Juan Haro Simarro is a photojournalist formed in Madrid, experienced in New York City and Central America and currently based in East Africa.
Currently, he works as Digital Officer and Photographer at UNICEF Burundi where he focuses on digital media and photography with particular interest in the current political situation and children rights.
Previously he has worked as a multimedia journalist for an NGO based in the highlands of rural Guatemala and as freelance in the region. He has also worked for the United Nations in New York City, where he was responsible of news production as the Syrian war, the Ukranian conflict or the Ebola Outbreak within the Department of Public of Public Information.
He also assisted and supported United Nations Television shoots and productions as an Assistant Producer. Everything from in-depth features with the Secretary-General to a report about new Refugee Shelters and the celebration of Nelson Mandela Day. Also contributed with reporting and narration to the United Nations Spanish Radio Unit.
