Bienvenu Byamungu is a Deacon the founder and Team leader of Build Church Africa. Bienvenu was born and lived with Christian family where his father was a priest in New Apostolic Church.

Bienvenu was forced to flee his home country Democratic Republic of Congo in 1996 when he was only 6 years old, and crossed the border to Uganda where he stayed  in kyangwali Refugee camp for his whole life until he resettled in Norway in October 2019.

Bienvenu witnessed these extreme human rights violations, many girls and women were raped while boys are forced to be soldiers. Shooting, murder, raping, burning of houses, churches throughout the region forced many to flee, leaving behind everything we owned.
He was separated from his parents and experienced bloodshed before reaching Uganda. running and hiding in bush from rebels, suffering from hunger, diseases. More than 4 million of Bienvenu's friends and countrymen have been killed in his home area, and he was one of the few survivors who reached the refugee camp in Uganda.

In 2007, he founded Planning for Tomorrow (P4T) when he was only 17 years after 10 years in refugee camp when he lost hope of ever returning to his homelands Democratic Republic of Congo. The Organisation that is trying to rebuild hope of refugee and Ugandan with the vision of creating a healthy and self-reliant community that is empowered with knowledge and skills.

Bienvenu is passionate of helping the most vulnerable and creating peace environment for everyone. In Norway, he volunteer with Red Cross Norway in Nordre Follo Kommune to help refugees, immigrate and old people in various activities since 2021.

Bienvenu graduated in Development Studies from Gulu University in Uganda in 2017 and has a professional with 14 years of field experiences in responding to humanitarian crises to conflict-affected underprivileged community in Africa.