Jayson is a dedicated and motivated refugee educator with over 8 years of experience in EdTech and education in emergency crisis contexts. He strongly believes that education is a fundamental human right and is essential for young people to thrive

During his time at the Kolibrifly, an EdTech program developed by Learning Equality, funded by Google.org and supported by the UNHCR connected learning, Jayson was a skilled Kolibri Expert and had the opportunity to work in the computer and E-learning offline platform industry. He facilitated, managed and redesigned learning through technology, and played a key role in training more than 300 high school teachers and educators on how to embrace and integrate ICT in education. 

Apart from being part of a team that empowered hundreds of girls’ students through a series of EdTech bootcamps. He was also instrumental in contributing to the development of a set of tools that automate aspects of the curriculum alignment process, an exercise done remotely in Paris and in-person in San Francisco, USA in 2019. This development has benefited both the refugee and Open Educational Resource (OER) communities.

Jayson’s passion for education led him to join the dynamic and remote team of Amala as a facilitator in 2021, on the High School Diploma program. This opportunity gave him a sense of purpose and an urgent desire to serve, much like that of a rescue mission.

For the past 4 years, Jayson has been a team leader at Stepup.One, a social impact enterprise. He has followed a step-by-step approach to delivering real business impact for his clients, regardless of the size of their business or the audacity of their hope. He has helped drive pipelines and revenues through 1-to-1 social selling, and has also driven branding and thought leadership through 1-to-N social media marketing.

Jayson’s passion and dedication to serving humanity can be traced back to when he was just 17 years old. He joined the children’s parliament in his home town in Goma, north kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo to advocate for children’s rights and disseminate key policies on children’s rights, both internationally and locally.

As a co-founder of Thinkwithme-education, which has now become the Wings to Fly Initiative, Jayson has been volunteering as a staff and development lead. His role includes program development and planning, volunteer management, program monitoring and evaluation, community partnerships and networking, as well as reporting, communication, and outreach to ensure that the organization reaches its potential for growth and leaves the desired impact in its refugee community. A role which he is still remotely working on since despite having been resettled to Germany as a refugee in 2022.