Gender:: Male
Country/Countries I have worked in:: Sierra Leone
More Details: NAME: ISHEKA ABDULAI TURAY
NATIONALITY: Sierra Leonean
ADDRESS: Institute of Geography and Development Studies
School of Environmental sciences
Njala University Private Mail Bag
Freetown, Sierra Leone
MARITAL STATUS: Married with children
PLACE OF BIRTH: Kambia, Sierra Leone.
DATE OF BIRTH: 16th August, 1959
CURRICULUM VITAE ISHEKA ABDULAI TURAY
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Development Studies, Population and Demographic Issues, Resource Assessment for Development Planning, Conflict Transformation and Management, Women and Gender Issues, Field Research, Climate and Agriculture, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Community Animation, Development-oriented research, (Grant) Proposal and Report Writing.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1996: MSc (Agriculture) University of Western Australia, Perth Australia
1990: MSc (Resource Assessment for Development Planning) University of East Anglia, Norwich UK
1985: B.A. (Ed) (Geography & English) University of Sierra Leone.
1985 – 2008: Various extra curricula courses attended and certificates obtained
• Family Life Education Programme, Javouhey House Leicester Peak, Freetown
• Policy making Strategy in the Developing Countries, University of Sierra Leone
• Conflict Management and Transformation, Network on Collaborative Peace Building, Sierra Leone.
• Correlates of Maternal and Child Health Studies, Njala University College, University of Sierra Leone.
• Training for Census Supervisors, National Population and Housing Census, Statistics Sierra Leone.
PROFESSIONAL AND VOLUNTARY WORK EXPERIENCE/ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS
2007 Member, Presidential Transition Team
March 2008 Supervisor, Property and Business Registration Survey, Bo Town Sierra Leone.
Core Tasks: Planning of training modules, organizing and execution (training) of training sessions such as the Training Seminars and the supervision of field officers for the registration and business for the Bo Town Council.
Dec 2007 Discovering Violence and the disabled and marginalized. Bombali District, Sierra Leone
Core Task: Outreach coordination, developing research tools, and supervising research, assist in the data analysis and report writing.
April 2005 Lead facilitator, Capacity building workshop for local community actors, GEKO-Sierra Leone Gbendembu Ngowahun Chiefdom, Bombali District, Sierra Leone
2004 – Date Lecturer, Njala University. Sierra Leone.
Taught Undergraduate: Development Planning, Population Studies; Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Demography, Human Ecology, Biogeography and Soils, Agro-climatology, Quantitative Methods in Geography,
Taught Postgraduate: Rural Development Linkages;
Local Governance and community Development
2003 – 2004 Lead facilitator, PASACOFAAS HIV/AIDS education and Sensitization in Rokupr and Environs, Kambia District, Sierra Leone
1991 – Date Supervise and examine undergraduate and postgraduate students’ dissertations, School of Environmental Sciences, Njala University.
Jan 2007 Baseline Survey on Educational Services Delivery, Kambia District
Feb 2006 Appropriate Rural Water Supply Technology, OXFAM in Kailahun District
1993 – 1996 Research in intercropping Peas and Canola, University of Western Australia
1991 – 1992 Co-principal Investigators, Forest Fragments Project funded by the Biodiversity Support Group.
1990 – 2004 Lecturer, Department of Geography and Rural Development, Njala University College, University of Sierra Leone
Taught: Introduction Demography; Demographic Estimation, Human Ecology, Biogeography and Soils, Agro-climatology, Quantitative Methods in Geography,
1988 – 1989 Research Assistant, Gola Forest Conservation Project (Supervised by Prof Paul Richards, University College London)
1987 – 1988 Research Assistant, Correlate of Maternal and Infant Mortality in Sierra Leone. Geography Dept. Njala University College, University of Sierra Leone
1988 – 1990 Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography and Rural Development, Njala University College, Sierra Leone.
1986 – 1987 Teacher, Kolenten Secondary School, Kambia, Sierra Leone
Taught Geography, English Language & Literature
CONSULTANCIES
Oct 2009 Consultant: PETS Survey Report 2009. Ongoing.
Sept 2009 Lead Consultant: Sierra Leone MDG Report 2009
June 2008 National Consultant : Institutional Arrangements, Capacity Assessment, Planning and Monitoring as Well As Coordination Functions and Responsibilities of the Development and Economic Planning Division of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development. UNDP, Freetown Sierra Leone.
Oct 2007 Consultant, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (Women and Violence) in Bombali and Bo Districts. Contracted by Sahro Ahmed, a Development Consultant from Koshin Consultancy in The Netherlands on research from CORDAID-Netherlands
2006-2007 National Consultant, Sustainable Land Management Project funded by Global Environmental Facility (GEF). Contracted by National Commission on Environment and Forestry (NaCEF)
Feb 2006 National Consultant: An Evaluation of Rural Water Supply Technology Options in Kailahun District. Contracted by Oxfam GB, Freetown
June 2002 Development of a Three-yearly Strategic Plan for PA SANTIGIE CONTEH FARMERS ASSOCIATION (PASACOFAAS), Local NGO
March 2002 Development of a Three-yearly Strategic Plan for ROFUTHA DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION (RODA), Local NGO
Dec 2001 Evaluation of Pasacofaas Agricultural and Income Generating Activities Project (PAIGAP).
