Celebrating Musoli Julack Muchima Kashinga, National Project Coordinator, ILO Lusaka

I have passion and this passion has led to commitment to the work that I do. Therefore, the key message to the adolescents is to have a dream to aspire to. To believe in themselves knowing that they can do anything as long as they have the passion for it. It is important to grab hold of every opportunity presented to them, have a mentor in life, embrace working in teams and to work hard! Finally a purposeful life is a balanced life .. have time to work, to reflect and recharge!” - is Musoli Julack Muchima Kashinga, National Project Coordinator 

As National Project Coordinator, Musoli Kashinga shares that she “enjoys working in the UN in general and in the ILO in particular because [her] work entails that to be truly successful and impactful [she and her colleagues] must ensure that no one is left behind.” She said, “Our work demands that there must be transformation in the lives of those to who are targeted by our various interventions. The ILO’s mandate of advancing social justice and promoting decent work for all embraces inclusion and promotes diversity. Furthermore, innovation is key in responding to the challenges that the world and our country faces.” 

Musoli is championing the advancement of transformative technology as her “current work involves developing and deploying skills training programmes so that technicians, engineers and managers are capacitated to apply, promote and manage renewable energy, energy efficiency and regional energy integration technologies thus contributing to a more sustainable low carbon energy mix.”