About

Results-driven Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) professional with over 8 years’ experience across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and refugee settings. Skilled in M&E systems design, research, capacity building, child rights programming, livelihoods, and public policy advocacy, with extensive consultancy experience for leading organizations including Solidaridad, ICDI, World Vision, VSO, KELIN, Livelihoods Venture, TechnoServe, SNV, Aga Khan University, AfDB, and Rainforest Alliance. Proven ability to integrate child protection and gender frameworks into program design, evaluation, and advocacy. Adept in digital data collection (Kobo, SurveyCTO, ODK), qualitative & quantitative analysis (SPSS, STATA, NVivo), and donor reporting for EU, DANIDA, USAID, IKEA Foundation, and Mastercard Foundation–funded programs.

Skills

  • Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)
    10
  • Child Rights & Protection
    10
  • Research & Analysis
    10
  • Capacity Building
    10
  • Driving Refugee Inclusion
    10
  • Strategic Leadership and Program Development
    9
  • English and Kiswahili
    10

Experience

Barret Kamunzu

Work experience
  • Led MEL for youth employment & child labor reduction in informal settlements.
  • Integrated child-rights-based approaches into waste management programming.
  • Facilitated workshops and analyzed project impact on child labor reduction.
  • Contributed to Theory of Change design, focusing on inclusion and social protection

Barret Kamunzu

Work experience
  • Coordinated qualitative research in informal settlements, focusing on child cognitive and emotional development.
  • Designed tools, facilitated FGDs, and ensured ethical safeguards in child-centered data collection.

Barret Kamunzu

Work experience
  • Lead Supervisor, Global Fund Supply Chain & Health Services Spot Check at   Global Fund
  • Managed fieldwork across 47 counties, leading 50+ enumerators.
  • Oversaw daily data quality checks and coordinated with county health officials.

Barret Kamunzu

Education
  • February, 2021 - December, 2024
  • Fulltime

Barret Kamunzu

Work experience
  • Directed refugee education & youth empowerment programs in Dadaab camps.
  • Built partnerships with UNHCR, UNICEF, ILO, FAO and secured funding from Mastercard Foundation, ILO, UNHCR.
  • Advocated for refugee children’s right to education and protection at national platforms.

Barret Kamunzu

Work experience
  • Conducted psychosocial assessments of children affected by tungiasis.
  • Developed child-friendly assessment tools and contributed to policy advocacy

Barret Kamunzu

Education
  • January, 2015 - December, 2019
  • Fulltime