Meet Fiamma Rupp, our dedicated Education Specialist with extensive experience in mental health and social protection, particularly focused on child protection and education. Fiamma holds a Master's degree in Education Policy and Management, complemented by a Master's in Clinical Psychology and a Post Graduate Diploma in Child Protection in Emergencies.

Fiamma's professional journey spans over 15 years, marked by impactful contributions in the field of mental health, child protection in emergencies, education, and social welfare:

Since February 2021 Fiamma works as Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Specialist at UNICEF HQ, among others on training of Foundational Helping Competencies of the global workforce for the WHO/ UNICEF Ensuring Quality in Psychosocial and Mental Health Care (EQUIP) initiative.

From November 2019 to March 2020, Fiamma served as a Child Protection in Emergencies Specialist for the Institut Bioforce in Central African Republic and Senegal. She conducted crucial child and youth protection training for 22 civil society organizations, developed training materials, and provided on-the-job mentoring and training to local co-facilitators.

Earlier, from July 2019 to October 2019, Fiamma worked as a Child Protection in Emergencies Specialist with UNICEF in South Sudan. In this role, she managed the Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) for the UN Security Council, developed training materials and facilitating training sessions for various protection, education, health, and social welfare stakeholders, and supported negotiations with government, armed groups & UN partners and assisted release and reintegration efforts of children associated with armed forces and armed groups into their communities.

Fiamma's expertise extends to her tenure as the Global Child Protection in Emergencies Advisor at Terre des Hommes for the Global Alliance for Child Protection from October 2019 to March 2020 and February 2018 to February 2019. Here, she developed the Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPHA) Competency Framework, training modules, and learning materials, reinforcing her commitment to advancing child protection strategies in crisis contexts.

During her time with UNICEF from February 2014 to August 2017, Fiamma worked at HQ and several country offices, 18 African countries and Afghanistan playing a pivotal role as Child Protection in Emergencies Specialist managing among others the Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) for the UN Security Council, case management, reintegration of children associated with armed forces and armed groups, juvenile justice, education in emergencies, AoR subcluster coordination, and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) portfolios. In her positions she regularly developed and carried out trainings in these areas of work.

From February 2012 to February 2014 Fiamma worked as the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the Offices of the Inspector and Director General where she developed IOM's first knowledge management monitoring and evaluation strategic framework, trained the first HQ cohort. She also established the first gender monitoring and accountability strategy and gender audit framework, planned, designed and performance audited the IOM Development Fund (IDF) in Mexico, Senegal, South Africa, and Zimbabwe and carried out an impact evaluation in Sri Lanka.

Fiamma served as an Indigenous Community Development and Child Rights Consultant from September 2001 to November 2008 in Guatemala. Here, she pioneered integrated community- and family-based child and youth protection, health, and MHPSS programs for children and families with Maya community development and education councils.

Fluent in English, Spanish, and French, with native fluency in Italian and German, Fiamma brings a wealth of knowledge and hands-on experience to our team. Her unwavering dedication to mental health advocacy, child protection, education underscores her commitment to ensuring the well-being and rights of vulnerable populations globally.