Sandra Delali Kemeh

Delali is the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Consultant at the GEO Secretariat’s (DRR). Since joining the secretariat on 1st May 2021, her primary responsibility has been to assist with targeted tasks around GEO’s DRR engagement priority and the GEO DRR Working Group.

Delali brings to the GEO secretariat, her working experience with multiple international development agencies such as the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the German development agency (GIZ) on pragmatic approaches in reducing climate exacerbated disaster risks. She has a joint masters in Environmental Risk and Human Security from the United Nations University - Institute of Environment and Human Security and the University of Bonn, Germany.

Delali is also passionate about meaningful youth engagement in DRR and so has been meaningfully involved in intergovernmental processes on DRR at the African Union level. Her participation has been pivotal to formation of the Africa Youth Advisory Board on Disaster Risk Reduction (AYAB DRR) of which she is its current chairperson. AYAB is the first board established under the AUC to meaningful engage youth in DRR