Volunteers supporting UNICEF's mandate in Benin
Since 1979, UNICEF has been working in Benin to promote and protect children's rights. To support these efforts, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme deployed 15 dedicated UN Volunteers with diverse skills and backgrounds, 53 per cent of them women. They are deployed in Cotonou, Parakou, and Natitingou zone offices, where they contribute to planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation interventions.
Meet Sabilou Ibrahim, a national UN Volunteer specialist responsible for monitoring and evaluation. Sabilou recalls his first week with UNICEF Benin, where he quickly felt welcomed and motivated to start his assignment. “It just took me 72 hours to be adopted by my colleagues” he states.