User:Mikebenedi

A story to Make peace Mr Mike Benedi Sudi Am mba was born in Bukavu DRC in 1983,he holds a British nationality and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Leeds Metropolitan University in Leeds UK where he has been an active volunteer of different organisations YARCO,LASSCO,UNLTD since 2003 working on youth projects,refugee support and fundraising.

Since 2007,he has served on Monadic Myriad International as an International consultant. He also writes books recently published by Author House available at Amazon. These books main focus are about peace and conflict resolution in Congo DRC.

After the war in 1996/1997 exactely 1 year later he started a charitable activity as part of his dad's business Hon.Amissi Mbaluku Benedi helping widows,orphans,churches with food,clothes,medicine...reaching the total number of 10560 beneficiaries with a programme volume rounded up to 26.400 us dollar own resources over 10 years. Mr AM MBA was also an active member of Heritiers de la Justice since 1998 in Bukavu while studying at Alfajiri College. His recent visits in the DRC,first in 2007 and then in 2008 for a stay of 6 months produced 2 books mainly researched and written in the Kivu and humblely pleading for peace in the DRC Congo. The stories within his books describe how horrific,painful wars affected this country. The results left millions of children and women,widows,orphans,millions of people dispersed,thousands raped,children abused,spread of HIV/AIDS,Hunger/Poverty,mental diseases,psychological trauma...

Being an eye witnesss of the wars in the region,first the coming of refugees from Rwanda after the Genocide in 1994 then the AFDL war in 1996/97,the RCD in 1998 ,MLC in 1999; he understands why it is so important to have peace. One of his quote when Mr Nelson Mandela was out of prison after 27 years is:It's time to think with the Head not the Heart. So he is making positive suggestions to the goverment,the International Community,local leaders,Ngos for this country to Move On and be blessed. His theories put into practice a worthwile cause,promoting community cohesion,conflict prevention,conflict transformation mechanismes include mediation,reconciliation and early warning mechanisms.

Let's join him to Make 5 Million History.

By Mr Namwira Tchikuru Mark