Present yourself - and see more about the other participants

Hello everyone,

My name is Aman Jameel, and I serve as the Manager of Finance and Operations at Gift of the Givers Foundation -Malawi.

We are proud to be partnering with Care for Others Denmark for this course.

Through this training, I hope to deepen my understanding of partner expectations and strengthen collaboration with colleagues.

I'm excited to learn and grow alongside all of you.

Hi everyone,

I am Sherifa Mia, Country Director for Gift of the Givers Foundation Malawi. 

We are in partnership with Care For Others Denmark.

My expectations for this training to learn more so that we are able to serve the people of Malawi better through new partnerships. 

I am looking forward to learning from everyone.

Hello everyone,

I am Sari Jabbas, Fundraising Manager at Violet Org.

We are as Violet attend this training in partnership with Danish Muslim Aid team.

The expectations are to reach out a better understanding and empowering our capacity to adapt our experience with civil society empowering through CISU applications.

Thanks for your time and effort.

Hello everyone 

I am shalomi teranciya.  I play a main role of  BRAVE  SOCIAL INNOVATORS committe. I have  cordinate some activities for this organization such as help to study poor students and pre school childrens.

We have a good partnership with LIVETS LYS - DENMARK. We do now some mini projects and analyses together.

I 'm hoping that this course will be beneficial for our partnership and improve our ability to design and develop civil society projects.

Hello everyone, 

I am Derin Judia, I am a student and I'm a member of the committee that is *"Brave Social Innovators"*.

We have a partnership with Livets Lys - Denmark and I'm personally connect with them since 4 years as well as from 2020. 

I'm new to this project ( CISU's online course in project design). During my education, I'm really looking forward to participating in this course . I'm eager to learn more about project design and other aspects of development work. 

Thanks

My name is Piseth IM, and I am the Program Manager of the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation.

Our partner organization is AIP Foundation Denmark.  

Through this course, I hope to learn the essential methods for designing and developing a civil society project according to CISU's new project guide. We will then be able to apply for the next grant from the CISU Project.

My name is Keeth and I am volunteer Project Coordinator at a small organization called "Livets Lys" in Denmark. For the past four years , we have been focusing  on improving education for vulnerable plantation (Labour)  worker's children in Sri Lanka.

Our partner organization shares the commitment and we are doing some miner projects and analyses. We are currently preparing to apply for The  Civil Society Fund for the Small-scale interventions in next year. 

Through this course, I hope to learn the basic methods to design and develop a civil society project according to the CISU's  new  project guide.  

I am the director at Just Nepal Foundation. I have the overall responsibility at JNF. 

Our Danish Partner Organization is CICED. We have been working together delivering CISU funded projects in Nepal over the last 8 years including Youth Empowerment, Education, DERF (Anticipatory Action) and CCAM etc. More information available at our website www.JustNepal.org

My expectation from this course is to learn how to prepare a good civil society project in line with CISU's project guide. 

Thank you and Namaste. 

I am the International Programme Coordinator with Danish Muslim Aid (DM-Aid). I oversee our partnership development across all of our partners but focus solely on MENA for programming, project development and fundraising. 

My partner organisation is Mawada in Yemen, lead by Chairwoman Samah Yousef. 

My expectation from this course is to build a common framework for me and my partner organisation to develop solid and relevant project. 

My name is Kenneth Ndua, and I'm based in Kenya. I work with Soweto Youth Initiative, a partner organization of Moja Stich for Education. As a Program Designer and Advisor, I'm responsible for developing effective programs and providing guidance to our volunteers. I'm eager to learn more about CISU's approach to project design, particularly how to create award-winning programs. I'm excited to gain insights that will help me enhance my skills and contribute to our organization's success.

Since 2023, I am board member in CICED (https://ciced.dk/). 
One of our partners is Just Nepal Foundation JNF (https://justnepal.org/about-jnf/) . 
Together we had run several project, mainly in the educational sector. Since 2023, we also have a Climate Change Adaptation Modality (CCAM) project. I am project coordinator and advisor from the CICED side in the CCAM project.

Having studied and worked with Rural Development since 1975, I expect to get updated on new methods for project design and planning.

Good day everyone! 

My name is Yuliia, I'm from Ukraine.

