Full Name
Paul Kithima
Job Title
CEO
Company
Bondeko Refugee Livelihoods Center
Speaker Bio
Paul Kithima
CEO of Bondeko Refugee Livelihoods Center, CEO of GLOs the grassroots consortium, and Chairperson of the Bright Future for Children with Disabilities.
He is a resilient advocate for a localization of humanitarian responses. Surviving persecution and torture in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2012, he sought asylum in Uganda. Paul has been a prominent speaker at various international events across the world showcasing his dedication to improve the lives of refugees, including the UNHCR Global Consultations and the HC Dialogue on Protection challenges in Geneva in 2022, the 11th African Union Symposium in Nairobi, the GRF and the linked event for the GRF by the World Bank in Geneva in 2023. He contributed as a co-lead drafter of the NGO statement on oral update on the ExCom Conclusions on durable solutions and complementary pathways, and in March 2024, he delivered the statement during the 89th Standing Committee of the Executive Committee of UNHCR in Geneva. He was a panellist at the UNHCR Global Consultations with NGOs in Geneva in June 2024.
CEO of Bondeko Refugee Livelihoods Center, CEO of GLOs the grassroots consortium, and Chairperson of the Bright Future for Children with Disabilities.
He is a resilient advocate for a localization of humanitarian responses. Surviving persecution and torture in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2012, he sought asylum in Uganda. Paul has been a prominent speaker at various international events across the world showcasing his dedication to improve the lives of refugees, including the UNHCR Global Consultations and the HC Dialogue on Protection challenges in Geneva in 2022, the 11th African Union Symposium in Nairobi, the GRF and the linked event for the GRF by the World Bank in Geneva in 2023. He contributed as a co-lead drafter of the NGO statement on oral update on the ExCom Conclusions on durable solutions and complementary pathways, and in March 2024, he delivered the statement during the 89th Standing Committee of the Executive Committee of UNHCR in Geneva. He was a panellist at the UNHCR Global Consultations with NGOs in Geneva in June 2024.
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