CURRICULUM VITAE
Adrienne Irma
RABEMANANTSOA
27 years old
Malagasy, Single
-
Currently dwelling in Antananarivo, Madagascar-
Educational background
Years-
High School / University
Degree
University of Applied Science and
Postgraduate degree
Management, Benin, Mobility scholarship (Madagascar) and Master II
funded by the European Union
(Benin) in Journalism
Strategy and
Communication for
Development
Distinction: High Honors
-
University of Antananarivo, Faculty of
Arts and Humanities, Communication
Department
Have successfully achieved
the
4th
year
in
Communication and Media
-
University of Antananarivo, Faculty of
Arts and Humanities, Department of
Anglophone studies
Bachelor of Arts, Option
English for Specific
Purposes
Distinction: Honorable
mention
Trainings
Years
Field
September
Transforming society- Mi’harena and The Institute - A Silicon Valley
2018 (one day) Think Tank-
November
2018 (one
week)
Impact Mada- Camp- Trainings in Leadership- Personal DevelopmentStewardship- Social Media- Youth Department of the Adventist Indian
Ocean Union.
June-August
2016
Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African leaders, University
of Notre Dame Indiana and Washington DC
November
2013 (one
week)
Radiobroadcasting, Africamedias, Malagasy media center
April 2015
(one week)
Community radio and climate change issues, FOCOJ Project, University
of Antananarivo
July 2015 (one
week)
Community-Led Total Sanitation, MCDI, FAA, Madagascar
Professional Experience
Years
Activities
Since 2009
Freelance translator and interpreter (details in the appendix)
Since 2015
Founder of AIR Communication, providing Translation and
Interpretation Services.
Since 2019
Interpreter of HE Andrinirina Rajoelina, President of the Republic
of Madagascar
January- March
2017
Consultant in Communication, Marketing and InterpretationMadagascar Import SEAM- Arizona- California
2015
Consultant in Communication, CLTS, Translation and
Interpretation-FAA Program, MCDI Madagascar
June 2014December 2015
Teacher at the Communication Department of the University of
Antananarivo.
-
Member of the research team of the FOCOJ (continuing education
in journalism in Madagascar) project belonging to CERCOM
(communication research center) and AUF ( Agence Universitaire
de la Francophonie) ( working on the improvement of journalism
in Madagascar through surveys, workshops and other events)
-
In charge of the radiobroadcast Strive for Excellence (meant to
teach English for beginners) and Songs of praise in Oasis radio, FM
106.4 ( volunteer)
December 2014July 2015
Journalist, Editor of the AmCham post, a joint initiative between
The American Chamber of Commerce and L’Express, published
every Monday, in L’Express
July 2014- August
2014
Organization Committee of Afro Basket U 18- Madagascar with
COCAN
February 2014-May Cultural Intern at the Public affairs Section of Madagascar’s US
2014
embassy
May 2013- July
2013
Intern on communication and fundraising at BETHESDA NGO
Cotonou, Benin
January 2012- April Journalist, reporter, www.lemurecords.com-
Accompanying guide and hostess. Well Come In Agency
January 2011-June
2011
English teacher at the Human Resources Training Center ( CFRH
Tsaralalàna)
-
English teacher at LEA Ambatolampy
Language skills
Malagasy
French
English
Mother tongue
Fluent
Fluent
Leisure activities
• Music
• Reading
• Practicing sports
• Cooking
Computing skills
Pack office
