Bukeni Tete Waruzi (Beck) will be speaking at this month’s Mobile Monday New York on how mobile technology is being used in Africa to advance human rights, specifically those of child soldiers. The event is free and is taking place Monday, August 28th, from 7 to 9 pm at the Samsung Experience Center. (Thanks Justin for the heads up.)

You may remember Bukeni from the MobileActive conference when he came all the way to Toronto from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Bukeni is director and founder of AJEDI-Ka/Project Enfants Soldats, which works in the eastern provinces of the DRC to demobilize and reintegrate child soldiers into the population. Recently he started using cell phones to help monitor and report child rights violations.

Bukeni is also a filmmaker and has produced numerous films on child soldiers, which have been used to advance human rights in the DRC. His films have been shown around the world and to key decision makers in the UN and U.S. Congress.

If you’re in New York and can attend this event, say hi to Bukeni from all of us at MobileActive.