I represent the charity organization UA Brokers Without Borders, which supports medical and educational facilities with emergency repairs, equipment, and essential services to keep them operational during wartime. 

We are pleased to collaborate with Danish People's Aid in supporting the reopening of schools and kindergartens by establishing functional bomb shelters.

I expect to learn more about the CISU approach to protect structuring and funding allocation. 

Hello!

I am Peter - Humanitarian Coordinator, working in Ukraine with UA BWB. Together we have established bomb shelter for the primary school in Ganniv, Mykolaiv Oblast and newly agreed project is to facilitate bomb shelter for  kindergarten #127 in Mykolaiv City.

My hope and expectations for this course is to achieve qualifications and language to attract funding from CISU Nighbourhood pool.

Hi everybody,

I am Irene working for AIPF-Denmark. In Denmark I am member of the board responsible for membership and finane.

Our partners are AIPF-Cambodia and we work on a project on 'Safe and Sustainable Commuting for Garment & Foodwear Workers in Cambodia' (SSSC) who are implementing the project with support to 6 factories with training and awareness raising to improve the transportation to and from the fatories.

The project will end in 2025 and we are planning on a new project to follow up on the SSSC. Looking forwards to be inspired from this course and learn more about good project proposal writing.

Hello everyone, 

I'm Hafsa, Programme Manager at DM-Aid. My colleagues from Violet will join me for this course. I'm hoping that this course will be beneficial for partnership and improve our ability to design and develop civil society projects.

Hello, my name is Ari Olsen, and I'm currently an intern at DIB as part of my political science studies at Aarhus University. During my education, I've primarily focused on development policy, which has given me a solid theoretical understanding of the field. 

I'm really looking forward to participating in this course, alongside our partner Kijani Consult Tanzania, as i hope to gain more practical experience. I'm eager to learn more about project design and other aspects of development work.  

Hello everyone, 

I am Beatrice Blanda. I work for DIB as Project Manager, where I am in charge of our projects in Nepal and Ghana about sustainable development in relation to climate change. I worked for some years on the relation between gender equality and climate change, especially within the context of the MENA region, and I brought my experience on this in my work with DIB.

I hope that participating to this course with our partner Kijani Consult will give us a stronger base to successfully write a good project proposal and a better understanding on how to navigate CISU's project guide to produce impactful interventions.

I'm Samah Yousef, the Chairwoman of Mawada Association for Society Development in Yemen. In my position, I oversee both emergency and development projects, drawing on my extensive background in humanitarian work.

 I'm participating in this course with Danish Muslim Aid as a partner. My goal for this course is to improve my skills in proposal writing, fundraising, and strategic networking. I also hope to gain a better understanding of CISU’s project guide, which will help strengthen partnerships and create impactful initiatives.

My name is Matrida Philipo, I am working with Kijani Consult Tanzania as an Admin as well as a Climate smart agricultural officer.

I am an Agricultural expert, aiming at equipping community members with climate smart agricultural skills for climate change adoptation and sustainable livelihoods.

My partner organization is DIB.

I expect to improve my knowledge in writing and preparing good project proposals that meets community needs and requirements.

Thank you!

My name is Mandolin Dotto Kahindi, working as Executive Director at Kijani Consult Tanzania. 

I am a Communication and Visibility Specialist, working on profiling and promoting sustainable lifestyles through project management, event management, and information sharing.

My partner organization is DIB. 

I expected to learn more about project design and improve my project proposal writing and fund raising. Also to connect with other participants and enlarge my network.

Asante!

My name is Christoph, and I work with CISU as an advisor.

I will facilitate this workshop for you together with Søren.

I have a long experience as an advisor at CISU. Before that, I worked abroad with sevel NGOs, focusing on strengtheing civil society in different ways.

I have during the past years been holding several training on Theory of Change as well as the result framework. Besides that I was part of the team which developed CISUs project guide.

My name is Soren Asboe. I work in CISU, where I am an adviser with CISU.

I will be facilitating the course with my colleague Christoph.

I have a long experience as an advisor with CISU, and before working with CISU I worked in different CSO. My regional experience is mainly Africa, but I have also experience from Asia and the south America. I have worked extensively in West Africa.   

I have been part of the group in CISU who have prepared the CISU Project Guide.