Internet
References:
- Dr Joséa Ratsirarson, Former Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, Madagascar-- Ms Clara Rudholm, Program Officer, GSF/ WSSCC (Global Sanitation Fund/ Water and
Sanitation Collaborative Council)-
APPENDIX
INTERPRETATION SINCE 2009
Month, Year,
Duration
Session, Venue
Organizers
Type of interpretation
May 2019 (4
Training in the
UNOPS/WSSCC/
days)
integration of Equality
MCDI
Simultaneous
(French-EnglishFrench)
and non-discrimination
in the Community-led
Total Sanitation
approach, Cotonou,
Benin
May 2019
Third meeting of the
(one day)
steering committee of
IOC
Simultaneous
(French-EnglishFrench)
WATERAID
Whispering,
consecutive
(Malagasy-EnglishMalagasy)
the MASE agreements,
Antananarivo,
Madagascar
May 2019 (3
days)
May 2019
(Half a day)
Audit
Madagascar
Presentation of the letter Presidency of
Madagascar
of credence from the
Ambassador of India to
the President of Madagascar
Consecutive (FrenchEnglish-French)
May 2019
Visit of Japanese
Presidency of
(one day)
investors at the
Madagascar
Consecutive (FrenchEnglish-French)
Malagasy President's
office
April 2019
Official ceremony of the
Presidency of
(Half a day)
beginning of the fight
Madagascar-UNFPA
Simultaneous
(Malagasy/French)
against domestic
violence
April 2019
Congress of Pneumologists
Pneumalga
Simultaneous (English-French- English)
April 2019
(Half a day)
Meeting with an investor
Private client
Consecutive (FrenchEnglish-French)
April 2019
Opening ceremony of
the rehabilitation of
Manjakamiadana’s
Palace
Presidency of Madagascar
Simultaneous
Quicksilver Media
Consecutive
(2 days)
Documentary on the
case of young girls in
Madagascar’s prisons
March 2019
(two days)
Training on How to operate a drone
UNDP
March 2019
(Half a day)
Signature of a convenTarapahazavan’i
Consecutive (Malation between the associ- Madagasikara Associ- gasy-English-Malaation House of Madaation
gasy)
gascar and an investor
March 2019
(One day)
Lunch and conference
Presidency of Madaduring the celebration of gascar
women’s day in Majunga
(3 days)
(Half a day)
March 2019
(French-MalagasyFrench)
(Malagasy-EnglishMalagasy)
Consecutive (Malagasy-English-Malagasy)
Simultaneous (Malagasy- French- Malagasy)
March 2019
(Half a day)
Presentation of Letters
of credence from the
Ambassadors of Sweden, Ethiopia, Israel to
the President of Madagascar
Presidency of Madagascar
Consecutive (FrenchEnglish-French)
February 2019 Visit of an investor from Presidency of Mada(half a day)
the Philippines at the
gascar
Malagasy President’s
office
Consecutive (FrenchEnglish-French)
February 2019 Visit of the South
(half a day)
African Ambassador
and an investor at the
Malagasy President’s
office
Presidency of Madagascar
Consecutive (FrenchEnglish-French)
February 2019 Strategy on Malnutri(5days)
tion Control in Madagascar
ADRA
Simultaneous and
Consecutive (EnglishFrench- English)
February 2019 Investigation by a jour- WATERAID
nalist on Water, Sanita(10 days)
tion
and
Hygiene
(Tsiroanomandidy and
Morondava)
Consecutive (Malagasy-English-Malagasy)
November
2018 (one
day)
Report on Statelessness United nations
in Madagascar
Simultaneous and
Consecutive (EnglishMalagasy- English)
October 2018
(5 days)
Technical meeting to COMESA
examine Madagascar’s
Report on Structural
Vulnerability
Assessment
Simultaneous (English-French- English)
September
2018 (5 days)
Audit of a Vanilla oper- Lacon Institute
ator in Sambava
