Dr.
Claude Shema Rutagengwa holds a Doctorate degree in medicine,
and has pursued many other post graduate courses in peace,
environment and human rights (Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, Austria,
Romania etc...) A Rwandese national Peace and human rights
practitioner, he has worked with several peace and
development/child-youth and women rights organizations in Africa
as trainer-facilitator, consultant or in administration.
Dr. Claude Shema Rutagengwa is founder of GLPI (Great Lakes
Peace Initiative) - African Regional network aiming at peace and
sustainable development in many countries of Central an East
Africa. He has published many articles and publications on
peace, conflict issues and development ( www.author-me.com and
peace poems at www.peacepoet.com ) and in World Peace journal -
an international peace newsletter. Dr. Claude Shema Rutagengwa
became a peace practitioner after the 1994 Rwanda genocide as a
survivor of that tragedy. He felt very concerned about peace and
conflict resolution issues, in a bid of tribute in synergy with
others in preventing and transcending hostilities.
Hobbies:
Nature-flowers/gardens - animals - soft/slow music - travel -
reading - walking on beach - evening walk and other relaxation
exercises.
Enviable human quality: Ubumuntu-Ubuntu and wisdom.
Idole professors: Pr. Hizkias Assefa - Pr. Johan Galtung.
Person idole: H.E.Nelson Mandela (former South
African president)
Ambitions/greater thoughts:
-Global Peace University in Africa
- To halt
environment threats like global warming
-End of
war/violence and poverty in the world.
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