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Event report

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“In line of the Commemoration of the adoption of the

Declaration and Convention on the Rights of the Child

through Education sector and the promotion of reading

culture”

SUMMARY EVENT REPORT

“A CHILD WHO READS WILL BE

AN ADULT WHO THINKS”

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The Edified Generation Rwanda family take the opportunity to thank everyone who contributed

either directly and/or indirectly ,mentally and /or physically to the successful implementation of

our event .

We are very grateful for your generosity . Many appreciation to:

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I n line of celebrat-

ing the universal

children’s day

that we celebrate

on 20 November of every

year, EDIFIED GENERA-

TION RWANDA organized

an event themed” A CHILD

WHO READS WILL BE

AN ADULT WHO THINKS”. This event was celebrated on

30 November 2016 on “The Commemoration of the adoption

of the Declaration and Convention on the Rights of the Child

through Education sector and the promotion of reading cul-

ture” this event was though in the framework of giving back

by Edified Generation Team to the community.

As we have been edified

by Imbuto Foundation to

be dignified Rwandans,

we are proud of being a

part of Rwanda’s socio-

economic development

contributors by changing

the mindsets of our com-

munity into positive

thinking.

In this event, we hosted

150 participants include;

Guests, parents, children

and youth. The main ob-

jective of the event was

to help our next genera-

tion understand their

rights to education, sup-

porting their ability to

access quality educa-

tion ,remind the parents

their duties to their chil-

dren and to promote the reading culture as with the donation

of reading books entitled” UBUMWE

BW”ABANYARWANDA MU MATEKA YABO” from

AEGIS TRUST Rwanda and the writer Innocent NIZEY-

IMANA were on spot and everyone got a copy of the book

for free to promote the reading of our own history.

Apart from that,

our beneficiaries

received a package

containing school

supplies and hy-

gienic materials

from the support of

scholastic materials

delivered by UNESCO, Rwanda National

Commission for UNESCO and National

Commission for children.

In fact, Edified

Generation

Rwanda help

and make advo-

cacy to students

with high aca-

demic potential

but are unable to pursue their schools in both

primary and secondary due to financial con-

straints.

In this year 2016, World Vision Rwanda get

in partnership with Edified Generation Rwan-

da under Imbuto Foundation Scholars Alum-

ni and support our initiative through scholar-

ship program. The commitment of World Vi-

sion Rwanda made it possible to educate 16

brilliants and most disadvantaged students to

complete the 2016/2017 academic year.

INTRODUCTION

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Email: info@edigenrwanda.org

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O ur

Guests'

speeches

returned

to the heroic act of

giving back of Edi-

fied Generation

Rwanda which start-

ed as Imbuto

Scholars Alumni

and become a non

governmental organization that support the social-

economic development of Rwanda through dif-

ferent sectors .

The Guest of Honor Dr.Marie Christine

GASINGIRWA ,the Director General of Technol-

ogy, Science and research in the ministry of Edu-

cation who was representing the Minister of Edu-

cation congratulates the First Lady of Rwanda for

her commitment to support Rwandan youth to-

wards quality education. She said “On behalf of

the Honorable Minister of Education and on be-

half of the entire Ministry of Education family, I

would like to congratulate the First Lady of the

Republic of Rwanda, Her Excellency Jeannette

Kagame and Imbuto Foundation for the commit-

ment to inspire, treat and edify Rwandan youth to

an extent that beneficiaries get moved to passion-

ately give back to the community. “I note that

this organization started as an Imbuto Scholars

Alumni which helps brilliant and most economi-

cally disadvantaged students to access quality ed-

ucation and it now has become a non-

governmental organization (NGO) which is sup-

porting the social-economic development of

Rwanda especially in education sector.

The act of giving back is crucial for our future

generations. It is a very appreciable initiative that

everyone who supports it should be proud of. Ni

Ubupfure !