Simultaneous and
Consecutive (EnglishMalagasy- English)
August 2018
(one day)
UNFPA’s strategic re- UNFPA
treat
Simultaneous (English-French- English)
July 2018 (5
days)
Assessment of Mada- WHO
gascar’s Strategy on
plague control
Simultaneous and
Consecutive (EnglishFrench- English)
March 2018 (5 Evaluation of UNDP’s UNDP
project in the south west
days)
of Madagascar: interviews and focus groups
Consecutive and
whispering (Malagasy-French-Malagasy)
February 2018 Training on human re- ADRA Madagascar
sources management
(3 days)
Consecutive and
whispering (Malagasy- English-Malagasy)
February 2018 Courtesy
visit
and OCHA
stakeholder meetings
(one day)
Whispering, consecutive (French/englishMalagasy- French/
English)
January 2018
(two days)
Workshop on
mainstreaming
Whispering, consecutive (French/englishMalagasy- French/
English)
December
2017 (seven
days)
IPA Best Practice Train- EDBM
ing
Simultaneous (English-French- English)
November
2017 (two
days)
Courtesy
visit
and British Petroleum
stakeholder meetings
Consecutive and
whispering (FrenchEnglish-French)
November
2017 (one
day)
Inauguration of a Power Com&Co
Plant
Consecutive and
whispering (FrenchEnglish-French)
November
2017 (one
day)
Visit of the General Sec- Ministry of Tourism
retary of WTO in
Madagascar
Consecutive and
whispering (FrenchEnglish-French)
October 2017
(five days)
Field visit
gender GIZ
WaterAid Madagascar Whispering , consecutive (Malagasy- English-Malagasy)
July 2017 (five Training on Hydropow- COMESA
er
days)
Simultaneous (English-French- English)
July 2017 (two South-West Indian
days)
Ocean: United for a
IOC
Simultaneous (English-French- English)
Ministry of Finance
Simultaneous (English-French- English)
shared prosperity
through the Blue Economy
June 2017
(one day)
Workshop on Finance
December
2016
Training- Maritime se- IOC
curity
November
2016 (two
days)
Stakeholders’meeting RedCross Madagascar Simultaneous (Engfor the establishment of
lish-French- English)
a strategic plan
October 2016
(one day)
Workshop on Energy
GIZ
Simultaneous (English-French- English)
April 2016One month
GSF Learning Event
MCDI- WSSCC
All type
March (one
day)
Meeting between Salama and Chemonics
Chemonics
Whispering (EnglishFrench- English)
March 2016 (2 Workshop on Customer Orange Madagascar,
days)
Centricity, Tour Orange, CGAP
Madagascar
Simultaneous (English-French- English)
Simultaneous (English-French- English)
March 2016 (2 Conference on the esSoroptimist Madagasdays)
tablishment of the Fed- car
eration of Soroptimist in
Africa, Carlton Madagascars
February 2016 Trade in services(2 days)
Malagasy national consultations workshop
SADC- GFA Consult- Simultaneous
ing group- Malagasy (French-EnglishMinistry of Trade
French)
February 2016 Visit of Sonja Van Out- Wateraid Madagascar
shoorn, in charge of
(5 days)
Human Ressources at
the Regional Office of
Wateraid, in Madagascar (workshops, interviews, trainings)
January 2016
(5 days)
Capacity building workshop on the sustainable
ocean initiative, Marine
Spatial Planning, blue
economy, Nosy Be,
Madagascar
Simultaneous, Consecutive (EnglishFrench/MalagasyEnglish)
Whispering,
Consecutive (EnglishMalagasy-English)
Secretariat to the
Simultaneous
Convention on
(French-EnglishBiological Diversity – French)
Nairobi ConventionUNDP
December
2015 (1 day)
National workshop and
conference debate related to investments over
large geographical areas.
