My name is Jean de Dieu HAKIZIMANA, I am in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo, North Kivu Province in the city of Goma. I was born on September 10, 1988 and married with Madame MWAMINI PENINA Justine.
Since the year 2008 in 2013: I studied at the Higher Institute of Rural Development of the Great Lakes (ISDR-GL), Option Regional and National Planning where I obtained a degree of License.
Since 2014 in June 2019, I have worked with the NGO BIFERD in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the framework of projects of peace, security and stabilization as well as the construction of resilience by conducting training activities for local leaders, local youth councils, youth associations, customary authorities, politico-administrative authorities, agents of the offices of the Ministry of Interior of North Kivu, local government officials and security services in the eastern DRC around conflict transformation, land disputes and cohesive gender and conflict sensitive leadership, fiscal governance,. Then I animated democratic dialogues around social cohesion, cultivating the culture of tolerance and love, the prevention and transformation of conflicts between young people, local leaders and security services.
In addition, as part of the CISPE PAMOJA INAWEZEKANA Project, Together it’s Possible, I was doing context and conflict analysis, several conflicts of all kinds were mapped and shared with the IOM partner; the mapping of youth associations and the organization of mini-dialogue with young people around cohabitation and social cohesion.
It should be noted that since March in June 2017, I had assumed the position of Executive Director in the interim of the NGO BIFERD.
Currently, I am the youth president of a local church in the city of Goma named 8th CEPAC YERUSALEMU. In my attributions, I work as a volunteer; I organize reflection workshops with young people around social cohesion and cultivate love and tolerance among them, develop the spirit of leadership and entrepreneurship.
Finally, I am a member of African Youth Federation (AYF) and I was selected in the Expert Pool within the NGO VNG International as part of Peace, Security and Stabilization programs.