N’Sira Daraba

N’Sira Daraba has over eight years of experience working directly with local communities in rural Guinea focusing on local economic development. Currently, she serves as the Senior Livelihoods Officer for a mining company where she assists communities with sustainable livelihoods restoration activities that include supporting agriculture, market gardening, and salt extraction programs. N’Sira Daraba is a member of Jeune Cellule pour le Development and is pushing for mining transparency in Guinea by increasing awareness on the efficient use of royalties and local resources by communities to fight against poverty and to share resources equitably. Upon completing the Washington Fellowship(Africa), N’Sira plans to work on improving stakeholders engagement trough lobbying for relevant use of local resources by communities and networking by empowering good practices between different offices.