Carl Wilkens

Carl Wilkens
Born1958 (age 67–68)
Takoma Park, Maryland, U.S.
OccupationsFormer head of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International in Rwanda
Known forOnly American who chose to remain in Rwanda after the Rwandan genocide began

Carl Wilkens (born 1958) is an American Christian missionary and the former head of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International in Rwanda. In 1994, he was the only American who chose to remain in the country after the Rwandan genocide began.

Since 1978, when he first went to Africa as part of a college volunteer program, Wilkens had already spent 13 years working on the continent. After training as a high-school teacher, he later went back to night school and earned an MBA at the University of Baltimore.

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