1991 – 1992 Rural Communities Perception of Forest Resource Management in the Gola Forest: A socio-economic study. Contracted by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
POSITIONS HELD
2008 Head of Department, Geoinformatics and Surveying. Njala University, New England Campus Freetown
2007 Head of Unit, Ecotourism and Biodiversity. Institute of Geography and Development Studies
2001 – Date Associate Director, GEKO-Sierra Leone. A Community health focused Local NGO
2006 – 2007 Lead Facilitator, Community Education and Sensitization on HIV/AIDS in the Kambia District
2004 – Date Member, Board of Directors, Sierra Leone Standards Bureau.
2004 – Date Member, Health Task Force, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone.
Dec. 2004 Chief Technical Adviser for Kambia District, National Population and Housing Census (2004), Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL)
2001 – Date Subject Monitor, Geography, Njala University College Access Course Programme
1998 – 1999 Convener, Programme Review Committee, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Njala University College.
1990 – 1994 Coordinator, African Studies Programme, Njala University College
1987 – 1992 Facilitator, Family Life Education Programme, Northern Province, Sierra Leone
1987 – 1989 Staff Secretary, Department of Geography and Rural Development, Njala University College
1985 – 1987 Head, Geography Department, Kolenten Secondary school, Kambia
Head, Kolenten Drama Group, Kolenten Secondary School, Kambia
Staff Secretary, Kolenten Secondary School, Kambia
PAPERS
(Unpublished)
i. Causes of Infact and Maternal Mortality in Rural Areas: A Case Study of Nine Villages in Tonko Limba Chiefdom, Kambia District, Sierra Leone. BA (Education) Dissertation (USL, 1985)
ii. Spatial Distribution and Seasonality of Rainfall over the Mano River Union States. BA (Geography) Undergraduate Seminar Paper (USL, 1985)
iii. The Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Forest-Edged Populations and the Management of Forest Resources: A case Study of Gola North Forest Reserve, Sierra Leone. MSc Dissertation (UEA, 1990)
iv. Canopy modification in peas (Pisum sativum L.) as a Result of Intercropping with canola (Brassica napus L.) MSc dissertation submitted to the University of Western Australia.
v. Saving the Forest and People of Gola North Forest Reserve, Sierra Leone. A Paper presented at the regional seminar on Environmental Management and Rural Development. CTC. Njala University College. Seminar Sponsored by the British Council/ODA. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the University of Sierra Leone 8 – 12 April, 1991.
vi. Present Demographic Situation in Sierra Leone and its Implication for Development. A Paper presented at a Workshop on Population Education. Bo. Workshop sponsored by FAO. (December, 1992).
vii. Geography of Sierra Leone. A monograph for Undergraduate Students of Geography. Njala University, 1992.
viii. Bakar, M.I & Turay, I.A. (1996) Small Forest Fragments in Southeastern Sierra Leone. Ecology, Conservation and Socio-cultural Values. Technical Report submitted to the Biodiversity Support Programme (BSP) Research Grant Competition, January 1996.
ix. Concepts in Agro-climatology, A monograph for Undergraduate Students of Agriculture, Njala University, 2001
x. Pitfalls for the unwary: Taking a second look at Cultural Violence and Women in the Themne and Mende cultures in sierra Leone (October, 2007)
xi. STDs and HIV/AIDS Awareness Amongst Refugees in Gondama Refugee Camp (Knowledge, Attitude and Practice). Reproductive Health in Conflict Survey Report. GEKO-Sierra Leone (February, 2007)
SCHOLARSHIPS
i) Sierra Leone Government Scholarship for University to read for BA (Ed) degree (1982 -85)
ii) Overseas Development Administration Shared Scholarship Scheme (ODASSS) to read for the MSc in the UK, 1989 – 90.
iii) Dutch Government Scholarship to attend a Short Course on The Design of Community Forestry in the Wageningen, The Netherlands. September 1992 – December 1992.
iv) AusAid to read for MSc in Agriculture, Australia, 1994 – 1996
v) Research Grant for the American Biodiversity Research Programme for the study of forest fragments in South Eastern Sierra Leone (1993 – 1994)
TEACHING, RESEARCH & OTHER INTERESTS
Institutional Capacity development, Population Studies and Demography, Global Development Issues, Development Planning, Natural Resources & Environmental Management and Conservation, Intercropping and Related issues, Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry & GIS.
Reasonable working knowledge of Microsoft Applications (Word, Excel, Power point, etc.) and Minitab
