Heralding a brighter future for women and children in Rwanda
Frida Temple (Sweden) is a UN Volunteer Midwife with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Kigali, Rwanda. In this story, she shares how she contributes to the wellbeing of women and children through her expertise. Her assignment is fully funded by the Government of Sweden.
When I first arrived in Rwanda, the country went into lockdown as COVID-19 had reached its peak in the country. Hence, I was first deployed to support Rwanda’s National COVID-19 Command Post Centre in Kigali, which coordinates the entire country’s COVID-19 response. I was part of the Technical Advisory Group, where representatives from different partner organizations met and discussed technical responses, including decisions on the number of COVID-19 tests and vaccination roll-out.