George Moses Kwehangana
National President, Rwanda, Global University for Lifelong Learning
Dr George is the Lead Pastor of Trinity Chapel, an interdenominational community of churches based in Kigali, Rwanda. He is also the founder of Intend and Grow (IGR), an organization with a mission to empower communities and aspiring executives to learn and explore opportunities though action learning so as to reach their full potential in leadership and community development. IGR partners with communities and private and public institutions to provide inclusive, practical and credible solutions for enhanced leadership development and strategic institutional development. IGR is an affiliate organization of GULL and seeks to expand GULL’s work across the continent of Africa. Professionally, George also works as an independent consultant in social justice with specialized expertise in Child Rights and Protection.
George holds a degree in Law (LLB) from the National University of Rwanda and continued his studies in leadership development with GULL. He held a number of roles at World Vision Rwanda between 2012 and November, 2019 including: Legal advisor, Legal, staffing and organizational development officer and Advocacy and gender mainstreaming manager. Prior to this, George worked as: Legal associate at Fountain Law Chambers (Law firm), National consultant at RCN Justice and Democracy (International NGO) and Policy analysis and advocacy expert at the Rwanda Civil Society Platform (Civil Society Organization). His professional experience includes:
- Substantial experience in advocacy and policy engagement on issues related to: Child rights and protection, Gender mainstreaming, Youth empowerment and inclusive programming (disability, HIV etc).
- Facilitation of training and development and capacity assessments for partners and communities.
- Project development and management, Project design and Monitoring and evaluation impact assessment.
- Multi-sectoral policy advisory work for technical programmes and grants in Health, Nutrition, Education and Resilience and livelihoods.
- Organizational development; staff development, change management, organizational learning and development, talent management and succession planning.
George writes: GULL helps to meet the learning needs of the less privileged, providing them with a chance to be active in alleviating poverty and contributing to sustainable change and impact within their communities. My ambition is to facilitate action learning processes in communities and work places and to contribute to developing GULL local networks in Rwanda and beyond.
