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Through this partnership, Gahaya Links has worked with its vast network of women cooperatives to protect its members against the health risks of the pandemic.

These women, who come from homes with an average of six family members, will receive two masks for each member of their household benefitting a total of 240,000 people.

To date, all 480,000 masks have been distributed and as lockdown restrictions are gradually lifted, these families now have the tools to resume work safely and in compliance with public health guidelines. Wearing protective face masks in public, washing hands with soap often, and practicing social distancing are all new behaviors and will require education and sensitization of the masses to ensure our health and safety.

Since April, all citizens of Rwanda were required to adopt these critical new hygiene habits, and Gahaya Links has produced a training video to be used at the local district level to educate the public on the proper usage and maintenance of protective face masks.

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the world into economic distress. People in the informal sector have been impacted the most and while all sectors have taken a hit, the artisan community, like many others who rely on a daily wage, became unemployed very rapidly.

Gahaya Links has been empowering women artisan communities in Rwanda over the last 20 years, through enterprise design of home decor, jewelry, and textile collections inspired by the rich heritage of Rwandan partisanship.

Initially started as an opportunity for basic income generation and skills training for 20 women has now grown to produce positive multiplier effects across a network of over 40,000 families and their communities.

When the pandemic hit Rwanda, Gahaya Links swiftly pivoted its business, harnessing its powerful network of artisans to protect the most vulnerable members of its community.

“We believe that women are the heart of the home and the backbone of their community. When a woman’s life is empowered, so are the lives of the people around her. We’re thankful for the partnership with the Mastercard Foundation which has enabled us to protect 240,000 women and their families, while providing an opportunity for over 1,400 artisans to go back to work,” says Joy Ndungutse, Gahaya Links CEO & Founder.

The Mastercard Foundation COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Program has two main goals. First, to deliver emergency support for health workers, first responders, and students. Second, to strengthen the diverse institutions that are the first line of defense against the social and economic aftermath of this disease.

The Program has also supported small businesses to withstand the economic effects of COVID-19, and contributed to public health response through the production and distribution of critically-needed health care products and equipment.

“Many people and sectors in our societies have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the Mastercard Foundation COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Program, we are partnering with organizations like Gahaya Links to develop the right response to enable economies to recover quickly and to rebuild for the future,” says Rica Rwigamba, Rwanda Country Head at the Mastercard Foundation.

The fight against COVID-19 is a national public health concern and one that the Government of Rwanda has prioritized through the mandate of all citizens wearing face masks in public.

Gahaya Links was among the first companies approved to manufacture and sell protective face masks at an affordable price.

Gahaya Link’s partnership with the Mastercard Foundation aligns with the Health Ministry’s sensitization efforts by reinforcing the importance of wearing protective face masks and providing free masks to the families that otherwise would not be able to afford to purchase them.

The organization identified the 27 districts where the women of the Gahaya Links network reside and partnered with the Vice Mayors of each district and respective cooperative leaders to ensure a smooth and efficient distribution plan was executed for the 480,000 masks.

Gahaya Links has worked with its vast network of women cooperatives to protect its members against the health risks of the pandemic.

Gahaya Links was among the first companies approved to manufacture and sell protective face masks at an affordable price.

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The funding will take the form of an African Development Fund loan, which the Bank is providing the under its COVID-19 Response Facility.

Rwanda mounted a swift and decisive response to counter the effects of the pandemic that included social distancing, suspension of domestic and international travel, remote working, and on 21 March, a total lockdown of the country. However, since 4 May 2020, the government has partially reopened the country.

Under the Crisis Response Budget Support Program, the Rwandan government will use the funding to strengthen the health system to contain the spread of COVID-19; safeguard economic resilience; and mitigate the pandemic’s impact on vulnerable sectors of the population.

Health sector measures entail bolstering surveillance, infection prevention and control capacity so the health authorities can better monitor, track and identify hotspots; enhance laboratory capacity for testing; and treatment of the severely ill.

