When Afchatou Sylla first applied to work in Médecins Sans Frontières Côte d'Ivoire warehouse, she was the only female applicant among more than 60 candidates. Four years on and having learned a lot on the job, she now manages the warehouse.
Sylla’s day-to-day involves receiving and checking stock deliveries; coordinating with the logistics supervisors; directing medical equipment and other materials to the appropriate department; updating stock inventory on the internal system, and archiving purchase documents for audit purposes.
It’s a role that is critical to any humanitarian organization and not as routine as people might think, said Sylla. Her team has to adapt frequently and quickly to different phases of projects or emergency situations that arise.