Nancy Mejooli
Moshi
Summary
As a girl growing up in Tanzania, Nancy has always fancied meaningful community relationships in which everyone's interest is kept at par. Everything she does spans from this together with her passion for raising mental health awareness.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
School Ambassador
UWCEA
04.2023 - 05.2024
- Organized student-led tours for prospective families, showcasing the school's strengths and unique offerings.
- Collaborated with student and faculty teams to develop strategies for student and alumni outreach.
- Contributed articles, stories, and photographs for campus newsletters and promotional material.
Alto singer at Community choir, UWCEA
09.2022 - 04.2024
- This choir involves UWCEA, Moshi Campus students, staff, and members of the community.
- We perform during various school events such as graduations and school dinners.
Service member at UWCEA Community clean-up service
08.2023 - 03.2024
- We collect trash from around the school community and raise awareness on waste sorting and recycling.
Co-executive at Wellbeing, Health and Safe-Guarding Committee
UWCEA, Moshi Campus
01.2023 - 01.2024
- This involves serving the students of UWC East Africa Moshi Campus in a way that makes sure that their lives on campus do not affect their health both physically and mentally in any way.
Player at U19 Girls' Basketball team, UWCEA, Moshi Campus
08.2022 - 01.2024
Co-Founder at Nitty Gritty Talks Podcast
12.2021 - 10.2023
- I am among the three founders of Nitty Gritty Talks, a podcast meant to help teenagers navigate through teenagehood and all its issues and walk gracefully into adulthood by providing them with an array of advice from people from different walks of life and professions.
Vendors' Representative and Communicator at Farmers' Market, UWCEA, Moshi Campus
09.2022 - 10.2023
- This is a service-based project aimed at supporting local vendors by hosting markets on campus at the end of every month where they can sell their products.
- I was in charge of reaching out to the local vendors, informing them of the upcoming markets and booking tables to those who were interested in attending.
Head of club at Afrodance club UWCEA, Moshi Campus
08.2022 - 09.2023
- This club aims at teaching students who are interested in Afro beats how to dance to them. It not only helps interested students learn cool dance moves but also enables them to learn about different African cultures.
- I was in charge of communication, dance coordination, and the compilation of songs.
Press kit maker at Vaccine hesitancy in people with albinism in Tanzania research program by Zahra Fazal from Stanford University
07.2023 - 09.2023
- I together with two other people performed an intensive research on different local and international news agencies on articles related to people living with albinism.
- Thereafter, we complied a press kit that included the study's mission, vision, participants, successes, and key contacts.
Volunteer at Golden Summer Family, Girl Child Project, Msasani Primary School, Dar-es-Salaam
06.2023 - 07.2023
- This is a branch out of the Golden Summer Family.
- It aims as raising awareness about menstrual and reproductive health at Msasani Primary School.
Finalist at Rise
09.2022 - 07.2023
- I wrote an anthology about different mental health challenges and disorders.
- The anthology was published and impacted the lives of over 200 people.
Activities Planner at KCMC Hospital
09.2022 - 07.2023
- It includes delivering food to KCMC hospital's children's oncology ward, organizing various fundraising events for them and planning and organizing blood drives at school that involve not only eligible students but also the teaching and non-teaching staff.
Member at Baking Club, UWCEA, Moshi Campus
04.2023 - 06.2023
- This is a student-led club that teaches baking.
Member at Cross Fit, UWCEA, Moshi Campus
10.2022 - 06.2023
- This is a morning HIIT workout club led by a teacher at UWCEA.
Member at Literature Club, UWCEA, Moshi Campus
01.2023 - 05.2023
- This club discusses various literary genres and aims at making club members see literature as a fun topic and not a boring one.
Co-head of Planning of the Prom Committee at UWCEA, Moshi Campus
01.2023 - 04.2023
- This committee dealt with planing the event's menu, activities and performances.
Semi finalist(only team from Africa in the Semi-finalist round) at Wharton Global High School Investment Competition
09.2022 - 03.2023
- I was in the Finance Wolves team, where my team members and I familiarized ourselves with investment strategies and intensively looked out for the rise and fall in the value of stocks in the stock market such that our investments were ones that aligned with our client's values and short and long term goals.
Lead Organiser at Le Cabaret, UWCEA, Moshi Campus
10.2022 - 03.2023
- Le Cabaret, hosted by the Lit club, is an open event that welcomes short stories, poems, skits, songs, and anything else that voices out someone's creativity.
