April Pojman april@yapame.com

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Coordinator of Child and Adolescent Program International Service, La Paz, Bolivia (April 2008 – March 2010)

• Selected, orientated, mentored, supervised work of professional international development workers

• Built, managed partnerships with local organizations working with children

• Developed and implemented tools to assess, strengthen long-term capacity of local children's organizations

• Created, maintained educational resources on child rights through annual conference, video, blog, wiki, library

• Designed, implemented organization wide child protection policy and code of conduct

• Lobbied local, national governments to include priorities of children

• Wrote projects, produced reports, implemented budgets, conducted monitoring and evaluation of child program

Institutional Strengthener International Service / New Day Center & Eco-Jovenes, La Paz, Bolivia (Sept 2006 – April 2008)

• Initiated new youth vocational training programs including social tourism and community telecentre projects

• Trained youth staff in design, M&E, fundraising, financial reporting of projects

• Designed training for and coordinated organizational strategic planning processes

• Coordinated with local government, social services, youth associations, radio stations to promote youth rights

• Expanded communication projects to include youth street workers and children with disabilities

• Assisted with implementation of anti-child abuse and anti-child trafficking educational campaigns

Evaluation Consultancy International Development Research Centre, Ontario, Canada (Jan 2006 – April 2006)

• Evaluated telecentre.org program to improve information sharing among network members globally

Municipal Capacity Building Research and Evaluation Consultancy World University Service of Canada (WUSC), Peru (June – Sept 2005)

• Conducted participatory workshops to strengthen municipal capacity for sustainable water management

• Facilitated coordination between stakeholders to encourage community involvement in water and sanitation

Research Assistant University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada (May 2004 – May 2006)

• Evaluated community-based rural education program with gender focus

• Designed and carried out inventory of rural radio stations in Africa

• Assisted with organization and evaluation of Communication for Social Change conference

• Teaching assistant for undergraduate Women’s Studies course

Community Development Consultancy CafeNica, Nicaraguan Coffee Cooperative Association (Sept 2002 – Dec 2003)

• Coordinated community-driven livelihoods diversification and eco-tourism projects

• Trained farmers for improved performance in specialty coffee market

• Advised on project management and budgeting to meet donor and certification body requirements

Coffee Supply Chain Consultancy Thanksgiving Coffee Company, Nicaragua (May 2002 – Dec 2003)

• Assessed and managed long-term grower-buyer partnerships, multi-year coffee contracts

• Created innovative consumer education materials

Director of Environmental and Social Policy Thanksgiving Coffee Company, California, USA (Jan 2000 – May 2002)

• Managed relationships and budget to promote sustainable business and consumer practices

• Established on-going collaboration with coffee cooperative suppliers and NGO partners

• Developed new cause-related coffee and tea products

• Supervised consumer education programs: direct contact, online outreach, printed materials

• Implemented company-wide environmental & fair trade education, energy and waste reduction initiatives Project Development Consultancy USAID coffee quality improvement laboratories project (Sept 2001 – Aug 2002)

• Coordinated project with nine rural coffee cooperatives, edited bilingual training manual for coffee cuppers

Assistant to Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) President Fostered improved relationships with rural coffee producer groups (May 2000 – May 2001)

Project Coordinator & Environmental Educator Estuary Foundation, Ecuador (May 1999 – Nov 1999)

• Designed and taught field-based environmental education program in coordination with local schools

• Assisted in implementation and evaluation of town recycling and reforestation projects

Environmental Educator Los Cuartos Ecology Center, Mexico (Feb 1999 – May 1999)

• Planned and taught hands-on environmental education program for children

• Researched and drafted proposals to solicit funds from international donors

EDUCATION MA Transpersonal Counseling Psychology: Wilderness Therapy Naropa University, Colorado, USA (Aug 2010 – present)

• Contemplative perspectives, psychology of meditation, mindfulness based cognitive therapy

• Ecopsychology, equine-assisted and wilderness therapy settings

• Interventions for children and adolescents, adult and special populations, family systems MSc Capacity Building & Community Development University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada (Jan 2004 – May 2006)

• Capacity building, adult education, participatory training, workshop facilitation, conflict transformation

• Project planning, cycle management, monitoring and evaluation, financial reporting

• Community based natural resource management

• Gender analysis, social policy, qualitative and quantitative research methods

• Thesis- role of communication in strengthening municipal capacity in water and sanitation in Peru

