Our Team and Volunteers
Beldina Opiyo-Omolo
Co-Founder and Director
Beldina has directed AVFP since its inception in 2005 in a manner that supports and guides the organization's mission. Beldina has a Bachelor's Degree in Community Health and a Masters in Public Health both from East Stroudsburg University in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania USA.
Beldina has extensive experience in public health and community development, having worked for more than 6 years as a Public Health Specialist for Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI) Kisumu. This job entailed the support of the administration of the City of Kisumu, the Kisumu County government and countless local and international partners in expanding and strengthening public health support for the City of Kisumu. Beldina was responsible for carrying out research on public health needs and facilitated direct interventions in public health and gender through the establishment of committees, financial and entrepreneurial training of women in some of the city's informal settlements with the establishment of community savings groups. Other responsibilities have included working in selected informal settlement study sites to improve community infrastructure, livelihood opportunities and access to and the quality of health, education and water/sanitation services.
Prior to joining MCI Kisumu, Beldina worked as a Program Manager for an NGO in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where she helped create a regional system of HIV/AIDS-related prevention, care and housing to provide a continuum of HIV-related services in a six-county region in northeastern Pennsylvania. She also worked with the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services; the Sussex County Department of Health, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program, in Sussex County, NJ; the Pennsylvania Department of Health in Harrisburg, PA; and at East Stroudsburg University as an Adjunct Faculty of Health.
As Director of AVFP, Beldina handles operations and strategic planning to ensure that AVFP successfully fulfills its mission into the future. She also makes sure that there is ongoing program excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration needed to achieve the organization's goals.
Beldina is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.; American Red Cross Certified CPR/First Aid/Disaster Preparedness and HIV/AIDS Instructor; and a Certified Monitoring & Evaluation Professional. She has also been a member of the American Public Health Association and the Society for Public Health Educators since 2000. Beldina is a born-again Christian and a mother of
two.
Grace Whitney Adhiambo
Project Officer
Grace is a graduate of Early Childhood Development Education from Burrows College and currently pursuing Project Management studies at Maseno University. She is also a certified lead coach for core business skills training (CBST) and a Child counselor using Puppet interview program, certified by Investing in Children and their societies (ICS).
Prior to working at AVFP, Grace had over 8 years of working experience in Child Rights Advocacy and life skills facilitation of all audiences through donor funded projects including Raise My Hope Project (RHMP), Youth Alive! Kenya (YAK) and Kenya Youth Employment Opportunities Project (KYEOP)-World Bank-GOK funded among others. She is an experienced, certified trainer and facilitator on life skills as well as a Child Rights Activist. She also has key skills in management, leadership, advocacy, computers, communication and facilitation. She is proficient in both oral and written English, Luo and Swahili. Grace also worked with Lead Initiative Kenya as a junior Program Officer where, she developed communication strategies for the organization, assisted with fundraising activities and offered technical support and coordination of the organization’s activities.
As a Project Officer at AVFP, Grace serves as the lead site project implementor, coordinating and overseeing all orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) programming and ensures strong communication and coordination with and between all support staff as a means to effectively achieving program objectives. She also ensures services to the OVC, at the AVFP site, are provided in a timely manner such as: paying school fees, preparing lunch for the OVC, etc. In addition, Grace provides technical advice that strengthens the organization’s program policies in OVC programming and actively contributes to Alice Visionary’s annual plan preparation and reporting. She also ensures proper enrollment and orientation of OVC, providing them with age-appropriate services and ensures proper training of OVC guardians on parenting practices/positive discipline in everyday parenting along with other topics.
Grace is driven by her passion to impact a positive change in her surroundings.
Judith Anyango Okoth
Assistant Project Officer
Judith has a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Social Work from Maasai Mara University with basic skills in counselling.
Prior to joining AVFP, Judith worked as an Intern at Masogo Sub-County Hospital in Muhoroni Sub-County in Kisumu under the Comprehensive Care Clinic (CCC) department to ensure proper medical support, attention and essential counselling to patients. She also worked at the Deliverance Church Dorcas Child Development Centre (Compassion sponsored organization) in Kisumu dealing with the OVC where she co-worked with peer leaders and the Project Social Worker to ensure holistic development of the children under the program. In addition, she volunteered at AIC Siyiapei Children’s Home located in Narok North Constituency where she provided some psychosocial support, offered health and academic talks and also spent time sharing love with the children.
As an Assistant Project Officer at Alice Visionary Foundation Project (AVFP), Judith co-works with the Project Officer and other AVFP staff to monitor the OVC educational needs, locating the OVC homes during household interviews, planning and implementing logistical operations such as planning/coordinating meetings and other community events as well as providing technical support during OVC life skills trainings and other OVC program activities.
As a dedicated Social Worker, Judith enjoys working with vulnerable groups and generally doing Humanitarian Services.
Francis Arogo
Transport Coordinator
Francis holds an East African Kenya (EAK) class ABCE driver’s license and a driver’s certificate of competency, intensive defensive driving and professional driving certification from Automobile Association of Kenya (AAK) and certificate in basic fire safety from Indepth Research Services Training Centre (IRES). Prior to joining AVFP, Francis worked as a Transport Manager at Mijesh Enterprises, managing several fleets of heavy-duty vehicles, light vehicles and drivers in the field.
As a Transport Coordinator, Francis is responsible for managing the execution, direction, and coordination of all transportation matters within the organization. This includes managing budgets, organizing schedules & routes, ensuring that vehicles are safe and meet legal requirements, and making sure that drivers are aware of their duties. He is also responsible for driving staff and visitors to and from meetings, field trips and the airport; provides courier services as needed, ensures that all vehicles and office power back-up generators are properly maintained and prepares and maintains all vehicle and generator records and reports.
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