State Ministry in
charge of Presidential
projects and land
planning- Harson
Développement
Communication
Agency
November
2015 (5 days)
International meeting of Coreali Agency/
Orange Foundation
Orange Foundation,
Philantropy
Simultaneous
(French-EnglishFrench)
Simultaneous
(French-EnglishFrench)
November
2015 (3 days)
Official visit of the
Regional Director of
UNICEF Comoros
(Workshop, Courtesy
visits, Dinner)
UNICEF Comoros
Consecutive,
Simultaneous,
Whispering (FrenchEnglish-French)
UNICEF Madagascar
Simultaneous
(Malagasy/FrenchEnglish-French/
Malagasy)
November
2015 (three
days)
Workshop on WASH
cost, Antananarivo
OctoberNovember
2015 (twenty
days)
Exchange visit between
Madagascar and
Uganda) meetings, field
visits, training, Uganda
GSF Program- FAA/
MCDI/USF,
Sanitation and
Hygiene
Consecutive,
Whispering (EnglishMalagasy-English)
October 2015
(Three days)
Conference on security
reform in Madagascar
Antananarivo
Prime Minister’s
Office, UNDP
Simultaneous
(Malagasy-English)
October 2015
(two weeks)
Courtesy visit,
Meetings, workshops,
Antananarivo
JICA, Education
Whispering,
consecutive
(Malagasy/FrenchEnglish-Malagasy/
French
October 2015
(Five days)
Interpreter of Mr Jack
Bariansky, UNICEF
Consultant (Meetings,
workshops)
UNICEF, Nutrition
Whispering ,
consecutive
(Malagasy- EnglishMalagasy)
September
2015 (one
week)
AGOA Inspection
US Embassy
Madagascar
Simultaneous,
consecutive,
whispering
(Malagasy/FrenchEnglish- Malagasy/
French)
September
2015 (one
week)
Workshops, courtesy
visit, field visit while 5
international journalists
came to Madagascar to
write stories on
sanitation
WSSCC/GSF
Program/MCDI,
Sanitation and
Hygiene
Simultaneous,
consecutive ,
whispering
(Malagasy/FrenchEnglish- Malagasy/
French)
August 2015
(one week)
World Water Week,
Stockholm, Sweden
GSF Program- FAA/
MCDI, event
organized by SIWI,
Water
Consecutive and
simultaneous
(Malagasy/FrenchEnglish-Malagasy/
French)
August 2015
( two days)
Learning Worskhop on
CLTS, Stockholm,
Sweden
GSF Program- FAA/
MCDI, event
organized by Plan
International,
Sanitation and
Hygiene
Consecutive and
whispering
(Malagasy/FrenchEnglish-Malagasy/
French)
August 2015
(two days)
Meetings, Geneva,
Switzerland
GSF Program- FAA/ Consecutive and
MCDI, Sanitation and whispering (FrenchHygiene
English-French)
August 2015
(one night)
Celebration of
WaterAid’s 15th
anniversary
WaterAid Madagascar Consecutive and
whispering (FrenchEnglish-French)
July 2015 (one Workshop, Nationalday)
Multiple Overlapping
Deprivation Analysis
UNICEF Madagascar, Simultaneous
C4D
(French-EnglishFrench)
June 2015
(one month)
Exchange visit:
meetings, field visits,
training
GSF Program/FAA/
MCDI/USF
Consecutive,
Simultaneous,
Whispering
(Malagasy-EnglishMalagasy)
June 2015
(one day)
Panel discussion on
ending child marriage
UNFPA, Ministry of
Population
Madagascar
Simultaneous
(Malagasy-EnglishMalagasy)
May 2015
(one week)
Workshop, C4D,
Fenerive Est
UNICEF Madagascar. Consecutive,
C4D
simultaneous
(Malagasy/FrenchEnglish-Malagasy/
French)
May 2015
(two days)
Workshop, Territorial
anchoring of
Development and
inclusive growth ,
Antananarivo
Matoy, Swiss
Cooperation, Kboss
Corporation
Simultaneous
(Malagasy-FrenchMalagasy)
May 2015
(two days)
International Tourism
Fair, Antananarivo
Tam Tam Agency
April 2015
(one week)
Training on community FOCOJ, University of
radio
and
climate Antananarivo
change for journalists
and trainers, FOCOJ
platform, University of
Antananarivo
April (two
days)
Courtesy visit, meetings
and Field visit on the
implementation of the
Kigali Action Plan
Simultaneous
(French-EnglishFrench)
Consecutive,
whispering
(Malagasy-EnglishMalagasy)
Representatives of the Simultaneous,
African Union
Consecutive
Commission; a
WASH project with
FAA, UNICEF,
WaterAid
April
2015 Working session of the
(three days)
SAFIR( Satellite
navigation services for
AFrican Region)
“Introduction of GNSS/
EGNOS: Global
Navigation Satellite
System/European
Geostationary’’,
Antananarivo
SAFIR
March 2015 High level institutional
(one day)
triggering of the
Malagasy government,
attended by the
President and the Prime
Minister and other
ministers, Antananarivo
WSSCC, MCDI, GSF Simultaneous
March 2015
(two weeks)
WSSCC, MCDI, GSF Consecutive,
Simultaneous
Field visit at
Vakinankaratra Region
and workshops
M a r c h Seminar :Women
2015
(one Business
day)
Simultaneous
(French-EnglishFrench)
in American Chamber of Simultaneous
Commerce
M a r c h Meeting on the
American Chamber of Whispering,
2015
(one promotion of the
Commerce
Consecutive (Frenchday)
Malagasy economy at
English-French)
the World Bank’s office,
Antananarivo
M a r c h International workshop
2015
(one on blue economy,
week)
Antananarivo
UNECA-Facto
Saatchi
Simultaneous
(French-EnglishFrench)
M a r c h Contract negotiation,
2015
(one field visit, meeting
week)
Tyberius Madagascar
Consecutive
(Malagasy-EnglishMalagasy)
F e b r u a r y 39th General assembly Aro Insurance
2015
(one of FANAF (insurance)
week)
Simultaneous
(French-EnglishFrench)
J a n u a r y Workshop on Nutrition
2015
(one
week)
ICF, USAID, Capsule Simultaneous
Agency
(French-EnglishFrench)
D e c e m b e r Workshop on Nutrition
2014
(one
day)
Ministry of
Agriculture,
CCARDESA
Whispering,
Consecutive
(French/MalagasyEnglish-French/
Malagasy)
D e c e m b e r Field visit
2014
(two
days)
Ministry of
Agriculture,
CCARDESA
Consecutive
(Malagasy-EnglishMalagasy)
D e c e m b e r Interpreter of the
2014
(one Delegation of the
week)
Singapore Business
Federation during their
stay in Madagascar,
Toamasina
SBF
Consecutive (French/
Malagasy-EnglishFrench/Malagasy)
O c t o b e r National Convention of
2014
(one Education by the
week)
Ministry of Education
Antananarivo
Ministry of Education Simultaneous
(French-MalagasyFrench)
O c t o b e r Several events (courtesy Institut de la Vision
2 0 1 4 ( o n e visits, outreach, official NGO.
week)
ceremonies)
Whispering,
consecutive
October 2014 Several events (courtesy IOC, Smartfish and a
(one week)
visits, field visits
delegation from
Uganda
Consecutive,
Whispering
(French/MalagasyEnglish-French/
Malagasy)
S e p t e m b e r Meeting with the civil
2014
(one society
day)
Consecutive
(Malagasy-EnglishMalagasy)
African Union
Commission
February- June Several events (press
Public Affairs Section Consecutive (French/
2014 (intern- conferences, official
of the US Embassy
Malagasy-Englishship)
ceremonies, award
Madagascar.
French/Malagasy)
ceremonies, information
session)
Since
2013
late
Video-conferences Communication
with
Anglophone Department of the
teachers
University of
Antananarivo.
Consecutive
(Malagasy/FrenchEnglish-Malagasy/
French)
2013
Several events
(conferences, sermons,
trainings)
Adventist Church of
Tokpota, Porto-Novo,
Benin
Consecutive,
Simultaneous
(French- EnglishFrench)
2012
Several events
(outreach, training)
Marie Stopes
Madagascar
Consecutive
(Malagasy-EnglishMalagasy)
2011
Several events (conferences, seminars,
workshops,
trainings, meeting)
FOCOJ
project Consecutive (French/
( vocational train- Malagasy-Englishing in journalism) French/Malagasy)
of the University
of Madagascar in
partnership with
AUF and UN
Since 2009 Several events
(conferences, sermons,
trainings)
Adventist Englishspeaking Church
Soamanandrariny
Consecutive,
Simultaneous
(Malagasy-EnglishMalagasy)
2009 :
Several events (visits,
official ceremonies)
Dodwell trust,
Ambatolampy
Consecutive
(Malagasy-EnglishMalagasy)
Several events
(conferences, sermons,
trainings)
Adventist Church
Ambatolampy
Consecutive
(Malagasy-EnglishMalagasy)
2009
