The Spotlight with United Nations Volunteer Sofia Echeverria, Protection of Civilians Officer from Ecuador

Sofia Echeverria, is from Ecuador, and has served as a United Nations Volunteer supporting the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.

She arrived in Juba two years ago for her assignment as a Protection of Civilians Officer in South Sudan. Her work involves developing policies options and making policy decisions for the implementation of the Mission’s mandate to protect civilians under threat of physical violence.

Before she joined the UN Mission in South Sudan, Sofia backpacked and visited every country in her continent South America, where she served as a volunteer in different projects that primarily tackled persons who had either been displaced because of conflict or persons who had been resettled to third countries because of unmet international protection needs in their first country of asylum.

Sofia worked in UNHCR in her own country with refugees from Colombia and she studied International Humanitarian Law.

Today we spotlight Sofia's journey as a United Nations Volunteer in South Sudan.

The Spotlight is presented by Irene Lasu and produced by Machrine Birungi.