Tshishiku Henry

Tshishiku Henry
Delegate for Washington
Resettled Refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Tshishiku Henry is the Refugee Congress Delegate for Washington State. He was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and arrived in the United States in 2018 after fleeing conflicts in his home country.

Tshishiku is passionate about helping and working with immigrants and refugees. He works as an Employment Case Manager at Jewish Family Service, a nonprofit organization based in Seattle. Jewish Family Service delivers support to refugees and asylees, from resettlement through naturalization and works closely with newly arrived refugees by providing intensive case management services centered around civic, social and economic integration.

While in Africa, Tshishiku worked with UNHCR and Plan International Malawi, providing services to refugees with a focus on the areas of human rights, child protection and gender-based violence. He founded a program to empower children by teaching them poetry and drama and encouraging children to raise their voices and speak on issues affecting them through performing arts. He also created a project that supports and transforms women to be self-reliant through manual work such as tailoring, knitting and small business, a position that allowed him to work with people from different backgrounds including Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Ethiopia and Malawi.

Tshishiku also worked as a journalist at a community radio in a refugee camp. He has a diploma in biochemistry from his home country and a certificate in business and entrepreneurship from Jesuit Common High Education at the Margins.

“I am honored to be part of this great organization representing Washington State’s refugees and immigrants. Serving refugees and immigrants has always been my passion. Serving the refugee and immigrant community is not just my moral obligation, it also brings me a sense of humanity. My hope is that everyone can feel the same sense of fulfillment as I do.”

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