Wellbeing was already a challenge, then COVID-19 hit

Hilary Wahanda (Kenya) serves as a UN Volunteer with the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS). He is part of the mission's Staff Welfare Unit, which caters to the wellbeing of UN personnel in Somalia. We interviewed Hilary on the occasion of World Mental Health Day, 10 October, and share his contributions.

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I am a UN Volunteer with UNSOS based in Mogadishu, Somalia. The core mission of UNSOS is to provide critical support needed by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), the UN Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) and Somali Security Forces for effective peacebuilding efforts in Somalia.