Source: United Nations (video statements)
In this 360° virtual reality video, follow Major Sifamwelwa Akalaluka from Zambia as she helps maintain an uneasy calm along the Sudanese border in the Central African Republic and directs MINUSCA’s community engagement efforts in Birao.
Join her as she leads a Mixed Engagement Platoon observing, engaging, and reporting – helping to protect communities, including women and children at the fragile border.
MINUSCA, the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, was established in 2014 and maintains almost 17,000 personnel across the country.
Diverse peacekeeping teams such as Major Akalaluka’s make UN Peacekeeping more efficient and responsive to the needs of those we serve.
This video is made possible thanks to the support of the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations.
It is a partnership between the Department of Peace Operations, the Department of Global Communications and the UN Mission in the Central African Republic.