Christian Cirhigiri

Christian Cirhigiri has three years of experience using the arts and communication as a tool to empower youth in post conflict areas. Christian Cirhigiri co-founded the Bukavu Youth Action center, a local NGO that promotes responsible youth leadership programming through the arts and produces a bi-monthly magazine called Jeune Leader. Christian’s main goal is to impact a vibrant generation of young leaders that will change the course of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) future leadership. Upon completion of the Washington Fellowship, Christian plans to use his acquired training to improve his organization’s leadership curriculum and partner and network with similar NGO’s across the continent to share best practices for civic engagement. Stayed in Africa.