2022, it was. So let’s talk work first. Joanna’s second full year with GOAL, navigating an ambitous humanitarian agenda across 13 countries on 4 different continents. A world growing more and more complex; unfortunately, with more people becoming vulnerable and depending on aid. While the means to deliver becoming more scarce and NGO’s with a community focused agenda hard hit. Travels to Haiti, Ethiopia and South Sudan brought home the amazing impact GOAL colleagues on the ground continue making. Geert enjoyed being part of the great team in the UNICEF Partnership Office with the European Union. The adoption of the EU’s Strategy on the Rights of the Child, by the Commission and all 27 Member States was one of the forceful reminders of what teamed-up advocacy can achieve. Time now to translate the ambitions into the day to day reality of children in Europe and across the globe. And if you wonder how GOAL and UNICEF got along together, have a look at the picture taken deep South of ...