Neema Ndoboka (September - December 2009)

Neema obtained her Advanced Diploma in Community Development at Tengeru Community Development Training Institute in the Arusha Region in Tanzania. Between 1997 and 2006, she worked with the Small Industries Organizations (SIDO) and the Tanzania Family Planning Association (UMATI) as well as with the Tanzania Red Cross Society as a District Coach. Neema also worked as a Regional Project Officer for a HIV-prevention project funded by the US President Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). More recently, Neema obtained her Masters of Science Degree in Community Economic Development, provided by the Southern New Hampshire University of the United States of America in collaboration with the Open University of Dar-es-Salaam. While in Ireland, Neema will be given training in social research that will aid her with her current work, which focuses on data collection of disadvantaged groups in the community and advising the government on the facilitation of the development of these groups. Neema’s training will be particularly focused on research design, data collection, organization, analysis and presentation.

The CDPC hosts Neema between September and December 2009.