ERNIDE
Finance Director
My Story
I work for CHAST to bring my knowledge to those who really need it. When you grow up in a conflict environment where violence and non-respect of human rights are at an all time high, as in the Great Lakes region, you have to ask yourself how you can help to alleviate this chaos.
And as a graduate of the Free University of the Great Lakes Countries, I work tirelessly not only for the protection of vulnerable people, often as a volunteer, but also for the promotion of entrepreneurship because self-help is essential in a country like ours.
In short, my experience as a volunteer for the protection of human rights on the one hand, and my experience as a local bank officer on the other, are assets that I can put to good use for the benefit of the CHAST NGO.
Bio
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Studies and diplomas obtained
2012: Degree in domestic and international public law (ULPGL, Goma, DR Congo)
2007: State diploma in biology and chemistry at Amani high school (Goma, DR Congo)
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Other trainings and seminars attended
June 2009: Conference-Workshop on Violence against Congolese women and rape: legal and judicial responses (REJUSCO).
Topics developed:
- Sexual violence in Congolese law and in the Rome Statute
- The new law on sexual violence and the jurisprudence of the Eastern courts
- The Congolese concept of sexual violence
- The repression of violence committed by the military and armed groups
- The International Criminal Court and sexual violence
- Victims of sexual violence: their role, protection and reparation
- The role of victims of sexual violence in Congolese and international proceedings
- Strategies to combat sexual violence at the national and international levels
September 2009: Seminar on Gender and Justice (Dynamique des Femmes Juristes)
October 2009: Seminar on Dealing with tips and corruption as a Christian judge/lawyer (ALARM CONGO)
February - April 2010: Training on the popularisation of the law on sexual violence financed by the UNDP and organised by the ULPGL within the framework of the legal clinic, accompanied by a field trip to Minova.
Themes developed:
- Congolese criminal procedure and the guarantee of the rights of the defence: common law and specificity in the area of sexual violence
- The Congolese judicial system and the jurisdiction of the courts in matters of sexual violence
- The different phases of the criminal trial: common law principles of jurisdictions in matters of sexual violence
- Gender-based violence: gender approach in the fight against sexual violence
- How to recognise victims of sexual violence: signs of sexual violence
- Referral of the victim, referral circuit and counter-referral
June 2010: Training on the logistics of laws and edicts by the network of citizen actions for democracy (RACID/ULPGL)
March 2013: Training on capacity building for human rights actors - Focus on Monitoring.
June 2013: Training on the survey method (Lot Quality Sampling Assurance), MDF Central Africa followed by a field survey.
June 2014: Training on peaceful conflict resolution
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Professional activities already carried out
October 2012 to July 2013: Distribution supervision (daily, Caritas- Goma/Emergency Project)
Main tasks:
- Register displaced persons and refugees in the different sites in North Kivu;
- Carry out the fixing (operation to verify the accuracy of the facts recorded between 11pm and 5am) in order to examine the living conditions of the people living in the sites and eliminate intruders.
- Supervise the distribution of food and non-food items to displaced persons and/or refugees
-Report to the hierarchy
February 2013 to April 2013: Intern at 'Bénévolat pour l’Enfance’
Main tasks :
- Identify the most vulnerable people among the IDPs in their respective sites;
- Identify with them their needs
- Identify with them their needs; Identify together effective solutions applicable to self-care and break dependency;
- Monitor and report on activities.
July 2013 to May 2014: Human Rights Program Officer at World Hope in DRC
Main tasks:
- Carry out field visits to identify environmental problems with the population.
- Identify community leaders to be sensitised;
- Develop appropriate awareness themes (environmental protection and human rights);
- Hold awareness-raising sessions in order to establish a good environmental culture among the population.
- Evaluate the awareness sessions.
October 2014 to January 2015: Intern at WWF
Main tasks:
- To analyse in detail the different legal and regulatory texts governing the taxation of the Congolese forestry sector in general and the forestry sector in North Kivu in particular.
- To become familiar with what is happening in the field in order to combine theory and practice while eliminating bad practices.
- Develop a forestry guide for forestry operators.
- Result: the guide, approved by WWF, is now awaiting the Ministry's approval for publication.
June 2015 until today:
- Receiving account applications
- Canvassing and acquiring customers in branches
- Receiving payment instructions from customers
- Providing customer information and actively selling the bank's products
- Opening and closing accounts; recording changes to accounts
- Record powers of attorney, customer complaints and forward them to the legal department for processing
- Verify signatures on cheques, payment orders and any other instructions received from customers
-Make accounting entries
- Manage/file client files
-Encode cheque books and credit cards
-Issue cheque books, payment orders after they have been circulated in the system, bank cards, Netbanking, collection certificates
- Receiving payment orders and other documents and executing them
-Receiving cheque remittances and executing them
- Management of forms and documents such as: specimen card, identification sheet, account opening conditions, general rules of operation, application for opening, declaration of lawfulness
-Drawing up lists of clients to be debited with various charges (case of counter operations)... Keeping a register of account openings, delivery of cheque books and POs, transmission of remittances, payment orders and other documents
-Conduct transfer operations and collect related fees
-Perform financial management operation
-Make reports
IV. Language skills
French: Mother tongue
Swahili: Very good
English: Good
V. IT knowledge
Internet, Flex cube, Flex branche, Feza data exchanger, Pitcha, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook
VI. References:
1. Patrick ABEDI, Coordonnateur au Bénévolat pour l’Enfance au Congo, Tél : 0993328512 et 0823000789
2. Thierry LUSENGE, Directeur de programme, WWF, Goma, RD Congo, Tél : 0971321047
3. Josaphat Cikeya, Chef service clientèle, Agence de GOMA Est, Tél : 243998929431
Contact
I'm always looking for new and exciting opportunities. Let's connect.
+243 898 221 447