Another element is risk communication and community engagement on the disease.

The government will work to shore up economic resilience by clearing arrears to domestic suppliers, enabling the private sector to continue to invest, pay taxes and repay loans. Through an approved Economic Recovery Fund (ERF), the government will support hard-hit businesses and sustain employment and promote domestic production of medical equipment, masks, gloves and sanitizers.

The COVID-19 containment measures combined with weaker global demand and disruptions in the global supply chain have mainly impacted the hospitality, education, services, agriculture and trading sectors. This has led to losses in revenues and jobs, especially those related to causal workers, informal sector including micro small and medium enterprises, and those laid off in the formal economy. This loss of income is threatening to push households into poverty, especially those that were living at the poverty margin before the pandemic.

In response, government has approved the Economic Recovery Program which will scale up existing social protection and healthcare programs to these vulnerable segments of the population.

“We are pleased to provide this crisis response budget operation to support the Government of Rwanda in their efforts to contain the negative impact of the COVID-19 on the people of Rwanda and the government fiscal space,” said Nnenna
Nwabufo, the Bank’s Acting Director General for East Africa, “We are confident that the government will execute the planned programs with great efficiency and diligence.”

Under a worst-case scenario, Rwanda’s real GDP in 2020 is forecast to contract by 2.0 %. Further, as 90% of the workforce is employed in the private sector, mostly in small and informal enterprises, shutdown measures can be expected to sharply raise unemployment.

The proposed budget support program is aligned with the Government of Rwanda’s National Preparedness and Response Plan and Economic Recovery Plan. It also aligns with the Bank Group’s Ten-Year Strategy and the High 5 priority “improve the quality of life of the people of Africa”.

AfDB approved a concessional loan of $97.675 million to Rwanda to strengthen its national budget as it works to mitigate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Paul Muvunyi wahoze ari perezida wa Rayon Sports avuga ko Muvunyi Sadate ntawigeze amweguza kuko ni biba bizabera mu nteko rusange aho yagiriyeho.

Hari mu kiganiro na Radio10, ubwo yavuga ku hazaza h’iyi kipe nk’umwe mu bantu bayiyoboye akaba naperezida w’icyubahiro wayo.

Yabanje kuvuga ku magambo yigezwe gutangazwa na perezida w’iyi kipe avuga ko hari abantu bari mu ishyamba barimo n’abahoze bayobora iyi kipe yanashinje ubusambo.

Muvunyi Paul yavuze ko iyo ari imvugo y’abasinzi n’ubwo azi neza ko Sadate atanywa inzoga.

Yagize ati“ ubundi Sadate nzi ko atanywa inzoga, ariko urumva ko iyo mvugo ari iy’umusinzi. Natunguwe no kumva ariya magambo avuzwe na Sadate. Akwiye kuzasaba imbabazi.”

Mu minsi ishize muri Gicurasi 2020 nibwo hagiye hanze ibaruwa y’akanama ngishwana k’iyi kipe bavuga ko bahagaritse Sadate ku mirimo yo kuba perezida wa Rayon Sports.

Yahakanye aya makuru ko batigeze beguza Sadate kuko azakurirwaho aho yagiriyeho, kuba inteko rusange yarabaye kandi iba rimwe mu mwaka, ngo iyo ari impamvu zihutirwa hatumizwa indi.

Yagize ati“Sadate ntawamweguje, kumukuraho bizabera aho yagiriyeho. Inteko rusange iba rimwe kandi yarabaye ni byo, ariko iyo habaye ikintu kihutitwa iratumizwa.”

Muvunyi Paul umwe mu bafashije Sadate kuba perezida w’iyi kipe, avuga ko yabitewe n’imishinga yari afite babonaga ko izafasha ikipe ikayikuramo amafaranga menshi nk’umushinga wa MK Card.

Yashimangiye kandi ko ikibaraje ishinga ari ukureba uburyo bakubaka ubumwe bw’abarayon aho gushinjanya amakosa, umwe yigizayo undi kuko hakenewe imbaraga za buri umwe mu kubaka ikipe.

