Aîssata
Senegal
Aïssata Ndiaye is a 22-year-old returnee who lives in Guédiawaye in Dakar. She has continued her studies until her senior year. Her migratory journey began in 2017 when she left for Russia in order to continue her studies.
Aïssata Ndiaye is a 22-year-old returnee who lives in Guédiawaye in Dakar. She has continued her studies until her senior year. Her migratory journey began in 2017 when she left for Russia in order to continue her studies. A year after settling in, she left Russia to try to reach Spain with a stopover in Morocco. Along the way, the zodiac in which she traveled capsized and she found herself in Algeria a few days after the tragedy. She managed to reach Niger and then Senegal in late June 2019.

Today, she has joined the group of volunteers of the Migrants As Messengers project which is composed of returned migrants who organize awareness activities on the dangers and risks of irregular migration. In parallel to her volunteer activities at IOM, Aissata Ndiaye is studying traditional medicine.

Returned migrants play a central role as Volunteers in the development, planning and implementation of the Migrants as Messengers campaign.

Through their stories, the learnings from their migratory experiences and their creativity, MaM Volunteers are the principal authors and actors of the campaign. From 2019-2022, a community of more than 300 volunteers across 7 countries will develop and grow. This community will also have access to diversified training and capacity-building opportunities and be invited to regular activities to support the development of an organic and sustainable community. Female engagement plays an important role within the MaM Volunteer community as they will take the lead in shaping women-to-women dialogue sessions and engaging female audiences more generally.