Women in
Development (AWID); Member; Vice Chair of Pwani Association of Facilitators, Kenya.
Professional Training
 2014 - Human Rights Based Approaches - ActionAid International
 2014 - Gender and Development - ActionAid International
 2014 - Monitoring and Evaluation. International Rescue Committee - Kenya
 2014 - Social Auditing / Devolved Governance -ActionAid Kenya
 2013 - Tackling Exclusion and Oppression– Pwani Association of Facilitators, Kenya

3.  2007 - In country training VSO Jitolee, Kenya- February 2008 - In country training - VSO Ethiopia
 2007 - Skills for Working in Development - VSO UK. July 2007 - VSO UK - Preparing for Change
 2007 - Diversity and Inclusion. Central Manchester Primary Care Trust
 2007 - Project Cycle Management - Greater Manchester Council for Voluntary Services.
 2005 - Organisational Development - The Progress Trust, UK - GMOCF accredited.
 2003 - Recruitment and Selection - Manchester City Council UK
 2001 - Training and facilitation. GMCVO, Manchester, UK
 1995 - Immigration and Asylum - Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, London UK
 1994 - HIV &AIDS - George House Trust, Manchester UK
 1993 - Excel, Microsoft Word - Women’s EVH,
Referees
1 Ben Ngutu, Director -VSO Jitolee Email: ben.ngutu@vsoint.org
2. Makena Mwobobia - Policy and Programs Manager, ActionAid- Kenya Email;
makena.mwobobia@actionaid.org