CHEIK S. OUEDRAOGO

• Public Speaking.
• Speech writing.
• Laws Proposals.
• Policy making.
• Organization and coordination of meetings and Press Conferences.
• Projects Planning, Management and Evaluation.
• Grants and Agreements writing and review.
• Memorandums writing
• Radio and TV talks/campaigns.
• Led and Supervised 130 elected leaders.
• Trained and educated 4,756 high school and college students on STDs/HIV prevention, sexual violence, girls' forced marriage, undesired pregnancy prevention, and gender equality.
• Trained 700 local youth leaders on Projects Management and Evaluation, and Grants and Agreement writing
• Worked with UN Agencies (UNICEF, UNFPA...), Save The Children, Plan International, Burkina Faso's government, local officials, religious and traditional leaders, and grassroots organizations.

• Led and coordinated the annual activities and projects of 57 youth grassroots organizations from 3 provinces (Sanmatenga, Bam, and Namentenga).
• Organized and supervised meetings, seminars, rallies, and press conferences.
• Trained 1,750 local youth leaders on projects proposals writing and projects management and evaluation.
• Trained 850 local youth leaders on Grants and Agreements writing.
• Trained and educated 3,200 high school and college students on sexual violence prevention, STDs/HIV prevention, Female Genital Mutilations, girls' forced marriages, and alcohol and tobacco effects.
• Organized and supervised 8 job fairs for the unemployed urban and rural youth.
• Led advocacy campaigns with 113 traditional and religious leaders in favor of girls' right to go to school.

• Leadership experience.
• Weapons experience.
• Mechanical skills.
• Training skills.
• Experience with patrols and security.

• Completed an intensive 8-week Swahili language program, including 20 hours per week of instruction.
• Strengthened oral Swahili communication skills through regular meeting with native-speaking language partner.
• Cultural immersion in host country.

• Lobbied Congressional leaders to support life-saving legislations and effective global poverty-reduction programs.
• Recruited and mobilized 50 people to call and email their Congressional leaders about combatting world hunger and global poverty.
• Spoke to 7 classes about volunteering and internship opportunities.
• Served as a representative for The Borgen Project at 6 networking events.
• Wrote to newspapers' editors about the necessity to end extreme global poverty.
• Used YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to educate and mobilize people on the importance of eradicating poverty and famine in the world.

• Grants and Agreements writing, review, and evaluation.
• Organization and facilitation of public meetings.
• Building of coalitions and partnerships with governmental, non-governmental, non-profit, tribal government, media, academic, and other organizations to support the Forest Service.

• Led efforts to create an internal Communications Strategy template that will be used for all plan revision efforts
• Participated in program of work development to identify the most crucial needs in launching the new organization (the Planning Service Group).
• Been an active member to establish positive culture, teamwork, and bring innovation into the new organization
• Took project management training and applied concepts in reviewing and creating documents to establish project management approaches in plan revision.

• Project management, strategy development, and activity planning to foster and improve external partnerships with non-federal partners.
• Planned and facilitated internal and external meetings for program administration and partnership development.
• Reviewed and edited weekly Chief of Staff reports to communicate and coordinate activities.

Along with 5 other instructors from the US Forest Service Law Enforcement and International Programs, I had the privilege and honor to conduct a training/course on "Natural Resource Crime Investigations" on behalf of 30 Law Enforcement officers/agents from 7 different countries in Gaborone, Botswana. The course took place both in classrooms and in the field, and included topics such as:
- Investigative Methods and Documentation
- Crime Scene Management
- Ethics, Core Values, Anti-Discrimination
and Anti-Harassment
- Surveillance
- Wildlife Crime
- Law Enforcement Photography
- Evidence Collection and Packaging
- Illegal Logging
- Conflict Management/Crisis Communications
- Victim Response
- Critical Incident Stress Management
- Social/Non-Environmental Crimes
- Land Navigation
- Land Use Crime
- Information Gathering
- Illegal Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
- Report Writing
- Wildfire/Arson Determination of Origin
- Wildfire/Arson Investigation
This training was jointly organized by the US State Department and the US Forest Service.
I've traveled with a US Official Passport for the occasion.