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DANIEL FALLAH POAWALIO
danpoawalio @ yahoo.com


SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

 
Self–motivated economics specialist with 13 years’ experience in analysis and administration, 8 years’ experience in field research, field supervision, data analysis and report production. African affairs specialist. Solid leadership, administrative and facilitation skills developed in both government and non–profit environments. Fluent in English with strong communication skills.

Friends of Daniel
 


WORK HISTORY:
2002–Present
Entrepreneur
Purchases authentic hand woven Kente cloth from the Ashanti tribe in Ghana to be resold by the Friends of Daniel for fundraising purposes.

1999–2002
Acting Deputy Director, Administration, Civil Service Agency, Monrovia, Liberia
• Directed committee meetings on national budget economic and financial management, public service reform and training coordination committee
• Supervised eighty-five employees of this agency
• Responsible for the agency’s payrolls, allotments and vouchers
• Oversaw the personnel action notices for promotion, deletion, and employment
• Prepared monthly reports; prepared drafts of agency’s annual reports. Scheduled general staff meetings

1994–98
Special Assistant to Director, Civil Service Agency, Monrovia
• Coordinated with Director in planning, supervising, organizing Agency operations
• Drafted major correspondence and reports
• Handled analytical processes
• Reviewed documents emanating from all public sectors
• Supervised staff. Accompanied Director to meetings

1991–93
Assistant Head, Division of Position Classification and Salary, Civil Service Agency, Monrovia
• Reviewed positions salaried and classified
• Supervised salary and position surveys
• Assisted head of the division in planning and organizing Agency operations
• Prepared divisional reports

1989–90
Assistant Staff Analyst, Division of Position Classification and Salary, Civil Service Agency, Monrovia
• Analyzed payrolls of assigned government agencies before checks were issued by Ministry of Finance
• Reviewed incoming personnel listings and made appropriate recommendations
• Served as liaison between the Civil Service and other agencies

1992–2002
Financial Secretary, Monrovia Pentecostal Church
• Received and recorded tithes, dues, offerings for the church
• Maintained all financial records of the church
• Prepared and submitted weekly financial reports
• Head, Finance Committee

1986
Enumerator, Childhood Communicable Diseases Project (Collaboration of USAID Liberia and Liberian Ministry of Health)
• Interviewed villagers in enumeration area on types of food, eating patterns, water sources, diseases encountered. Submitted findings in report to supervisor

1984
Field Supervisor, National Population/Housing Census. Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs, Monrovia
• Trained enumerators
• Visited the field to ascertain problems
• Collected, edited and submitted completed forms

1979–81
Monitoring/Evaluation Assistant, Voinjama, Lofa County, Liberia. Agriculture Development Project (LCADP)
• Conducted farm business surveys
• Collected, tabulated, and analyzed yield data
• Interviewed local farmers about farm implements
• Conducted field visits to ensure that outstation project staff kept to their assigned duties
 

EDUCATION:
1989
Bachelor of Science, economics
Minor in demography
University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia
GPA: B

2002
Course in Biblical Studies. School of Biblical Studies
2001
In-service Computer Training. Civil Service Agency
1993–2000
Workshops for officers in personnel, finance and budgets
1995
Human resource development course. Institute of Public Administration
1986
Combating Childhood Communicable Disease training

1984
Supervisors Workshop. National Population in Housing Census

1979
Statistical data collection course, Lofa County Agriculture Project
 

LEADERSHIP:
2002
National Vice–President, men’s department, Pentecostal Global Mission
1986–87
President and Vice-President, respectively. Mayor’s Youth Association (MAYDA). An organization for young people from Foya living in Monrovia
1985
Secretary. Youth Department. Monrovia Pentecostal Church
 

PERSONAL INFORMATION:
• Daniel F. Poawalio. Born in Lofa County, Liberia, West Africa, 1958. Son of subsistence farmers. In excellent health. Native language: Kissi. Speaks fluent English
 
• Devout Christian. Hobbies include: scrabble, exporting Kente cloth, computer games
 
• Knowledge of foreign exchange rates. Salaries in Liberia ranged from L$365/month in 1979 to L$2,000/month in 2002. Twenty-three year work history
 
• In 2003, fled the 14-year civil war in Liberia. Faced ethnic harassment, persecution and a well-founded fear at home/on the job. Presently lives in the Buduburam Refugee Settlement, Accra, Ghana. Accompanied by accountant wife, mother, two young daughters, and a niece. UNHCR Refugee #1889101
 
• Lifelong dream of graduate studies in public policy and economics
• References available from the Friends of Daniel. (Under separate cover)

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DANIEL'S MONTHLY BUDGET

ITEM

Cost per month,
US $

1 bag of rice 30.00
meat/fish 33.33
1 gallon of argo oil 6.11
1 gallon of palm oil 2.75
1 bag of maggi cubes 1.77
2 bags of salt 1.77
greens/bitter balls/beans/others 16.77
onion 6.67
pepper 3.33
1.5 bags of coal 10.77
30 sacs of drinking water 15.00
45 barrels of washing water 35.00
2 gallons of kerosene 4.44
4 long bars of laundry soap 4.44
10 cakes of toilet soap 3.33
10 rolls of toilet paper 2.75
2 tubes of toothpaste 2.00
2 cans of mosquito spray 4.00
baby grease, powder, etc. 11.00
Tenneh's school fees/other requirements ($27.78 per term) 9.26
Siahwanda's school fees ( $50.00 per term) 16.66
medical 40.00
internet cafe 16.67
transportation 10.00
miscellaneous 12.28
TOTAL 300.00


 
 
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