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From: Makena Mwobobia ([email protected])

To: [email protected];

Date: Monday, 23 April 2012, 9:44

Dear Alan,

I hope this email finds you well. I will definitely check on you the next �me I am in Mombasa. Yes we doneed the peace projects all over the country, I am a bit worried about the current tone of desperatepoli�cians. It seems they forgot what happened in 2008.

Thanks for forwarding the key areas, do let me know if this is ok.

All the best and keep in touch.

Makena

To Whom it May Concern

This is to confirm that Alan Coyne officially volunteered with VSO officially placed at MEWA from July 2009to Nov 2010, prior to that Alan, had been volunteering independently with MEWA, since Aug 2008. Whileserving at MEWA, he resource mobilized for equipment for both Mater and MEWA hospital in July 2011where sourced hospital equipment dona�ons valued at €660,000, were delivers and together with the localpartners he managed the importa�on and distribu�on to 5 Kenyan hospitals. He collabora�vely fundedand established a large Interna�onally cer�fied computer educa�on programme (ICDL), for youth valued at€3,000.

While on placement Alan trained four staff members from MEWA on proposal wri�ng, Monitoring andEvalua�on and research methods, an area he is very strong in. Alan has good knowledge and experience of‘Needs Analyses’ and Strategic plans. He exhibited strong interpersonal skills that helped him to interactwell with staff and board members. Alan’s strong wri�ng skills enabled him to submit quality proposals thata� racted funding and he has a good knowledge and experience of community work and research thathelped him ensuring quality programme and project delivery. During his placement Alan exhibited a strongunderstanding of diversity and hence his respect for Islamic and Kenyan cultures at work well and in thecommunity environment.

Before joining VSO, Alan, funded and ini�ated and established the Hope Orphans School. He collabora�vely managed the establishment, wrote funding proposals, prepared and managed the physicalconstruc�on, donor repor�ng and M & E of Hope Orphan pre-school and primary school project, he wentout of his way to build a school staff house (value €9,000) and established a an ICT library. Alan is a goodresource mobilizer as shown by his interest and passion, where he also ssecured a grant from the WorldBank mul�lateral funding programme for a HIV, AIDS and Intravenous Drug Users (IDU) outreach programmein Kilifi.

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Alan is a very commi� ed person and he is able to approach different people with confidence. His submitsquality work and has passion for the needy.

I wish Alan all the best in all his endeavors.

Kind regards

Makena Mwobobia

Head of Programmes

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