Sonja Darai
I am a program manager specializing in adult and youth training, program design, planning, communication, organizing, data collection, and writing. Highlights of my work experience include designing youth and adult leadership programs, engaging and recruiting multicultural communities, assessing programs, conducting community-wide surveys, tabulating and evaluating survey results, qualitative and quantitative data analysis, writing quality reports and research, managing research projects with multiple interns and professional researchers, and staff supervision.My career began in trauma-informed multicultural community public health and grassroots development. I have strategic and coalition leadership experience with project innovation and management skills. This work has included community-wide needs assessment surveys, analysis, and report writing. As a project manager, I have completed two national projects involving multiple partners and sites with world renowned institutions. These positions helped me to realize my deep interest in community and factors that improve health and wellness outcomes. Currently, I am a breast oncology research project manager overseeing multiple national studies primarily focused on adolescent and young adult quality of life needs.I hold a Public Health graduate degree from the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. I also hold an Intercultural Management and Sustainable Development graduate degree from the School for International Training (Vermont).
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examining the diverse reporting sources, funding streams and systems
involved in supporting Haiti in the aftermath of the country’s latest natural
disaster. Knowing where money is distributed during the days following a
disaster is critical to understanding current and past relationships for a
better, potentially positive and sustainable outcome for the post-disaster
community.
The conclusion of the disaster funding research finds that a
prevailing trend is that funds go straight to supplies, immediate disaster
aid and health. While these appear to be the most pressing needs in the
hours and days following a catastrophic disaster, the issues around crises during this period for personal and community security, human rights and the reduction of risks for vulnerable populations are significant and worsening, as efforts to alleviate these problems are minimal. There are only a few voices out of the majority that appear to call for immediate discussion of long-term sustainability measures to address these issues as part of the overall package of funding. This article reviews the donors,
grant recipients and grant purposes in Haiti in the weeks following the
earthquake.
examining the diverse reporting sources, funding streams and systems
involved in supporting Haiti in the aftermath of the country’s latest natural
disaster. Knowing where money is distributed during the days following a
disaster is critical to understanding current and past relationships for a
better, potentially positive and sustainable outcome for the post-disaster
community.
The conclusion of the disaster funding research finds that a
prevailing trend is that funds go straight to supplies, immediate disaster
aid and health. While these appear to be the most pressing needs in the
hours and days following a catastrophic disaster, the issues around crises during this period for personal and community security, human rights and the reduction of risks for vulnerable populations are significant and worsening, as efforts to alleviate these problems are minimal. There are only a few voices out of the majority that appear to call for immediate discussion of long-term sustainability measures to address these issues as part of the overall package of funding. This article reviews the donors,
grant recipients and grant purposes in Haiti in the weeks following the
earthquake.