Amani Matabaro Tom

Location: DR Congo

Level of Training: (Level III – 2020)

Scholarship(s): The 2016 Bruce Tancrell Memorial Scholarship

About:

Amani is the founder and executive director of Action Kivu for the Welfare of Women & Children. They focus on the women and children who are the most at risk and whose well-being will impact their community. Their mission focuses on four complementary initiatives: Entrepreneur Training, Community Farm, HIV/AIDs Education, and the Congo Peace School. Following Amani’s Level II certification at the International Nonviolence Summer Institute, he founded the first Peace School in the Congo, constructing a new school building, where every teacher and student will be trained in Kingian nonviolence, learning the philosophies, strategies, and practices of nonviolence. https://www.actionkivu.org/team