Open To Work
MARY WAMBUI GITAU
KIAMBU
Work Preference
Summary
Community Health and Development Champion experienced in implementing health promotion and preventive interventions in informal settlements and rural areas. Achieved significant contributions to sustainable development goals through effective execution of globally recognized primary health care programs. Focused on delivering efficiency and credibility in health and community development initiatives.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
call center agent
Gold step capital ltd
04.2024 - 06.2024
- Providing customer with correct account details
- Responding to correspondence
- Preparation of reports
- Portfolio performance, monitoring and control
- Advising customer on ways to clear their debt
Sales Representative
Simple Pay Capital LTD
06.2023 - 09.2023
Community Health Extension workers attaché
Mathare Health Centre
09.2019 - 12.2019
- Conducting health education interventions such as hand washing in learning institutions to sensitize community on hygiene and sanitization programs.
- Mobilizing community members during outreach clinics to access health services on specific days as planned by outreach team.
- Executing home tracing for tuberculosis clients, antenatal care defaulters, immunization non-compliers, and HIV cases to enhance follow-up support in the community.
- Coordinated outreach clinics to ensure community members accessed health services on scheduled days.
- Compiled monthly community unit reports using information gathered from community health volunteers.
- Development community action plans that allowed easy execution of health intervention that could improve access to health in community.
- Coordinated household-level community nutritional assessments with community health workers, ensuring referral of severe malnutrition cases for timely intervention.
Education
Diploma - Community Health and Development
Kenya Institute of Social Work and Community Development
KenyaCertificate - community health development
Kenya Institute of Social Work and Community Development
KenyaKenya Certificate of Secondary Education -
Moi Girls Secondary School Kamangu-Kikuyu
KenyaKenya Certificate of Primary Education -
Preblo Academy
KenyaSkills
- Project implementation
- Customer service
- Account management
- Project implementation
- Report preparation
- Computer skills
- Detail oriented
- Computer skills
Accomplishments
- IMPROVED access to health services by women of reproductive health and children under through care groups that cascaded social behavior change at household levels.
- Working with partners such as MOH and other stakeholders on the county which has improved health outcome in community through health systems strengthening.
Other Continuous Professional Development Courses
- First Aid - St. John Ambulance
- Community-based Family Planning (CBFP) - Global Health eLearning Center (USAID)
- Population Health and Environment - Global Health eLearning Center (USAID)
- Diarrhea Diseases - Global Health eLearning Center (USAID)
- Postpartum Family Planning - Global Health eLearning Center (USAID)
- Preparing Data for Impact Analysis (Data Analysis) - Global Health eLearning Center (USAID)
- Malaria in Pregnancy - Global Health eLearning Center (USAID)
- Fundamental Monitoring and Evaluation (Mortality Surveillance Methods and Strategies) - Global Health eLearning Center (USAID)
- Post-natal Care (PNC) - Global Health eLearning Center (USAID)
- Introduction to Early Childhood Education - Global Health eLearning Center (USAID)
- Cervical Cancer Prevention through Resource Setting - Global Health eLearning Center (USAID)
- Economic Evaluation Basics - Global Health eLearning Center (USAID)
- Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy (HTSP) - Global Health eLearning Center (USAID)
- Health Workforce Productivity - Global Health eLearning Center (USAID)
- Bureau for Global Health Environmental Management Mitigation and Monitoring - Global Health eLearning Center (USAID)
- Hormonal Methods of Contraception - Global Health eLearning Center (USAID)
- Anti-microbial Resistant 1&2 - Global Health eLearning Center (USAID)
- Human Resources for Health Process - Global Health eLearning Center (USAID)
Other Past Experiences
- Member of the Red Cross Society, 2017, I managed to acquire skills on youth projects, First Aid provision to injured and participated in awareness campaign on effects of drug addiction.
- Student Leader in Primary School, 01/01/13, 11/30/13, I managed to represent students’ interests through bringing harmony between students and administration.
- Participated in a cleanup at Kamukunji Kibera slums, 03/02/19, Organized by UCESCO in partnership with shofco.
- Participated in Dr. Charles Mulli Environmental Award, 07/12/19, Held at Mully Children’s family Yatta grounds.
- Member of St. John Ambulance, 2024, Award for having successfully completed and passed fully fledged brigade induction.
Languages
English
Advanced
C1
Timeline
call center agent
Gold step capital ltd
04.2024 - 06.2024
Sales Representative
Simple Pay Capital LTD
06.2023 - 09.2023
Community Health Extension workers attaché
Mathare Health Centre
09.2019 - 12.2019
Diploma - Community Health and Development
Kenya Institute of Social Work and Community Development
Certificate - community health development
Kenya Institute of Social Work and Community Development
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -
Moi Girls Secondary School Kamangu-Kikuyu
Kenya Certificate of Primary Education -
Preblo Academy