Since January 2020, Patient BIRINDWA has been the focal point in the project “Improving social security and cohesion and human rights in mining areas in eastern DRC”, in consortium with International Alert, OGP and Eurac.
From June 2018 to January 2020, Patient worked as an assistant to the focal point of IPIS and was responsible for a project “Reporting and monitoring of gold incidents in the supply chain in eastern DRC” in partnership with civil society organisations from South Kivu, North Kivu and Ituri.
Previously, Patient worked for a local NGO in the mining conflict sector, as well as for a processing entity.
Patient has a degree in Economics and Management (Public Economy) from the University of Goma.
