About

Analytical and resourceful Community Development professional with a proven track record in youth development, advocacy and community empowerment programs, reaching out to over 1500 young people at rural and marginalized communities. I have led and coordinated youth project funded by different stakeholders being SAFAIDs, IPPF and SADC. I successfully led a Comprehensive Sexuality education program and trained 20 peer educators from Kweneng and Good Hope District who afterwards conducted sessions with out of school youth reaching 250 youth with 200 linked to care. The experience equipped me with strong leadership, project management, and stakeholder engagement skills. Also experienced in designing and implementing impactful youth programs and fostering strategic partnerships. A solutions-oriented professional dedicated to driving meaningful change and achieving tangible, sustainable outcomes.

Skills

  • Program management
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  • Community Engagement and Advocacy
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  • strategic partnerships and planning
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Experience

Gaafele Otukile

Work experience
  • Supporting the design, planning, and coordination of national youth programmes in
  • alignment with the National Youth Policy.
  • Develop Month of Youth Against Aids (MYAA) concept and led the implementation and
  • coordination of the MYAA podcasts and Watch Party with 88 participants from Youth
  • Serving Organizations, development partners, government representatives and young
  • people are the forefront.
  • Developed Youth Festive Self Care concept and led the implementation with 16
  • stakeholders engaged and we had 320 young people accessing services on the day,
  • increased awareness among young people and the community .
  • Participated on the strategic visioning, Country Programme Development for UNFPA and
  • part of the Evaluation Reference group.
  • Lead facilitator for Youth, Peace and Security agenda and programming and coordinated
  • a consultative meeting between key actors on YPS (SADC, AU, Ministry of International
  • Relations, Ministry of Youth and Gender Affairs and Botswana National Youth Council-
  • Secretariat and Board)
  • Assisting in mobilizing youth participation across various platforms including forums,
  • consultations, and training workshops.
  • Contributing to the documentation of youth-led initiatives and best practices implemented
  • through BNYC-supported projects. I developed a Youth Serving Organization database
  • for accessibility and monitoring.

Gaafele Otukile

Work experience
  • Conducted research to address critical aspects of the FAFT recommendation 8, focusing
  • on regulating the Non Profit organizations (NPO) trusts against risks of terrorism
  • financing abuse in Botswana.
  • Evaluated the compliance of NPOs with regulatory frameworks in Botswana
  • Developed community outreach strategies to enhance awareness of legal obligations and
  • fostering transparent practices within the sector.
  • Formed part of the team that conducted risk assessment on registered NPOs in Botswana.
  • Participated on Recommendation 8 Mock Assessment facilitated by ESAAMLAG.

Gaafele Otukile

Work experience
  • Managed and documented youth projects, ensuring adherence to timelines and best
  • practices, contributing to program impacted. Coordinated BOFWA youth with Youth
  • Action Movement, supported them on leading youth initiatives: the establishment of the
  • Young Health Podcast, making national, regional and international representation of
  • young people.
  • Developed high-quality reports and documentation used to secure funding, demonstrating
  • organizational achievements.
  • Spearheaded resource mobilization strategies, leading to increased funding opportunities
  • and project sustainability.
  • Conducted training on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) a total of 60 peer
  • educators trained, reaching out-of-school youth, increasing SRHR knowledge and
  • outreach services reached 15 rural villages at different districts.
  • Developed and delivered youth statement on Let Youth Lead to Government of Botswana
  • Ministerial representatives and UNICEF Botswana during the UNICEF end of year
  • Review Meeting 2023.
  • Coordinated and led the National Adolescent and Young People Forum committee housed
  • by NAHPA, led the implementation of the youth forum with 66 diverse representation of
  • young people and conducted the uproot score card.