"What UN Volunteers with WFP do makes a difference in the lives of millions"
In Cameroon, 47 UN Volunteers supported the World Food Programme (WFP) in 2020, bringing 16 different profiles to the organization. Some 77 per cent of these UN Volunteers were national volunteers serving under the community, specialist and youth modalities, and 60 per cent of them were women. In the below video, Ms Wanja Kaaria, WFP Country Director, shares her experience working with UN Volunteers.
UN Volunteers have been key in improving food security in Cameroon to achieve WFP's zero hunger goal... Their youth, their passion for the work and their zeal to give out their expertise for humanities' sake makes them unique. -- Ms Wanja Kaaria, Country Director of WFP, Cameroon
Feeding local knowledge into inter-religious and inter-generational dialogues
Florent Dabangdata Dimissia is a UN Volunteer Expert with the Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE) project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). With his strong knowledge of local customs and languages, Florent is involved in inter-religious and inter-generational dialogues. He helps build peace among communities made vulnerable through extremist insurgencies.
Florent serves in the locality of Kousseri in the far north of Cameroon. In this area, conflict and instability are triggered by extremist groups such as Boko Haram. To prevent violent extremism, UNDP focuses its interventions on conflict prevention, inclusive governance, social cohesion and the creation of economic opportunities.