My Job

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The system I am to replace is an ad-hoc collection of Excel spreadsheets and binders full of handwritten paperwork. I will be organizing various aspects of Femina's internal workings: essentially, I will integrate various Excel spreadsheets into a comprehensive database.

Integration, if implemented properly, will provide many benefits: fewer errors, better projections, better M&E (monitoring and evaluation), better communication, and so on. Femina HIP already has most of the infrastructure ready for me to work. I am hoping to finish implementing my first component in time for the distribution of the newest issue of Si Mchezo! magazine next week.

I also have plenty of secondary responsibilities to fill in the cracks: training, consulting, and troubleshooting, to name a few. In the end, there will be plenty of work for my remaining five months in Dar es Salaam. Hopefully, by the time I leave, Femina HIP should be ready to grow its image even more.