Freely in Hope

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“Board of directors annually review and approve the compensation package of the director using comparable pay data of similarly sized organizations in the industry.”

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“Fundraising & communications ______________________________________________ successes march 5-9: taught art + healing curriculum in barcelona with youth with a mission, july 24-july 3: hosted first advocacy trip to kenya with 6 visitors and fully funded the malkia graduation with profits, august 28: freely in hopes 8th anniversary gala in san francisco, ca 230 guests / 18 table sponsors / 36 volunteers raised 38,989 on night of / 80 donors total raised in campaign: 106,895 october 12-14: spoke and taught at the salvation army womens central territory conference, november 26-december 3: hosted second advocacy trip with 3 visitors and fully funded yearend retreat with profits, received a book publishing contract with intervarsity press, exceeded 250,000 in revenue which will help to qualify us for larger grant opportunities, contracted with roche kenya to design and implement a career day for 200 high school students. This type of paid corporate partnership is ideal to help us move toward sustainability within kenya. Leadership & management ______________________________________________ successes staff transitions have led to renewed energy and productivity within the organization, hired pauline wanja as a full-time social worker, contracted with a social work supervisor, rose, and a counsellor, joan, to maintain survivor-leadership of programs, hired an operations & development director, trizah waiyaki, in kenya, hired a different auditing firm in kenya for 2018 financials due to questionable work ethic, successfully transitioned two staff members out and re-established higher expectations of ownership, honesty, and proactive engagement among new and existing staff, led staff retreat and co-created corporate values centered around: trust, stability, compassion, and hope, established feed the mind, a weekly lunch with diverse professionals who shares on topics specific to working with survivors of sexual violence including: therapy models, crisis management, mental health, womens health, and advocacy systems. Led staff in writing an honor code which outlines rights and responsibilities for scholars based on goals and objectives from their letters to my future self, coached staff in dealing with sensitive topics and issues and to provide relevant support according to the honor code. Planning & developing community initiatives ______________________________________________ successes kenya malkia: provides a safe space for women in prostitution to be equipped, educated, and strengthened as role models that restore hope to their work places. 15 women in sinai, ages 16-26. Coached pauline to design phase ii which connects participants to entrepreneurship training programs, successfully paired malkia participants in hairdressing and catering programs, conducted scholarship intake for 2 malkia participants starting their first year of high school. Eneza: sexual violence prevention program for high school students in kibera. Coached lydia to strengthen the program design to fulfill outcomes, implemented monitor and evaluation systems to collect data from students, hired a curriculum specialist to coach lydia to develop the methodology that will change systems of violence. Advocates chai: a self-care gathering of practitioners working toward ending sexual violence. The purpose of the gathering is to establish a community that practices self-care, networks, and best practices together. Established a bi-monthly gathering of 12 practitioners working in the field of ending sexual violence, organized paid workshops for practitioners to attend to further professional development. Zambia visited zambia in may and november to follow up with fellows, visit outreach programs, lead staff meetings, observe onestep centers that support survivors of sexual violence, and connect with new and existing partners in gender-based violence initiatives, established connections with mnk counseling & wellness centre, women in law in southern africa, unicef, aid”

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