Paula Gierak

Head of Relief and Development Department at People in Need Slovakia

Paula Gierak is a Head of Relief and Development Department at People in Need Slovakia and she is a graduate in Biology at Warsaw University of Life Sciences and University of Lodz, in Humanitarian Aid at University of Warsaw and in International Security at European Academy of Diplomacy. Paula has experience in complex emergencies like Syria, Yemen and Ukraine as well as in other countries suffering from humanitarian and development crises: Djibouti, Lebanon, Peru, Iraq among others. She has worked on various positions throughout the years – Emergency Coordinator, Programme Coordinator, Field Coordinator and Country Coordinator in organizations like Polish Humanitarian Action, Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and IMPACT Initiatives, coordinating and managing numerous projects in different sectors, mostly in WASH, Livelihoods, Education or Health.