Lam Cosmas

Lam Oryem Cosmas, a 2004 graduate, is currently the Peacebuilding & Recovery Specialist at Tearfund South Sudan Program. In this role, he support the program with integrating conflict sensitivity into its humanitarian response and development initiative. The role also supports partners, building staff capacity through training and mentoring. He is also a member of the advocacy team, working with other stakeholders under the State Ministry of Peacebuilding.
Prior to this role, as a independent consultant, Lam supported local organisations in refugee response with peacebuilding as a strategy for protection. He also consulted with the International Labor Organisation (ILO) in its “Social Cohesion through Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) for Peaceful Co-existence”. He worked with refugee-led youth organisation, training and mentoring young refugee and host community youth leadership to champion social cohesion.