Polisi Kivava joined CBM as a Relief and Development Specialist in 2019. Based in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, he manages CBM’s relief and development initiatives across several African countries. His role involves supervising food security and development projects, which provide vital support to vulnerable populations.  

Polisi also collaborates with local teams to identify training needs and design capacity-building programs, enhancing the effectiveness of CBM’s partnerships in Africa. 

Prior to his appointment, he worked with the United Evangelical Mission as a program officer responsible for implementing joint programs among member churches. He later spent a decade serving his church as head of diakonia and development work.

He earned a degree in Education from Bukavu University in 1986 and worked for many years as an English teacher before being seconded to the United Evangelical Mission. He has completed a Master’s in Organizational Leadership from Nairobi International University. He has also attended different courses in conservation agriculture, integral mission, leadership, and peacebuilding, and more recently a certificate course on Integral mission with the Institute of Marketplace Transformation. 

As part of his work with CBM, he is a member of our Creation Care, Relief and Development, and Gender working groups, while also providing his expertise to the Baptist World Alliance as a member of their BFAD Advisory Group and Creation Care Working Group.

Polisi is married to Elizabeth, with whom he shares four children and seven grandchildren. 

Prayer Requests

• My working area is affected by wars and armed conflicts. Let us pray for peace in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan so that people may glorify the Lord for his peace.
• Let us pray for the refugees and internally displaced people. They are ready to work for their wellbeing but may of them cannot access their fields because of insecurity. Let us pray that, despite the hardships, they may keep their hope in God for their rehabilitation.
• Let us pray for our partners who implement projects supported by CFGB, namely: CBCA, AEBR and ACC&S. They are all at the level of preparing the second phase of their projects. May the Holy Spirit help them to identify the real needs and acts accordingly.
• Let us praise the Lord for the donors who sacrifice themselves to help the people in need, not because they have too much, but for love to fellow human beings.