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Reskilling Refugees and Connecting them to Opportunities that Pay

🌱 Bugashane Masonga

Speciality:
Social Media Marketing / Selling
Experience:
1-Years
Work Email:
bugashane.masonga@stepup.one
Phone :
+254 706 489 237

PERSONAL INFORMATION

I am Bugashane Masonga Plaisir, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, born in 1985, arrived in Kakuma Refugee Camp in July 2013. Currently enrolled in Business Administration at the University of the People, and have a Diploma in Education. I have completed my Primary school in 2001 and Secondary school in 2013 back in my Country. Certified with google in Fundamentals of Digital Marketing, certified in Human rights: the rights of refugees by Amnesty International, Certified in Humanitarian Response in Conflict and Disaster by Harvard University.

I am also working as a Secretary of the Rescue Wing organization in Kakuma (CBO), which is promoting women empowerment, aiming to see the  inclusion of women in decision making and living free from violence from 2020 to date .

At Stepup.One, I am following and implementing the approaches that suits a real business delivery despite the size of their business.

SKILLS

Social Media Selling with LinkedIn and Twitter
90%
Social Media Marketing with Facebook and Instagram
80%
Video Editing with Lumen5 and Adobe
70%
Humanitarian Response in Conflict and Disaster
90%
Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
80%

LANGUAGES

English
90%
Swahili
70%
French
80%

Certifications

Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
90%
Facebook Growing Your Business Certification
60%
Twitter Marketing Certification
50%
Hootsuite Certification on Social Media Marketing - Basic
40%
Hootsuite Certification on Social Media Marketing - Advanced
5%
Certified in Humanitarian Response in Conflict and Disaster
90%
certified in Human rights: the rights of refugees
90%

My Portfolio of Projects

My Blog

Telling stories of refugees and Kakuma

Telling stories of refugees and Kakuma

1) Tell us about yourself My name is Nhial Deng, I was born in 1999 in Itang, Ethiopia. My father originally comes from South Sudan and moved to Ethiopia more than five decades ago during the Sudan Civil War. As a child, my dream was to become a journalist and education was a very crucial [...]

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Bright future in Kakuma Refugee Camp

Bright future in Kakuma Refugee Camp

Nhial Deng, 21, fled Ethiopia 10 years ago and has spent the last decade living in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya, in a five-room compound with 18 people. He is dedicated to upskilling, educating and empowering displaced people and their host communities. What do you remember of your childhood in Ethiopia?School was one of the most […]

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Beyond policies, pathways and pledges: How to truly help refugees

Beyond policies, pathways and pledges: How to truly help refugees

When I fled my home and sought shelter in Kakuma refugee camp, I was at one of the lowest points in my life. But not the lowest. It had taken me two weeks to journey from my home country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to Kakuma, in a remote corner of northern Kenya. It was early […]

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My Journey & My Experience 

1985

Born in The Democratic Republic of Congo

2001-2013

Completed Primary & Secondary School

2013

Arrival in Kakuma Refugee Camp

2020

Certified In Fundamental of Digital Marketing

2014-2018

Community counselor and Counselling lead facilitator
Jesuit Refugee Service

2021

Certified On Facebook Marketing

2019 to Date

Instant Network School Coach
Windle International Kenya

2018

Peace and conflict Resolution Facilitator
Lutheran World Federation