Paper Presented in International Seminars and Workshops

  • The effect of stigma and marginalization on psychosocial wellbeing of orphans and adolescents in Rwanda, Nordic Africa days, 25-17 September 2014, Uppsala, Sweden;

  • The effects of living environment on the psychosocial wellbeing of orphans. VI Conference in Values of Childhood and Childhood Studies, 7-9 May 2014, Oulu, Finland;

  • The role of psychosocial support on stigma, discrimination, and social marginalization of orphans in Rwanda, “FROM DISCRIMINATION TO EMPOWERMENT” International Conference, 12-14-April 2002. Trieste, Italy;

  • Social support, emotional well-being and mental distress of orphans in Rwanda. INCLUSIONS / EXCLUSIONS? COMMUNITIES, IDENTITIES AND VALUE SYSTEMS RECONSIDERED. Development Research Day, 12th Feb 2014, Helsinki, Finland;

  • Doing business in Africa: identifying progress and challenges, Departmental seminar, African Development Bank, 2011, Tunis, Tunisia;

  • Oslo Summer School in Comparative Social Science Studies: Power, Liberation, and Social Change., July 25th – August 5th, 2011. Oslo, Norway;

  • Set up a workshop that involved all stakeholders and partners of UN-Water Africa: setting up Water Portals: Lesson learnt and best practices from the UNESCO Water Portal projects were the highlight of the workshop, UNECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2003;

  • Presented the African Water Portals at the 5th Water Information Summit, Delft, Netherlands 2003;

  • Presented for the Southern Africa Development Cooperation (SADC) Member States on accessing the level of water cycles, rainfall and forecasting metrology reports, Nairobi, Kenya, 2002.