Claude Munguiko

Biography

I am Claude MUNGUIKO, married, born and raised in Idjwi, in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was on this peaceful island that I completed my primary education before continuing my secondary and university studies in Bukavu. In 2000, I obtained my nursing degree.

Around 2002, after my studies, I returned to Idjwi to serve my community. I held several positions in various health structures: nurse, nursing director, then head nurse in several local health centers. I also worked as an agent within the CPR-IDJWI organization.

Throughout my career, I was deeply touched by the misery that plagued the population. I saw people die at home for lack of means to access primary health care, others avoided hospitals for the same reason, and above all, I was marked by the many cases of acute malnutrition in children under five, a direct consequence of extreme poverty.

Faced with this reality that touched me like a wound to the heart, I felt it essential to commit myself further. This is how I participated in the creation of SOSPA, hoping to provide even modest concrete support to a long-suffering and forgotten community. My ambition is to help restore hope, improve living conditions and strengthen access to primary health care for the most vulnerable.