Dr. Alexia Nibona, Director
Alexia received her M.D. from the University of Burundi, having served residencies at the King Khaled Hospital, the Prince Regent Charles Hospital, and SOS Bujumbura Hospital. She wrote her doctoral thesis on “Psychoses resulting from the 1993 “Crisis” (what Burundians call the violence that followed the death of President Melchior Ndadaye) among inpatients of the Neuropsychiatric Center of Kamenge between 1994 and 2004. She has also received certificates in HIV/AIDS physical and psychosocial care, medical projects and services evaluation, trauma healing and services and conflict mediation, and community-based development.
In addition to directing the clinic in Kamenge, she also works part-time at the King Khaled hospital in Bujumbura. She and her husband take care of 10 children who lack parental care. Alexia also serves as the General Assembly clerk of Kamenge Friends Church, and was recently elected to represent FWA as the Vice-President of the Burundian Alliance to Fight AIDS (ABS).
Marcelline Girukwishaka, Manager and Accountant
Marcelline has been a manager since helping to start FWA in 2003. Before that, she served as treasurer of Kibimba Friends Church and the Western Burundi Friends Quarterly Meeting.
From 1983 to 2002 Marcelline was a teacher at primary schools in Bukirasazi, Murayi, Kibimba, and Kwibuka.
Joselyne Dusabe, Director of Development and Public Relations
Joselyne received her degree in Development and Administration from the Université Lumière de Bujumbura in 2004. Before coming to FWA, she worked on a microfinance project with ASBL Twitezimbere.
Marie Claire Kamugisha, Nurse
Marie Claire worked as a community health worker with the Congolese Red Cross for two years on maternal and infant health and family planning in Bukavu. She finished her nursing studies in 1999 in Gikongoro in Rwanda
She has also worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), and has participated in Alternatives to Violence Project trainings. She and her husband have two children.
Samuel Niyonzima, Orderly
Gudura Ndayikengurukiye
Martin Nahishakiye