T his generation of

young men and

women who are

giving back to

what Her Excellency, the

First Lady, through the Im-

buto Foundation did to shape

their future, could not find

what would be enough to pay

back in appreciation other than committing to help

Rwandan community as they have been empowered to

be dignified Rwandans ! It is their wish to do likewise to

other Rwandans too! This is no doubt a “Heroic Act”!

she said

She reminded the parents also that the rights of children

should be adopted “Babyeyi, ntabwo umwana agomba

kuba mu muhanda, ntabwo umwana arara mu gasozi (…

inturo!!!!!!.) ahubwo umwana agomba kurererwa mu

muryango, akawukuriramo, ukamubera ishuli rya mbere,

akamenya uburenganzira bwe nk’umwana, n’ababyeyi

mukamenya inshingano zanyu ku bana, mukamuha

urugero rwiza, mumwubakira ejo he heza. Babyeyi, rero

namwe rubyiruko muri hano nimwebwe mboni z’abana

b’u Rwanda n’ab’isi yose muri rusange. Uburenganzira

bw’umwana bugomba kubahirizwa, uburenganzira

bw’umwana bugomba kwigishwa, umwana agahabwa

agaciro, umwana akitabwaho akazagirira Igihugu cye

akamaro kuko kimutezeho byinshi”.she said

“As I conclude these remarks, I would like to once again

thank everyone who contributed in one way or the other

to make this event a success. We specifically thank pri-

vate organizations including the Bank of Kigali ,BRD ,

UNESCO, RCA, etc.. for their contr ibution in pro-

moting financial literacy to our communities. The Minis-

try of Education has been and will always be happy to

partner with all who support and strive to meet our na-

tional goal for “ Rwanda to become a Knowledge - based

economy ”. Together, we have already achieved a lot!

Together, we can go much farther, much faster, to Up-

hold our Agaciro and ALL it stands for, a Legacy for

Posterity"! She concluded

Dr.Marie Christine GASINGIRWA ,the

Director General of Technology, Science

and research in the ministry of Education

Dr.Marie Christine GASINGIRWA

in interview with RBA

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T he Director General at

Imbuto Foundation

Sandrine UMUTONI

Explained how they

support youth to access

quality education through Edified

Generation project that supported

the founders of Edified Generation

Rwanda to the extent that they are

ale to giveback to the community.

She congratulated the Edified

generation Rwanda team for

the giving back spirit and en-

couraged them to keep up doing better for the Rwandan com-

munity. She said that Imbuto Foundation Family is proud of

the initiative of Edified Generation Rwanda and remind eve-

ryone to fight for her/his brighter future by every time im-

provements of their level of intelligence.

T he repre-

sentative

of World

Vision In-

ternational

Rwanda talking about

their commitment to

support Edified genera-

tion Rwanda’s mission,

he said that World Vi-

sion Rwanda appreciate the initiative of giv-

ing back to the community and said that they

are getting facts of the support from World

Vision Rwanda to Edified Generation Rwan-

da for the partnership of the year 2016.

The mission of Edified Generation Rwanda is

conformant with our mission ,supporting

children’s education, poverty eradication,

enhancing the social economic development

is our concern, we promise to work closely

for the possible opportunities". He said

Sandrine UMUTONI ,the Di-

rector General at Imbuto

Foundation

T he representative

of Bank of Kigali

Mr. Kagutamba

giving remarks

on financial liter-

acy, she reminded the audi-

ence that we have to be

ashamed by the poverty and

learn to save.

He reminded the attendees that

the saving culture should be

adopted by everyone regardless

his/her age and that saving should be done before spending.

“There is no fixed amount that you have to start with in sav-

ing, but you have to start to the any available amount even that

you call small one counts. There are many different accounts

in bank of Kigali that you can open and help you in saving

process and dear parents, learn to save for the future of your

children as well as your own future”. Kagutamba said

Rwamasunzu

Patrick the General

manager at Sport

Game Rwanda speak-

ing on the topic “Read

to discover the secrets

of your past and your

future” advised the

audience that reading

culture opens the mind

and help the reader to

improve his/her ability towards intelligence. He

said that Sport Game Rwanda appreciate such

imitative of reading as well as promoting the

sport for all as a part of uplifting education and

social economic development of citizens..

The representative of Bank of Ki-

gali Mr. Kagutamba

Rwamasunzu Patrick the

General manager at Sport

Game Rwanda

The representative of

World Vision Rwanda

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Peter Wallet, the UNESCO Pro-

gram coordinator Regional office

of East Africa Antenna in Rwan-

da who spoke on behalf of spon-

sors on the topic “Investing in a

world with a sustainable future

is investing in education” said

that UNESCO is committed to

support initiatives to support

children remaining in school,

progressing smoothly through

the levels and grades, and

completing a full cycle of basic education with the re-

quired knowledge, skills, aptitudes and tools to help peo-

ple lead health lives and contribute positively to social

and economic development ,transformation and growth.

