Buloso Willy

Senior Program Officer for Africa

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

About

In both my professional and my private life, I am often told that I am a man of integrity with People skills: the ability to inspire others and spread positivity. I am a results-oriented Manager with a lot of love for detail. Reserved, but a very good public speaker with experience delivering public talks, professional development, and trainings. My professional experience is international and includes the management of regional and global human rights programs. I am fluent in Swahili, English and French. I have previously worked for ECPAT International (Pretoria & Nairobi), the International Criminal Court (The Hague), Human Rights watch (Nairobi) and The United Nations Stabilization Missions in the DRC (MONUSCO) and in Mali (MINUSMA). On a personal level, I am passionate about wildlife conservation. I am an active fundraising volunteer for the Virunga Foundation. Please join us in saving endangered gorillas in their habitat in Africa and protect Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (https://virunga.org/donate). You can follow me on Twitter at: @Buloso.W

Experience

  • Senior Program Officer for Africa at Wikimedia Foundation
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Regional Coordinator for Africa at ECPAT International
    May 2017 - Apr 2025 · 8 yrs

  • Project Manager Consultant at UPR Info and Equality Now at Equality Now
    Jul 2016 - Apr 2017 · 10 mos

  • Head – Strategic Litigation Unit at Avocats sans frontières Canada / Lawyers Without Borders Canada
    Jan 2016 - Jun 2016 · 6 mos

  • Human Rights Officer at United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)
    May 2014 - Dec 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos