UN Volunteers at World Bank bring development solutions
Meet three UN Volunteers in three different countries around the world – Burundi, Egypt and Kosovo. Together with the World Bank, they provide a wide array of assistance and development solutions. Their assignments are fully funded by Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).
Landscape Restoration Project
Júlia Baena de Mesquita is an Environmental and Social Analyst with the World Bank in Burundi. She ensures that the World Bank’s social safeguards are applied to all the projects. By doing so, she guarantees that development is not done at any cost. This ranges from issues that stem from labour conditions to gender-based violence, and communities’ health and safety.