Rodrigue Makelele
Majoring in Conflict Transformation
Eastern Mennonite University, Class of 2020
From Harrisonburg, VA
Eastern Mennonite University, Class of 2020
From Harrisonburg, VA
Rodrigue Makelele is a Just-Peace activist with six years of experience at organizations based in DRC, Malawi and USA. Founder and CEO of Vijana Africa, a youth-led nonprofit present in DRC and Malawi, he has significant experience in organizational leadership. He is a trained blogger with more than 120 articles published on numerous social issues including human rights abuses. He has delivered a wide range of trainings to youth in the field of peacebuilding, human rights, and activism. He is an out-of-the-box thinker and multilingual translator with a high comfort level working with people from different cultures and backgrounds. He is completing an MA in Conflict Transformation at Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia.
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Rodrigue Makelele named at EMU spring 2020 recognition ceremony
Eastern Mennonite University held its annual student recognition ceremony during finals week. The various recognitions included honors from academic departments, student life and athletics. Academ...
May, 01 2020 - Verified by Eastern Mennonite University
Rodrigue Makelele helps host arts-based peacebuilding workshop for area refugee, immigrant teens
Eight Center for Justice and Peacebuilding graduate students collaborated to plan and lead an arts-based peacebuilding workshop for local refugee and immigrant students last weekend. Rodrigue Make...
March, 01 2019 - Verified by Eastern Mennonite University
Founder and CEO at Vijana Africa
- Advise the Board, advocate / promote the organization and stakeholder relations related to organization mission
- Support motivation of employees and volunteers in organizational services, programs and operations
- Represent organization to third parties
- Implement plans, manage human, financial and physical resources of the organization, and oversee operations of the organization.
- Translate documents as required
March 2013 - Present
REGIONAL TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR at UNAGAFRICA SARL
- Troubleshoot components of VSAT systems, determine the best course of action to restore operability in least time possible and most cost-effective manner
- Install, configure and test over 250 satellite modems, transceivers, BUCs, LNBs
- Conduct capacity planning as needed and participate in problem solving for future needs.
December 2012 - Present