“Rwanda aims to transform its economy from being agrari-

an based to one tied to the emergence of knowledge socie-

ties. Education remains at the heart of this social transfor-

mation, higher living standards and economic develop-

ment. UNESCO ,as the lead United Nations Agency, in

education, science, culture and communication strongly

advocates in robust and sustainable investment in these

important domains”. He said

He also showed statics of education between girls and boys

based on the data from UNESCO in 2013 and emphasize

that more investment is needed to ensure equitable out-

comes in education.

“Investments in teachers themselves is vital” .Peter said

Teaching should be an attractive ,first –choice profession-

if teachers were valued commensurate with significant val-

ue they provide to our children, and if their professional

status as educators reflected the enormous impact their

profession has on our shared future. This means providing

them with continuing training and development to support

them in their critical role of educating all children, in all

contexts-including the poorest, most remote communi-

ties ,and in communities in crisis. UNESCO particularly

active in supporting the Ministry of Education in this re-

gard from developing new teacher training framework, to

supporting teacher development and training in a number

of emerging areas including inclusive education and ICT

in education.

Peter Wallet, the UNESCO Program

coordinator Regional office of East

Africa Antenna in Rwanda

Innocent Nizeyimana

who was representing

Aegis Trust and who is

the writer of the present-

ed book “UBUMWE

BW’ABANYARWAN-

DA MU MATEKA

YABO” talking on the

topic “Reading our his-

tory is the way to

peace building in

Rwanda emphasized

on the reading culture

which is the root of every kind of knowledge. As

the writer of Rwandan history, it was a time to hit

the ball to the audience about the experience he

has in reading the history of Rwanda.

He reminded everyone that by reading our own

history, we shall know more about our country,

our history and help us to prepare for our own

destiny.

AEGIS TRUST delivered more than 150 books

for free that contain information about Rwandan

history ,he requested children, youth and adults to

read those books and to keep in mind their con-

tents .

Innocent Nizeyimana who

was representing Aegis

Trust

He concluded the remarks saying that the chal-

lenges in education are significant but not insur-

mountable. UNESCO is committed to promoting

these values and working with governments eve-

rywhere in the world to support ministries in de-

veloping policy, at the school level and with their

own monitoring and evaluation systems. He rein-

forced UNESCO’s dedication to education in

Rwanda and its prime beneficiaries-students. “I

want to thank again each of you here for your de-

votion to teaching and learning. By redoubling

our efforts, growth and expansion of education

will continue. This is something I am confident

can happen and which the children of the world,

including those in Rwanda richly deserve”. He

concluded

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T he Director Gen-

eral at Rwanda

Cooperative

Agency which is

also our partner, Apollo MU-

NANURA talking to the au-

dience especially a

generation of chil-

dren, he emphasized

that the leaders of tomorrow are the children of today.

The problem with today’s generation in contributing

to the social economic development of the country is

not “What can we do”? But “How can we do it”? He

said. There are many things to do and there are many

ways of doing them, but we have to learn how we can

do it and share experience.

The Director General at Rwanda Cooper-

ative Agency, Apollo MUNANURA

T he delegate of

the National

commission for

Children in her

remarks on children’s

rights reminded the parents

that they have to take the

first place in the adoption

of the rights of children by

accomplishing their du-

ties and help children

understand their rights.

She reminded children also that they have to be a

part of their rights adoption by discovering what

they are allowed to do and what thy are not allowed

to do depending on their age, capacity and so on..

Children should be treated in families and not on

the streets, children have rights to education, chil-

dren have rights to be protected from any kind of

violence, children have rights to be registered to

their parents. She also took the time to remind par-

ents that they have to register their children as their

primary rights and let children have a part in the

decision making that can be made on them.

The delegate of the National

commission for Children

Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO which provides expert analysis

and policy advice on United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Or-

ganization (UNESCO) matters to the Rwandan Government; contributes to

the development and implementation of programs in support of UNESCO

priorities; and promotes and publicizes UNESCO's objectives and pro-

grammes. As one of our greatest partners they help in the implementation

Edified Generation Rwanda’s mission especially in uplifting the education

level of Rwandan youth.

Delegates from CNRU

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