Staff Spotlight: Sutfa & Patricia, Interns

Sutfa (left), and Patricia (right)

This month we’re featuring our two Water for South Sudan interns:
Sutfa & Patricia. They currently work at our compound in South Sudan assisting our team with a variety of tasks. Read on to meet these two women and learn more about how they came to join our team. Thank you for all you do, Patricia and Sutfa! 

Tell us about yourselves.
Patricia: My name is Patricia John Kenyi, and I am 26 years old and a graduate of the University of Juba, with a diploma in Communication and Public Relations. I have 4 siblings. I come from a Christian family—we are seven members in the family, and my parents are working, and I am the second child in the family. 
Sutfa: My name is Sutfa Juma Kakaya, and I am a degree holder in Public Administration from the Kampala University, at the Uganda main campus. I’m 29 years old, and there are eight members in my family.

Where did you grow up?
Patricia: I grew up in Khartoum, Sudan.
Sutfa: I grew up in Rumbek, the Lakes State of South Sudan.

When did you start interning with WFSS? How did you hear about the organization?
Patricia: I started on November 11th, 2020. I heard about the organization through the South Sudan NGO Forum.
Sutfa: I started my internship with Water for South Sudan last on November 16th, 2020. I heard about WFSS from the South Sudan NGO Forum and I read about it from internet.

Tell us what you do in your current position as an intern. 
Patricia: I answer incoming calls, attend WASH and Health Cluster meetings, assist in tracking assets, provide information to the staff about travel and hotel arrangements, assist in collecting daily consumables, and more. 
Sutfa: I participate in the recruitment process, attend Wash Cluster meetings, answer phone calls, assist in the daily purchase of consumables in Operation, maintain the files in HR, finance and administrative units, and release items requested and approved by the manager.

What do you enjoy most about your job?
Patricia: Being able to know everything going on throughout the office, doing different tasks or working and learning new skills every day in the administration. 
Sutfa: Participating in the recruitment process.

What is the hardest part of the job?
Patricia: Releasing items from the warehouse. 
Sutfa: Nothing yet, but I am ready to face challenges at any time. 

Patricia

Sutfa