It is inspiring to be able to engage with communities and understand the challenges they are facing,"says Daisy Serem, UNV Assistant Communication Officer. Daisy makes regular field trips to highlight the work being done to ensure every child receives proper nutrition and health services, clean water and sanitation facilities, and an adequate level of care and protection.
Daisys role as an Assistant Communication Officer in the Advocacy and Partnerships Section requires regular field trips to UNICEF programme sites to highlight the work done in ensuring every child receives proper nutrition and health services, clean water and sanitation facilities, and an adequate level of care and protection. By interacting with those in the local communities Daisy is able to identify what more needs to be done.
In Dadaab camp, refugees are fleeing famine and conflict in neighboring Somalia and are desperately looking for a place to raise healthy and happy children. Local communities in Kenya are also not spared from the drought. Daisys volunteer assignment reveals not only the devastation of livelihoods caused by such natural disasters but also the various life-saving interventions by UNICEF and partner agencies that offer hope to families.
It is inspiring to be able to engage with communities and understand the challenges they are facing. This is a motivating factor for any volunteer desiring to make a difference in the lives of those who need it most. To me it is indeed the very essence of my role as a volunteer, states Daisy.