Skills

  • - Social Behavioural Change Communication (SBCC)
  • Scientific Abstracts and Manuscripts Writing
  • Basic IT skills and graphic design
  • English and Kiswahili

Experience

Nimrod Silla

Work experience
  • November, 2016 - December, 2019
  • Fulltime
  • Awareness and Demand Creation for Oral PrEP for vulnerable, targeted population and general population
  • Manage trainings and sensitizations for community focal persons and Peer educators on Oral PrEP and interpersonal communications
  • Sensitizations of community on HIV combination prevention including PrEP through the community strategy
  • County entry meetings with CHMT, SCHMT and community focal persons - orientation on PrEP Demand Creation framework
  • Offer Technical Support to Peer educators on demand creation
  • Production and Dissemination of the targeted communications materials, Job aids and interventions
  • Documentation of processes and lessons learnt for the Private sector, Public Health facilities and Drop In Centers engagement in provision of Oral PrEP
  • Support the pilot test of the demand creation strategies

Nimrod Silla

Work experience
  • October, 2016 - November, 2016
  • Parttime
  • Offered strategies on mobilization for vasectomy clients
  • Liaised with Sub-Counties on mobilization in their areas
  • Worked with other partners on mobilization
  • Coordinated trainings for mobilizers
  • Offered skills on IEC materials design

Nimrod Silla

Work experience
  • Assisted in the development of the Kenya Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (TUPANGE) toolkit 2016
  • Offered technical know-how and establish the demand creation process guidelines as per the Tupange project.
  • Got the supporting data for the strategies used for demand creation that worked well.
  • Made suitable modifications to the demand creation section in the toolkit as per the data gathered.

Nimrod Silla

Work experience
  • Worked as a consultant for the Kenya National Youth Service - through The National Council for Population and Development - in the Youth Empowerment Program 2015
  • Offered training and skills to the youth in Kibera slum under the program on citizenship
  • Facilitated discussions on citizenship
  • Offered training and skills to the youth in Kibera slum under the program on Life skills: reproductive health including HIV, AIDS and STI’s, family planning, drugs, alcoholism and substance abuse
  • Facilitated discussions on Life skills: reproductive health including HIV, AIDS and Sexual Transmission Infection’s, family planning, drugs, alcoholism and substance abuse.

Nimrod Silla

Education
  • February, 2012 - August, 2014
  • Fulltime

Nimrod Silla

Work experience
  • February, 2012 - December, 2015
  • Fulltime
  • Tupange project. Nairobi, Kenya — 2012 to 2015
  • Developed interventions for creating demand for and sustaining use of contraceptives among marginalized urban populations.
  • I was able to operationalize the overall communication strategy to achieve the project outcomes through demand creation for Reproductive Health/ Family planning services, by mobilising the community through different interventions like magnet theatre, dance and other creative activities.
  • Involved in development and production of quality communication materials including print and electronic media, Interpersonal communication materials, promotional items, and mass campaigns.
  • I was able to revise and design demand creation activities based on the identified objectives
  • Developed strategic Behavioural Change Communication (SBCC) messages and activities
  • Organized and facilitated trainings for local Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO)/Community Based Organizations (CBO) partners in building their capacities in designing and implementing evidence based and effective Information, Education and Communication(IEC)/Strategic Behavioural Change Communication (SBCC) interventions.
  • Offered program support in the project including preparation of work plans, activity budgets, monthly and quarterly activity reports and organisation of workshops.
  • Supported and worked closely with partners like the Ministry of Health, Community Based Organizations (CBO) and many others in the communities so as to achieve stipulated goals in the Tupange project in Reproductive health and family planning initiatives amongst the urban poor in the communities like Mathare, Kibera, Kasarani, Njiru, Kangemi and other areas in Nairobi.
  • Coordinated youth-led activities in Nairobi’s sub-counties

Nimrod Silla

Work experience
  • Developed various IEC materials (posters, flyers, certificates,
  • T-shirts, banners, business) for the different projects- like APHIA II North Eastern, USAID-APHIA II Rift Valley, USAID-APHIA II Coast, New Partners Initiative (NPI)funded by Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Kenya AIDS NGO’s Consortium (KANCO) under the RAY project funded by Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Mathare Youth Sports Association
  • Organized and coordinated trainings and other administrative activities for the NOPE Training Institute
  • Supported Peer Education facilitation as a trainer

Nimrod Silla

Education