Edumakono “Zetho” Zetho is a Refugee Community Case Manager at Catholic Charities. As a child during DR Congo’s first civil war, he witnessed the murders of his siblings and saw his mother suffer sexual abuse that left her traumatized and paralyzed, both physically and emotionally.

In 1996, his family fled to Nyarugusu Refugee Camp in Tanzania where they found safety. In 2012 he was fortunate to be resettled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin through the UN’s refugee resettlement program. He started working with Catholic Charities as a Refugee Resettlement Case Manager and became a leader within his community where he is an advocate of change and the voice of the voiceless in the immigrant communities. He is passionate about helping other refugees achieve self-sufficiency and live the American dream. In 2018 he created a non-profit “The Zetho Foundation Inc.” to expand his work as a child and women’s rights advocate in the refugee camps in Africa. He was awarded a prize as a winner of the 2018 PBS Kids In Crisis.

In 2020, Mr. Zetho and his team created an amazing program known as the Refugee Community Advisory Board (RCAB) that provides COVID-19 education in the refugee communities. The program also assists in implementing the Employment Development Program, conducts coaching, and provides education to support refugees navigating through the job search process during the pandemic.