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Greater Quebec City Metropolitan Area

Served with the United Nations, with International Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and with the Canadian National Defense. Managed humanitarian and development programmes. Participated in developing global and national policies and programmes, including for children's rights. Lead small, medium and large diverse teams.

Khartoum, Khartoum State, Sudan

Managed and lead countrywide operations of the UNICEF field-based teams and manage the emergency component of the overall UNICEF Sudan Country programme. Coordinated the humanitarian response, including before, during and after the Sudan Revolution and during the Covid 19 crisis with nearly six million people in need of humanitarian aid, approximately 2.

Sudan

Coordinated the humanitarian programme for UNICEF Sudan, including related to the internally displaced people, refugees, inter ethnic conflicts, and oversaw the inter-agency coordination for child protection in emergencies, education in emergencies, nutrition in emergencies and water / sanitation in emergencies.

New York, New York, United States

Led the UNICEF team within child protection in emergencies in developing interagency policy, guidelines and training materials to develop country-based Monitoring and Reporting Mechanisms (MRM) to prevent grave violations against children in situations of armed conflicts. Participated in the regular work of the United Nations Security Council Working Group.

New York, New York, United States

As part of the UNICEF global humanitarian policy team, and in close collaboration with the UN Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflicts's team, worked in developing a global framework in part with the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict including for the development of specific Security Council Resolutions, and also.

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Was the Chief Child Protection at Interim for UNICEF's overall humanitarian and development programme for the Democratic Republic of Congo. The main programmes were the ones related to the release and reintegration of children from armed forces and armed groups, gender-based violence, legal protection, and family reunification of separated children..

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Led the team of child protection in emergencies (CPIE) for UNICEF in the Democratic of Congo. The most important challenge was to develop a national programme to release and reintegrate children that were associated with armed forces and armed groups, previously known by the terminology "Child soldiers". Alongside government counterparts, led the.

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Led the team and managed the expansion of the Non-Governmental Organization Save the Children in Cote d'Ivoire for the development programme within Côte d'Ivoire and for for the refugee response programme with the neighbouring country of Liberia. Managed the team in building the necessary working and logistical infrastructure for the Cote d'Ivoire.

Uvira, South Kivu, Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Managed the team and the humanitarian programmes for Action Against Hunger - USA in the Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The background was of intense armed conflicts with multiple State and Non-State Actors. Managed security including hostage situations. Managed programmes of emergency nutrition and food security. Undertook a multi-months.

Korca And Kukes, Albania

Responsible for opening the offices and manage the activities of the NGO Action Against Hunger in the city of Kukes in the North of the country where over 200,000 refugees arrived from neighbouring Kosovo. Then opened the offices in the city of Korca in the South East of Albania where more refugees were anticipated to arrive. In both cities, I was.

Ouagadougou, Centre, Burkina Faso

Intern with the World Food Programme (WFP) for the country of Burkina Faso and for the WFP Regional team that was also based in Ouagadougou. Was exposed to literacy development programmes in the North of the country, and in the subregional logistics operations.

Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Worked with the Programme Support Unit on the methodical selection of candidates from Mali in being awarded the coveted "Bourse de la Francophonie" for the Undergraduate, Graduate and Doctorate levels.

Sacatepéquez, Guatemala

I was helping the NGO by learning about the concept of micro-credit, including from the Grameen Bank experience in Bangladesh, in order to identify if the programmes could benefit in using a similar micro-credit approach with the populations most in need in this region of Guatemala.

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Worked as an Officer for the Canadian National Defense. The Basic Flight Training was in Winnipeg, Manitoba, my helicopter training was in Shearwater, Nova Scotia, and then I was stationed in Victoria, British Colombia. My role was navigator and tactical coordinator on seaborne helicopters for Search and Rescue, sovereignty protection and anti-submarine.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Human Security And Peacebuilding

The programme aims at diving deeper in the concepts of human security and in developing the concepts of peace-building as an important.

Dynamic Leadership Certificate, Organizational Leadership

This course was made through the UNICEF leadership development programme and was aimed at helping current and future leaders of the.

Technical Certificate In International Co-Operation, International Cooperation

Learning the practical methods of working in international development settings, including techniques in project management, fundraising.

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Business Administration And Management, General, Was Awarded The Governor General Medal

Activities and Societies: Was the commanding leader of the #1 Squadron whom won the overall squadron competition in this final year. Was.