BA Anthropology / Human Ecology University of Colorado, USA (Sept 1994 – June 1998)

• Sustainable development and natural resource management in Latin America

• Teaching assistant for undergraduate Human Ecology course

School for International Training 12 months in Bolivia and Chile studying Spanish (Sept 1996 – Sept 1997)

• Community development, environment, social policy, economics, history

• Independent study projects: Mapuche women’s medicinal plant use; Settlers in the Amboro Park

ADDITIONAL TRAINING Developmental Psychology: Childhood- Bringham Young University (Oct 2009- present) Youth Protagonism, Child Mental Health- Center for Child Workers - IFEJANTS (Feb – May 2009) Child Abuse & Neglect, Helping Children Cope with Violence- Care Courses (Nov – Dec 2008) Nonviolent Communication & Leadership- NVC Academy (April – Sept 2008) Social Analysis Systems (SAS

2)- Bolivian Center for Multidisciplinary Studies- CEBEM (Nov – Dec 2007)

Proposal Writing- University of Guelph (May 2006) Organic Inspector Certificate- IOIA & Smithsonian Migratory Bird Institute (Nov 2002) Sustainable Agriculture- High Altitude Permaculture Institute, Colorado, USA (Jan 1998 – July 1998) Introduction to Medical Herbalism – Rocky Mountain Botanical Studies, Colorado, USA (June – Aug 2006)

ICT & MULTI-MEDIA SKILLS Proficient with PC and Macintosh computers; MS office; video and audio editing; blogs, podcasts.

Production & Editing: Conceived of and co-hosted “Going Global” radio program; video A Day in the Life of an International Service Development Worker in Bolivia; video for Innovative Rural Communities Project in Ontario; video for Youth Employment Summit in Mexico.

DIRECTORSHIPS Cup for Education- founding board member (March 2003 – Sept 2006) SCAA- Sustainability, Communications Committees Member (Jan 2000 – Dec 2003)

LANGUAGE SKILLS

English – native; Spanish – fluent; Aymara – basic; Moroccan Arabic – basic

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Workshops to train youth organizations on strategic planning, media relations, fundraising, and monitoring and evaluation. (Staying Alive Foundation, La Paz, Bolivia)

Organizational strengthening

Workshops to train shoe shine workers on what donors want, how to write project proposals and do narrative and financial reporting. (Fundación Nuevo Dia, La Paz, Bolivia)

Workshops to train rural water user groups to manage user quotas, keep accurate records and to report on their financial situation to the community. (WUSC, San Marcos, Peru)

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European Union project proposal with 6 counterpart organizations to promote the civic participation of Bolivian youth. (International Service,, La Paz, Bolivia)

Organizational fundraising strategy. (International Service, La Paz, Bolivia)

Project writing & fundraising

Project proposal for an educational and restorative justice project with incarcerated Bolivian youth. (International Service & MLAL, Viacha, Bolivia)

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Annual planning process focusing on creating a common vision. (EcoJovenes, El Alto, Bolivia)

Planning, monitoring & evaluation

Monitoring changes in community water management through photography. (WUSC, San Marcos, Peru)

Formative evaluation of telecentre.org program.

(International Development Research Centre, Ontario, Canada)

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Participatory workshops to monitor relationships

Workshop to analyze the type and quantity of communication team members have with other stakeholders. (WUSC, Huacho, Peru)

Team members analyze the quality of relationship they have with other groups based on criteria they selected. (WUSC, San Marcos, Peru)

Social map made to diagnose the internal and external relationships

of the organization. (SECRAD, La Paz, Bolivia)

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Consumer education materials based on interviews with coffee farmers and distributed with coffee in the US. (Thanksgiving Coffee Co, Aranjuez, Nicaragua)

Training Bolivian police to help prevent child trafficking. (EcoJovenes, El Alto, Bolivia)

Greeting card with photo taken by shoe shine worker that shows their life experiences from their own perspective. (Fundacion Nuevo Dia, La Paz, Bolivia)

Sharing Information, building consensus & influencing public policy

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Children and youth as protagonists communicating

about their rights and experiences

Youth with Downs Syndrome interviewing service provider. (Aywina, La Paz, Bolivia)

Art project that expressed youth identity and raised funds for vocational training.

(Fundacion Nuevo Dia, Bolivia)

Interview with a delegate to the youth parliament. (EcoJovenes, La Paz, Bolivia)