Eva Muriithi

Lead educational programs for children (5-12) to connect with nature through gardening and arts.
Manage stakeholder relationships (community groups, donors, NGOs).
Track project progress, report outcomes, and ensure compliance with financial and donor requirements.
Mobilize resources and advocate for financial and in-kind support to sustain initiatives.

Light On A Hill is a community-based organization dedicated to empowering children through environmental education and community engagement.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead educational programs for children (5-12) to connect with nature through gardening and arts.
• Manage stakeholder relationships (community groups, donors, NGOs) to ensure alignment with project goals.
• Track project progress, report outcomes, and ensure compliance with financial and donor requirements.

• Mobilize resources and advocate for financial and in-kind support to sustain initiatives.

  Achievements:

• Empowered 300+ children as environmental stewards.
• Organized 200+ community engagement sessions, reaching 4,000+ people.
• Led 8 community cleanups, collecting 2+ tons of plastic waste.
• Grew 484 trees in local forests and farms.
• Facilitated 5 educational field trips for learners.
• Upcycled 200+ plastic and glass bottles into art.
• Mobilized 10 local and international partners for initiatives.
• Developed the first volume of our curriculum.
• Led 20+ volunteers in program implementation.

Supported administrative tasks, mentored program interns, and facilitated cash transfers for a livelihood project.
Played a key role in supporting staff to implement a food security program in Somalia.

• Led impactful initiatives in Nairobi and Isiolo, focused on preventing and countering violent extremism.
• Collaborated with 10 community representatives from each county to drive community engagement and capacity development activities aligned with program goals.
• Monitored program progress, ensuring financial compliance and delivering comprehensive reports (monthly, quarterly, and annual).
• Supported administrative tasks, mentored program interns, and facilitated cash transfers for a livelihood project in Mandera County, benefiting 4,000 individuals.
• Played a key role in supporting staff to implement a food security program in Somalia, contributing to community resilience and well-being.

• Supported facilitation of a livelihood project focused on empowering conservancy communities to explore alternative livelihoods.
• Supported initiatives like beadwork and milk value addition to reduce human-wildlife conflict and poaching.

Supported initiatives like beadwork and milk value addition to reduce human-wildlife conflict and poaching.

• Interned with the economic empowerment project team, supporting 120 farmers in forming self-help savings groups.
• Vetted 30 young mothers for vocational training programs to support their children.
• Mentored primary and secondary school children (more than 500 in total) on life skills and the value of education.

Volunteered with the Ministry of Children, supporting abused and abandoned children in finding justice and shelter.

*Supported abused and abandoned children in finding justice and shelter.

• Represented children in court and conducted home visits for at-risk children and those in rescue homes.