DR Congo Gender Based Violence Area of Responsibility Inter-Agency Coordinator Eleonore Amenan Kouakou, deployed to UNFPA through CANADEM. “We survived the violence, but not yet the forgetting.” This sentence, shared by a survivor in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, stayed with me throughout my surge deployment as GBV AoR Inter-Agency Coordinator. It captures the human urgency of a crisis where millions are displaced and exposed to repeated violence. I chose this mission out of a...

For many humanitarian professionals, a career is measured by long-term positions and linear progression. For Information Management specialist Vincenza Lofino, it has been shaped by something different: the flexibility, variety and impact that comes from serving on multiple standby rosters. Since joining her first standby roster in 2019, Vincenza has deployed through three different Standby Partnership rosters, IMMAP Inc, Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency and RedR Australia, to...

In conflict-affected Tillaberi, Niger, humanitarian needs are evolving in a complex environment where the Government, with the support of partners, continues to lead efforts to ensure assistance reaches vulnerable communities. Assistance must be adaptable, rooted in community structures, and delivered through local authorities, national NGOs, and community-based groups. Through the Standby Partnerships mechanism, ZIF deployed Maren Rahlf to UNICEF Niger to strengthen national and local...