- I was the lead organizer and I coordinated everything form the performers to other performances to the decor of the venue it took place in to the snacks that were served during the night.
Project Leader at IT'S OK NOT TO BE OK, UWCEA
10.2022 - 02.2023
- This was a student-led project that aimed at increasing mental health awareness among teenagers.
- It was held in Dar-es-Salaam for a week (13th-17th February) however the planning had started from October.
Beauty and the Beast School Production, Choir Singer at UWCEA, Moshi Campus
11.2022 - 02.2023
- Beauty and the beast was a school musical production about the fairytale Beauty and the Beast.
- It was performed on the 2nd and 3rd of February
- I was among the singers of the production's choir.
Sports Weekend Ambassador at UWCEA, Moshi Campus
11.2022 - 11.2022
- Being a sports weekend ambassador means communicating between a school coming over for the sports weekend and our school.
- I was the sports weekend ambassador for Zanzibar International School.
Volunteer at Golden Summer Family, Tumaini la Maisha, Muhimbili National Hospital
06.2022 - 07.2022
- Students from different schools organize this summer program to help kids with cancer at Tumaini la Maisha in Muhimbili National Hospital.
- It includes helping out with teaching the kids, renovating their resting spaces, helping out in the wards, and making the juice they drink daily.
Education
UWCEA, Moshi Campus
Moshi, Tanzania05.2024
Feza Girls Secondary School
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania12.2021
Tusiime Primary School
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania10.2017
Skills
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions
- Actively looking for ways to help people
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system
- Managing one's own time and the time of others
- Project planning and management
- Creative Problem solving
- Event Planning
Accomplishments
- UWCEA IB Learner Profile Award, Issued June 2023
- Rise Finalist, Issued 24th April 2023
- UWCEA High Honor Roll Award, D1 semester 1
- UWCEA High Honor Roll Award, M5 semester 2
- Valedictorian, Feza Girls Secondary School Class of 2021 (O-level graduates)
Athletics
- Swimming
- Gym
- Pilates
Hobbies and Interests
Poem and song writing.
Languages
Swahili
Native language
English
Advanced
C1
Timeline
Service member at UWCEA Community clean-up service
08.2023 - 03.2024
Press kit maker at Vaccine hesitancy in people with albinism in Tanzania research program by Zahra Fazal from Stanford University
07.2023 - 09.2023
Volunteer at Golden Summer Family, Girl Child Project, Msasani Primary School, Dar-es-Salaam
06.2023 - 07.2023
Member at Baking Club, UWCEA, Moshi Campus
04.2023 - 06.2023
School Ambassador
UWCEA
04.2023 - 05.2024
Co-head of Planning of the Prom Committee at UWCEA, Moshi Campus
01.2023 - 04.2023
Member at Literature Club, UWCEA, Moshi Campus
01.2023 - 05.2023
Co-executive at Wellbeing, Health and Safe-Guarding Committee
UWCEA, Moshi Campus
01.2023 - 01.2024
Sports Weekend Ambassador at UWCEA, Moshi Campus
11.2022 - 11.2022
Beauty and the Beast School Production, Choir Singer at UWCEA, Moshi Campus
11.2022 - 02.2023
Lead Organiser at Le Cabaret, UWCEA, Moshi Campus
10.2022 - 03.2023
Member at Cross Fit, UWCEA, Moshi Campus
10.2022 - 06.2023
Project Leader at IT'S OK NOT TO BE OK, UWCEA
10.2022 - 02.2023
Finalist at Rise
09.2022 - 07.2023
Semi finalist(only team from Africa in the Semi-finalist round) at Wharton Global High School Investment Competition
09.2022 - 03.2023
Alto singer at Community choir, UWCEA
09.2022 - 04.2024
Vendors' Representative and Communicator at Farmers' Market, UWCEA, Moshi Campus
09.2022 - 10.2023
Activities Planner at KCMC Hospital
09.2022 - 07.2023
Player at U19 Girls' Basketball team, UWCEA, Moshi Campus
08.2022 - 01.2024
Head of club at Afrodance club UWCEA, Moshi Campus
08.2022 - 09.2023
Volunteer at Golden Summer Family, Tumaini la Maisha, Muhimbili National Hospital
06.2022 - 07.2022
Co-Founder at Nitty Gritty Talks Podcast
12.2021 - 10.2023
UWCEA, Moshi Campus
Feza Girls Secondary School
Tusiime Primary School
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