Joseph Nkurunziza, the co-founder and chair person 'never again' Rwanda

Joseph Nkurunziza, a medical doctor by training for the last 8 years has worked as both a physician and a public health expert. Currently he also works as an HIV clinician, the co-founder and chairperson of Never Again Rwanda which is a peace building and human rights organization that empowers youth and the population at large with opportunities to become active citizens.

Dr Joseph serves as a co-founder and Board director of Health Development Initiative, a Rwanda non-profitable organization which aims at improving both the quality and accessibility of health care for all Rwandans through advocacy, education and training. At the same time, Joseph is also a team member of the Center of Public health and Development, a regional non-profit organization that is dedicated to improving health systems through innovative medical solutions in East and South Africa region.

His work in Rwanda focuses on Health, peace building and social justice and it gives the people the guidance, encouragement and knowledge to be active citizens. In 2010, he was honored by junior chambers international as one of the 2010 ten outstanding young persons of the world in Osaka Japan.

He is the brain behind the project that has trained around 150 youth from around the world, most of whom have become leaders who promote peace in their communities, countries and globally.

It is this project that saw the chosen Ugandan students join their counterparts from the Great Lakes Region from Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, the DR Congo, South Sudan and Somalia for the Peace Building Institute (PBI) on December 28 to January 10, 2016.

They covered three main themes during the intensive program, which are genocide history and prevention, transitional justice, and good governance, development and reconciliation. This was done under the main theme, "What Can Rwanda Teach the World?" through group discussions and debate, critical analysis, film screenings, memorial site visits and others.

The target was to build vibrant global leaders equipped with enough knowledge on preventing conflicts and genocides.