bose in a yellow blazer at a wooden table

visionary · speaker · author · advocate

i connect, organize and create spaces where people heal together.

community healing spaces, mental health and wellness, and gender-transformative programs, rooted in ubuntu and decolonial practice.

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my work

four threads, one practice.

mental health and community healing

from therapy to safe circles by the fire.

women's rites of passage

from menstruation to menopause, breaking stigma through stories.

women's rights and advocacy

feminist organizing, campaigns, SRHR and legal protections.

decolonial and regenerative

reimagining how we care for ourselves and the earth, through resistance.

bose holding space at a sunset circle gathering

work with me

  • workshops and trainingsSRHR, mental health, wellness and gender.
  • holding spacecircles and retreats, from 10 to 100+ people.
  • feminist and women's rights consultingstrategy, organizing and care for activists.
  • speakingkeynotes, panels and moderation. see rates →

awards and recognition

awards

  • woman of concern awardconcern worldwide
  • mandela washington fellow2024
  • WIL award2024
  • woman changemaker2023
  • global shaperworld economic forum
bose with leaders at a concern worldwide event in dublin
bose in a group photo with leaders in a garden in dublin
bose at an evening event

shared the stage with

president bill clinton president michael d. higgins president barack obama mary robinson former president of ireland amina j. mohammed deputy secretary-general, united nations bono U2

what i've built

ceo, LUNA Africa ltd.

a circle of people holding hands at night at the circle kigali
community wellness hub

the circle kigali

circles, therapy and gatherings by the fire.

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a luna health team member at a women's health pop-up
women's health platform

luna health

women's health information, support and stories.

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the parent company

LUNA Africa ltd

home of our care, health and community work.

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the circle is growing. help us keep healing open to everyone.

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co-founded

  • african dream movementkenya, usa, south africa. africa emerge, youth summits, moon and sun circles. with naomi mwangi (kenya) and justice sambo (south africa).
  • breaking silencesrwanda's first podcast breaking stigma on heavy topics. with author and entrepreneur dominique alonga.
  • iMatter initiativeperiod poverty, girls' SRHR education, tax-free pads and menstrual rights. with period activist divine ingabire.
  • urumuri therapy fundsponsoring counseling for vulnerable groups and activists. with feminist activists peace, judith and yvette.

track record

books and writing →

worked with

  • goethe-institut
  • FEMNET and nawi collective
  • african health tech summit
  • FADA
  • AC group
  • EU project on african film

programs and summits

  • global youth peace summitaustin
  • one village / emerging visionarieshawai'i
  • youth peace initiativeisraeli and palestinian youth, the hague
  • international court of justicevolunteer

startup programs

  • femtech UK
  • ALX
  • jasiri
  • women in businessnorrsken

member of

  • rwanda women alliance
  • rwanda feminist forum

press and features

where the work has taken me

23 cities, 3 continents.

world map with the cities where bose has worked and spoken: kigali, kampala, nairobi, tanga, addis ababa, lagos, joburg, maputo, dublin, cambridge, london, reading, copenhagen, amsterdam, the hague, milan, bologna, new york, kansas city, austin, reno, LA, hawai'i kigalikampalanairobitangaaddis ababalagosjoburgmaputodublincambridgelondonreadingcopenhagenamsterdamthe haguemilanbolognanew yorkkansas cityaustinrenoLAhawai'i

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moments

bose smiling in a black and white striped jacket

my story

berabose, known as bose, was born in the DRC to a refugee mother and raised in rwanda. she has been organizing since she was 18, driven by one belief: people heal best together. she is happiest in nature, in community, with a good book, good friends and a ticket somewhere new.

skill set

  • holding space
  • facilitation
  • program and convening design
  • SRHR and wellness training
  • feminist organizing and advocacy
  • partnerships and fundraising
  • public speaking
  • storytelling
  • founding and leadership

education

  • social sciences, international relations and diplomacyULK
  • gender studiesclinton global initiative university (CGI U)
  • business administrationuniversity of reno