Umesh Kumar Kattel has won American Award for Selfless Humanitarian Service
Umesh Kumar Kattel
Portfolio
Umesh completed
Masters' Degree in Sociology, and Masters' Degree in Community Health. Have
over 32 years (1991-2024) of professional experience, worked with UN Agencies
(WHO, UNICEF, UNHCR, OCHA) and INGOs (NRC, SCI, GIZ, Merlin-UK, LWF) in
humanitarian and development programs across the continents (Asia -
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Nepal); (Europe-Ukraine),
(Africa – Somalia, Mozambique, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Nigeria, and Liberia) in
humanitarian (refugees & IDPs) emergency response programs. Have excellent
skills in cluster and inter-cluster/partners coordination, cooperation with
government, writing proposals and situation reports, donor relations,
assessment and analysis, managed programs in conflicts, natural disasters, and
disease outbreaks response settings.
Umesh has made high
standards of achievements in all these humanitarian assistance missions and
excellent professional experience in inter-cluster coordination, planning and
monitoring of health, nutrition, education, protection including GBV, MHPSS and
WASH sectors activities in humanitarian settings. Have excellent experience in
leading teams in field offices, managing programs, funds/resources including HR
with different employers in different countries. Have worked with WHO based at
Pemba in the capacity of CD-Sub-National HC Coordinator (full time) and Interim
National HC Coordinator (July-Oct. 2023). Coordination of Sexual and
Reproductive Health is one of the key technical areas I have worked with during
my professional tenures with WHO, UNHCR, UNICEF, Merlin-UK, and Save the
Children.
Professional
work experience
- UN OCHA Somalia
Humanitarian Affairs Officer / Head of Office Beletweyne, January – to date of
2024.
- WHO-Health
Cluster Sub-National Coordinator, Northern Mozambique, including acted to
ensure coverage of the Mozambique National Health Cluster Coordinator,
July-October 2023 (overall April - October 2023).
- WHO-Health
Cluster Sub-National Coordinator, North-Eastern Region, Dnipro Ukraine, August
2022 – January 2023.
- WHO-Health
Cluster Coordination Officer, Kabul, Afghanistan, November 2021 - May
2022.
- UNHCR-Public
Health Officer, Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, Community Health, October 2020 –
September 2021.
- UNHCR-Public
Health Officer, Geneva (NRC Deployment), COVID-19 Response, 30 March - 30 June
2020.
- OCHA-Humanitarian
Affairs Officer/Head of Sub-Office, Oromia, Ethiopia, June - August 2019).
- WHO-Health
Cluster Coordinator, Jijiga, Ethiopian Somali Region, October 2017 – February
2019 – Consultant.
- UNICEF-Health
Specialist, Myanmar, Sittwe Field Office, Rakhine State, January - July
2017.
- UNICEF-Emergency
Specialist/Head of Sub-Office, Iraq, Sub-Office, Sulaymaniyah, December 2014 -
Dec 2016.
- UNICEF-Programme
Specialist, Nigeria Country Office, Abuja, January 2013 – November 2014.
- UNICEF-Emergency
Specialist/Head, Sukur Sub-Office, Pakistan (NRC deployed), October 2012 –
December 2012.
- UNICEF-Emergency
Specialist (NRC Seconded), Nigeria, Bauchi Field Office, June 2012 – August
2012.
- UNICEF Emergency
Specialist/Head of Office, Sub-Office, Nimba County, Liberia, March 2011 –
December 2011.
- Merlin-UK
Country Health Director, South Sudan, August 2010 – January 2011.
- UNHCR-Public
Health Coordinator, Ethiopia, Somali Refugees, (NRC deployed), December 2009 –
June 2010.
- Merlin-UK Country
Health Director, Kathmandu, Nepal, April 2006 – November 2009.
- WHO-National
Emergency Officer (NOC), Nepal (Jan 2003-Mar.2006), & Sri Lanka Tsunami,
January – March 2005.
- Merlin-UK Public
Health Coordinator, Sri Lanka, April – September 2005.
- GTZ/GIZ Project
Coordinator, Nepal (01.04.1999-30.12.2002).
- Save the
Children-UK Public Health Coordinator, Bhutanese Refugee, Nepal
(01.01.1992-30.03.1999).
- UNICEF Hygiene and Sanitation Supervisor, Nepal (01.01.1991-30.12.1991).
I
really feel highly privileged and encouraged receiving the prestigious American
Award as an international recognition of my hard work across over 14 countries
over 32 years of my life. This encourages me to continue working in the field
of my professional expertise and deliver assistance/services to the people
affected by the humanitarian crisis across the countries and places, and I will
continue working and serving to help save the lives to the best of my skills
and capacity as a humanitarian worker. My sincere thanks to American Awards
affiliated with United Research Council for nominating/selecting me for the
awards.
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