Dr. Alliance Niyukuri was born in Burundi. He grew up in Kenya as a refugee during the Burundian civil war. He holds a medical degree from Hope Africa University (2013). He completed a fellowship in general surgery from the Pan African Academy of Christian Surgeons in 2018, and a fellowship in Pediatric surgery in 2023 from COSECSA.
Alliance is married to Cynthia, they have three children. Cynthia’s ministry has mainly focused on empowering and supporting worship leaders and young women in communities where their family has lived over the past 10 years. Dr. Niyukuri and his family recently returned to rural Burundi where they feel called to serve in this season. Dr. Alliance Niyukuri works as the Bethany Kids representative surgeon to Burundi and assistant head of surgery in charge of the newly created pediatric surgery unit at Kibuye Hope Hospital.