Patricia Nzilu-Chamia is a program officer for Somalia program, youth development, leadership, reconciliation & livelihoods, responsible for program design, implementation, evaluation, and coordination. Patricia has more than 26 years of technical experience in program development and management of Non-Governmental and Faith Based organizations in Kenya, Regional and International settings. She has provided leadership and spearheaded implementation of multi-stakeholder, multi-partner donor funded programs in Health and Wellbeing, Peace and reconciliation, Governance, Agriculture and Livelihoods, Water and Sanitation, Advocacy and Accountability, Education and Social protection sectors.

She previously worked for Christian Children’s Fund Inc, - now Child fund, Child Line Kenya and Interreligious Council of Kenya and offered consultancy services for various organizations and Government agencies, where she gained useful experience in overseeing national programming, Resource mobilization and brokering partnerships among different stakeholders for the organization as well as providing mentorship for her teams. She has a wealth of experience in advocating for vulnerable groups, including Men, women, youth and children, grounded in human rights approach to programing. Patricia is currently pursuing a PhD in community health, holds a Master of Public Health and Epidemiology, a BA in Social Work, a training of Facilitators (TOF) and many other professional certificates. A passionate advocate for peaceful coexistence and the Wellbeing of all, her leadership, communication, organization and team-work skills are exemplified by her ability to lead and motivate people for positive change. She poses a very positive attitude towards life and people. Her main professional skills include and not limited to:

• Programme Implementation

• Programme Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning Assessments

• Resource mobilization, grant making and budget development

• Influencing, negotiation, relationship and brokering

• Networking

• Training and Facilitation

• Human Rights Based Approach in Programming

• Research and knowledge management including documentation of best practices