Andrews Seglah is a programme manager for Community Sustainable Development (COMSUDEV) in Ghana. We spoke with him about the effects his recent IMDP training has had in his workplace.
“I am the projects and programmes manager for Community Sustainable Development (COMSUDEV) in Keta, Ghana. My daily work consists of administrative and management tasks including staff and logistics. I also train volunteers and conduct monitoring and reporting. I work within 132 communities under one District or Province.
I attended The Union’s course on Budget Planning and Project Management last year which has since helped me a lot. The course complemented my every day work, from planning, implementation, monitoring, supervision and evaluation. Since I am the project manager, I work with staff in all aspects of the project management cycle, which has helped us as a team, and also our partners and collaborators.
Before the training it was difficult to implement projects within the budget given as shortfalls were always a problem, but now that has improved. Also, the training on project management skills helped me and my team to increase case detection, and also the high default rate has been reduced as stated by the district focal person of TB at the district health directorate.
Proposal budgets have also been improved due to the skills acquired during the training. After my return I organised a day meeting with staff and collaborators including the TB focal person and the laboratory technicians to share with them the new skills I learned so that together we can deliver and achieve the target and objectives set. The training course was very beneficial since it did not only benefit me as an individual, but also others such as co-workers, collaborators, community members and the country at large.” |
