Jacques Sebisaho is Co-Founder & Executive Director of Amani Global Works. Jacques holds a Medical Degree from the National University of Rwanda, an Executive Degree in Nonprofit Leadership from Stanford Business School, an MPA from Baruch College, a BS in Biomedical Science from Catholic University of Bukavu, and a diploma in Philosophy from Grand Séminaire Monseigneur Busimba in Goma, DR Congo. He received the Richard C. Holbrook Leadership Award from Refugee International, Rising Star Award from the Segal Family Foundation, Visionary Making an Impact on Global Health Award from Afya Foundation, and Pharmacy Team Excellence Award from New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.
He is a Harvard School of Public Health Bernard Lown Scholar, an Aspen Institute New Voices Fellow, and a Rainer Arnhold Fellow. Dr. Jacques Sebisaho was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As part of his clinical medical school training, Dr. Sebisaho spent six months in rural Rwanda providing prenatal care, family planning, nutrition, and malaria prevention education to women; he has also worked with HIV-infected children in Butare. His medical degree dissertation focused on the health system and parent response to child injuries, concluding that preventive health education and outreach are critical factors in rapid recovery. Dr. Sebisaho was President and Medical Supervisor of the community of Sant’Egidio in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where he supervised humanitarian aid to displaced populations following the 2001 volcanic eruption in Goma (DRC).
In 2009, Dr. Sebisaho and his wife, Mimy Mudekereza, R.N., founded Amani Global Works to provide accessible and affordable healthcare for the Ban’Idjwi people, and to use health as a trigger for sustainable development on Idjwi Island.
