Rehan Ansari

I have work experience in emergency disaster response deployment, project management, charity and fundraising roles, including aid and resource delivery, as well as policy and research in forced migration patterns and causes. I am interested in fieldwork and deployment roles alongside project, fundraising and event management intern roles in the private, charity and governmental sector. I am currently deploying on project internship programme in Kenya.

WORK & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Islamic Relief                                                                                                                                            Kenya

Project Management; Monitoring and Evaluation; Placement and Deployment for Fieldwork   March - September 2023

• Emergency deployment to floods-stricken regions within Kenya for aid delivery purposes
• Conducted food-distribution programmes in urban-slum environments
• Implemented integrated-village development projects across regions of the country

Islamic Relief/READ Foundation – Joint Project                                        Sindh, Pakistan; London, United Kingdom

Emergency Disaster Response Deployment; Fundraising and Event Management                               September 2022

• Emergency deployment to floods-stricken regions in Sindh for aid delivery purposes
• Documented and filmed interviews alongside aid-recipients for fundraising purposes
• Organised last-minute fundraising event jointly-organised with Islamic Relief & READ Foundation
• Gave keynote speech as eyewitness of on-the-ground situation

International Organisation for Migration (IOM).                                                               London, United Kingdom

Research & Policy.                                                                                                                  Jan 2020 - Feb 2020

• Improved methods of data analysis used to determine UN aid response.
• Researched into the increasing use of the ‘Migration-Conflict Nexus’ as an IOM lense to approach policy implementation.
• Assisted writing a report into causes and effects of conflict on forced migration patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.

Islamic Relief                                                                                                                                              Mali

Project and Event Management & Fundraising; Fieldwork; Filming                                    July 2018 – December 2018

• Researched causes of lack of access to education, high infant mortality rates, and poor agricultural harvests.
• Built and documented purpose-built schools, natal-care centres and micro-dams for fundraising purposes.
• Organised a fundraising event of loyal charity donors and members of the public for further provisions of stated projects.

Talk Education Partnership                                                                                                                      Uganda

Project and Event Management; Placement & Deployment for Fieldwork; Filming                        Oct 2016 - June 2019

• Researched into causes of lack of access to education for children in East Africa, specifically the lack of access to clean water.
• Held panel talks spreading awareness in London universities for the causes of lack of education in East Africa.
• Designed, fundraised and executed projects delivering water tanks to schools in Eastern rural Uganda
• Set up policy procedures for further provisions of aid.

READ Foundation                                                               Kashmir, Pakistan; Lebanon; London, United Kingdom

Project and Event Management & Fundraising; On-Ground Deployment; Filming            June 2016 – ongoing volunteer

• Researched causes of lack of, and improved access to, education, in the local communities.
• Visited and documented purpose-built schools and/or refugee camps and provided emergency aid.
• Organised a fundraising event of loyal charity donors and members of the public for further provisions of stated projects.

ITV                                                                                                                               London, United Kingdom

Project & Event Management; Project Design                                                                      July 2014 – August 2014

• Organised a promotional event for the launching of a new TV channel.
• Designed a marketing campaign for the launching of a new reality show.
• Researched into new targeted-audience marketing methods and customer behaviour.

British Asian Trust                                                                              Karachi, Pakistan; London, United Kingdom

Charity Mentor; Project and Event Management; Fieldwork; Filming         June 2014 – July 2014; Jan 2019 – June 2019

• Liaised with prospective grassroots NGOs in Pakistan and India for fundraising and support mentoring.
• Visited and documented partner NGOs in Karachi, and interviewed vulnerable mothers and widows supported by NGOs.
• Wrote a blog post detailing personal experiences and others’ points of views about fieldwork and spoke during a fundraising event.

Human Appeal                                                                                                                         North Macedonia

International Volunteer                                                                                                                November 2014

• Sourced and delivered emergency aid at refugee way-points at North Macedonian border points.
• Spoke at schools raising awareness of the ongoing European refugee crisis.

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)                                                                    London, United Kingdom

BA Development Studies                                                                                                  Awarded December 2020

Grade: Upper Second-Class Honours

Relevant Coursework:  Forced Migration, Crisis Support, Development Practice, Social Services Provision.