Roukiatou Maiga
Traoré Roukiatou S. Maiga, recently more commonly known as Roukiatou Maiga, (born 1965 or 1966) is a Burkinabé organization founder and humanitarian. Along with Diambendi Madiega, she was the regional co-winner of the Nansen Refugee Award in 2021.
Career
[edit]Maiga joined the Mali Red Cross in 1966 as a community outreach worker, meeting people at events and on the streets of Bamako.[1] She became a first aid instructor in 2000, and was working as a training officer through 2016[2] to 2018.[3]
Maiga set up a refugee support program in her home town of Dori when 35,000 displaced people arrived. She provides displaced people with food, shelter and support in navigating the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' support mechanisms.[4] Maiga launched an agricultural cooperative.[5]
She was the regional co-winner of the Nansen Refugee Award in 2021.[4][6]
Personal life
[edit]She was aged 55 in 2021.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ ""I'm proud to have helped these children integrate into society a". 100 Voices. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
- ^ Kadiatou Mouyi Doumbia (6 Oct 2016). "Mali : PREMIERS SECOURS : Les gestes qui sauvent". Maliactu (in French).
- ^ Keita, Mohamed (19 Oct 2018). "Séminaire de formation aux premiers secours : Les médias à l'école de la Croix rouge malienne". Malijet (in French).
- ^ a b "Meet the Nansen Award winners who stayed and delivered in 2020". www.unrefugees.org. 2020. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
- ^ "Distinction Nansen pour les réfugiés 2021 : Les co-lauréats burkinabè Madiega Diambendi et Roukiatou Maïga honorés - leFaso.net". lefaso.net (in French). 6 July 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
- ^ "BBC World Service - Focus on Africa, The Burkina Faso community leaders going 'beyond the call of duty'". BBC. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
- ^ Periago, Rocío (2021-10-04). "Ameer Jubran, el químico que brinda esperanza a los desplazados en Yemen". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-02.