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Since August 2024, I have been serving as the Executive Director of Holistic Relief Organization (HRO). Prior to this, from 2017 to July 2024, I worked with Action for Social Development and Environmental Protection Organization (ASDEPO), a leading national NGO, most recently serving as Programs Director and Humanitarian Program Head. During this period, I managed and coordinated more than 20 emergency and development projects annually, supported by UN agencies, INGOs, and consortiums. My experience includes emergency response, refugee and IDP programming, and interventions in nutrition, health, food distribution, and protection. I have also represented organizations in ICCG, ABTWG, SAG, and national/subnational cluster coordination forums and worked closely with government stakeholders at federal, regional, zonal, and woreda levels. 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"2019-10", "endDate": "2019-12", "highlights": [ "Coordinated and facilitated mobile health and nutrition activities", "Provided basic health services including IMNCI/ICCM, safe motherhood, emergency services, referrals, health education, and EPI", "Facilitated essential drugs, supplies, and therapeutic products", "Trained and worked closely with woreda Health Office, Health posts, Health centers, and hospitals", "Ensured referral systems and linkages between services and facilities", "Provided onsite training to HEW and nurses", "Monitored weekly reports for completeness and accuracy" ] }, { "company": "ASDEPO", "position": "Nutrition and Health Program Coordinator", "location": "Addis Ababa", "startDate": "2019-02", "endDate": "2019-09", "highlights": [ "Provided technical leadership to nutrition activities at Okugo refugee camp aligned with UNHCR, WFP, and RRS standards", "Ensured quality identification and treatment of malnutrition cases", "Mentored nutrition and MHNT staff in 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