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Hedaya Odhiambo

Regional Advisor – Kenya, Funder Safeguarding Collaborative

Hedaya Odhiambo leads support for network members with funding portfolios in Kenya. Hedaya has 13 years of experience in safeguarding and child protection, working for nongovernmental organizations and in collaboration with government statutory institutions, juvenile justice institutions, and government field offices. Over the years, she has gained expertise in strengthening safeguarding competency frameworks and risk assessments of organizations in diverse development environments and cultural settings. She holds a bachelor’s degree in social work and a certificate in counseling, and she has had training and practice in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy.

Hedaya began her career in 2004 as a Risk Management Assistant at Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, and in 2010 she began working at Women’s Rights Awareness Program (WRAP). She then joined CEFA (European Committee for Training and Agriculture), where she supported Kenya’s Department of Children Services in implementing juvenile justice system reforms, strengthening case management, establishing monitoring and reporting systems on child rights in the children statutory institutions, and developing, establishing, and implementing platforms for participation by children in the juvenile justice system. She later served as a Child Protection Officer at Moving the Goalposts before shifting to Kesho Kenya in the country’s vast coastal region. After working briefly in St. Patrick’s Missionary Society in Kenya and South Sudan, she served as a Safeguarding Manager at Leonard Cheshire, covering Kisumu, Migori, Siaya, and Homabay counties. Hedaya currently works at VSO as a Project Safeguarding Officer in the global implementation team.

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