Dennis Owano

Worked as Regional Compliance and Program Quality Lead - East and Southern Africa at MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Associates).

Worked as Program Development Manager at READO.

Worked as Deputy Regional Representative - East and Southern Africa at CALP Network at CALP Network.

Business/Project Development
• Project designing and developing concept notes and proposals and budget to donors (UNOCHA/SHF, UNFPA, IOM, FAO, OFDA etc).
• Leading negotiations of funding agreements on project proposals with donor governments, international organizations and civil society partners.
• Leading country funding strategy in coordination with Executive Director, Operations and Progr

Program development & grants management

Support proposal/design development and manage full donor reporting cycle (monthly–final) for ECHO/EU, USAID/OFDA, UNICEF, OCHA/SHF.
Maintain reporting calendars/tools and a donor/partner contact database; circulate templates, deadlines, and conditions.
QA/edit field inputs; train staff on effective reporting and donor compliance; draft project summaries.
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1. Proposal development / participation in designing strategic orientations.
2. Communications
3. External Coordination; cluster/partner meetings
4. Information management

1. Project/contract follow-up and reporting (to donors/partners) Lessons learned/best practices/methodologies (in cooperation with Appraisal, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit [AMEU])
2. External coordination: cluster/partner meetings
3. Communications and Information management

DRSRS is a department under the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources in Kenya) that is mandated to generate, and promote dissemination of geo-spatial information on land based resources, conduct research, training, consultancy and advise the Government on all aspects of remote sensing and GIS for sustainable development.

Key responsibilities:
-Using aerial photography for crop forecastin

An NGO working in Western Kenya (Bungoma and Siaya) and Arusha, Tanzania with an aim of reducing the impact of HIV and AIDS on Orphans, Vulnerable children and people living with HIV and AIDS: Working in partnership in ACE UK.

Key responsibilities:
-Child-to-Child education on HIV prevention
-Household needs assessment surveys
-Technical monthly reporting