George GAKUBA

George GAKUBA is our Head of Projects and RBM, he Joined SOS CV Rwanda as Head of Field Operations in July 2021. He was appointed the acting Director of Programs since September 2021 to February 2022, he has been responsible for driving the implementation of quality child development programs (work with families of origin; SOS family care, other alternative care options and various program interventions like direct essential services, capacity building in the field of care, education and health). As acting DoP, George has been leading the implementation of a quality assurance system within SOS Children’s Village programs including monitoring and evaluation.

Prior Joining SOS CV Rwanda, George was working with Business Development Fund (BDF) as Deputy Branches Operations Head, leading a team of more than 90 Staff from all over the 30 BDF Field offices.

Before joining BDF, He worked with Helpage Rwanda as Senior Finance and Accounts Officer and was also Charged with Administration of all Field offices in Rubavu, Musanze-Burera and Rusizi-Nyamasheke.

George has expertise in Project Management, Field operations and coordination, financial management, Access to Finance and Financial Inclusion.

George has more than 10 Years of experience including 6 years in leadership positions specifically dealing with People Management, Project Implementation, Project monitoring and evaluation, Public Awareness and mobilization, Strategic proposal writing and Finance and Administration.

George Participated in the implementations of various projects such as IFAD funded Projects, World Bank Funded Projects, coordinated various deals sourced from GIZ, FAWE Rwanda, Swisscontact, SNV, World Vision, Access Bank and many more under SIYB approach from ILO.

He holds a BBA from University of Rwanda (Former School of Finance and Banking), currently pursuing Masters – MBA at Mount Kenya University (Finalizing his thesis) and PMP aspiring candidate.