Our Vision
Like the meaning of the Adinkra symbol shown below, "Education and Learning" is based on the principle that what is not known can be learned.
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NEA ONNIM NO SUA A, OHU
Nea (he / she) - Onnim No (doesn't know) - His (study) - Ohu (knows)
He / She who does not know, will know from learning
He / she who does not know, will know by learning
Celui / cells qui ne sait pas, saura en apprenant
[The Adinkra symbol as an alphabet & and its hidden meaning].
About us
Elena Locatelli
Elena Locatelli, strong of 25 years of professional experience in the Education sector, always passionate about this field, she truly believes that the development of a country passes through the opportunities given to the youngest generation to discover, know, and learn. After working for 9 years in NGOs, she yearned to be able to influence governments on Education Policy, and decided to join UNICEF in 2009.
Prior to be Education in Emergency and Resilience specialist for the West and Central Africa Regional Office, Elena served as chief Education in Mali, for 3 and half year, where she was responsible for the design and management of the UNICEF Education Program, including Education in Emergency interventions, revisiting the education and pedagogical methods used in the past as a starting point for creatively rethinking how education issue can be addressed in the 21st Century. Prior to Mali she served as Education Specialist in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Goma Eastern Zone office, for seven years, leading a team of 9 staff located in four different Provinces, where she collaborated in the implementation of Cash Transfers in the Rapid Response Mechanism approach for the education component.
She contributed to the development of a guide on Natural Risk Reduction for schools under volcanic threats.
"I believe that development is given
from the combination of opportunity,
creativity and absence of fear in trying new ways "Elena L.
My collaborators
Collaborators
Bernard Kimongo Banunsane
Bernard KIMONGO BANUNSANE is a senior development and emergency/transition project management professional who has worked for over 18 years in a variety of contexts.
He has strong analytical and research skills, and his areas of specialisation include training, office management, communication, management/coordination of development projects and programmes for child protection, education, reintegration of ex-combatants, local governance, conflict management and organisational strengthening of community-based organisations through the development of strategic plans, action plans and work plans; design, monitoring, evaluation and development of community-based approaches in emergency, transition and development situations.
She holds a Bachelor's degree (Bac+5) in Economics; option: Business and Administrative Sciences, a Bac+3 in Social Communication and several training certificates acquired through participation in training courses in Food Security, Security, Stockpile Management, Financial Management and Conflict Management in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Burundi.
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