Paul Muvunyi avuga ko aho Sadate yagiriyeho ariho azaviraho

Bernard Russell w’imyaka 67 idubu yamwatakiye hafi y’urugo rwe, abaturage bamubona yatakaje ibice bimwe by’umubiri birimo n’imbavu ariko agitera akuka, niko kumujyana mu bitaro by’ikitegererezo bya Alaska ari naho yaguye.

Umuganga wo ku bitaro bya Alaska Dr. Alan White yabwiye abanyamakuru ko uyu musaza yishwe na coronavirus avuga ko bishoboka ko idubu yamwishe yakuruwe n’impumuro ya coronavirus.

Ati “Uyu musaza iyo aba yarubahirije guhana intera hagati ye n’idubu, akanambara agapfukamunwa ntabwo iba yaramuriye”.

Uyu muganga yabwiye WDNR ko Russell nubwo batigeze bamupima coronavirus bamusanganye ibimenyetso byay.

Dr. Alan White ati “Abantu nibadashyira imbaraga mu kubahiriza amabwiriza yo kwirinda coronavirus, ibibazo nk’ibi bizakomeza kwisubiramo”.

Ibitaro bya Alaska bimaze igihe bivugwaho gutangaza imibare irenze iya nyayo y’abicwa na coronavirus. Iki kibazo kandi ntabwo kivuzwe muri Alaska gusa ahubwo kivugwa muri Leta zunze ubumwe za Amerika yose.

Nubwo nta gipimo cya coronavirus, Bernard Russell yafashwe, ibitaro bya Alaska byanzuye ko ariyo yamwishe

Ni mu gihe muri iki gihe ubuzima bwose busa n’ubushingiye ku ikoranabuhanga rya rezo ya telefone no kuri interinete kuko muri iyi minsi biragoye kumenya ko kanaka yabyaye,yarwaye, yashyingiwe bitanyuze mu buryo bw’ikoranabuhanga riri gusimbura uburyo bwo gushyikirana binyuze mu gusurana.

Leta z’ibihugu nazo ziri gushyira imbaraga mu gutanga serivise hifashishijwe ikoranabuhanga kuko byihutisha serivise kandi bikaniga amayira n’ibyuho bya ruswa.

Mu minsi ishize ubwo umunyamakuru wa UKWEZI yari mu karere ka Kamonyi mu murenge wa Gacurabwenge yahamagawe n’abantu bagera kuri batanu ntiyabasha kumvikana nabo kubera ikibazo cya rezo ya telefone icikagurika.

Abatuye muri aka gace bavuga ko iki kibazo cya rezo nke bagisangiye n’abo mu murenge wa Runda, bakavuga ko bibagiraho ingaruka.

Umwe muri bo yagize ati “Nibyo hano rezo ya telefone ni nkeya kandi iracikagurika, kugira uvugane n’umuntu mubashe kumvikana ni tombora. Hano tubayeho mu bwigunge”.

Umuyobozi wungirije w’Akarere ka Kamonyi ushinzwe ubukungu n’iterambere akaba n’Umuyobozi w’Akarere w’agateganyo Tuyizere Thaddee avuga ko iki kibazo gihari usa ngo bakigejeje ku nzego bireba bizeye ko kiri gukurikiranwa.

Agira ati “Network ni ikibazo, uretse n’aho wavuze no mu karere (ku biro) nimuhagera muzasanga ari nke ariko ni ikibazo twavuganye n’aya makampani y’itumanaho batubwira ko bazabikemura twizera neza rero ko babirimo kandi duhora twibutsa”.

Ikinyamakuru UKWEZI twagerageje kuvugana na MTN kugira ngo tumenye ingamba bafite zo gukemura iki kibazo cya rezo ya telefone icikagurika hamwe na hamwe mu gihugu ariko iminsi ibaye itatu ntacyo baradutangariza.

Ku ruhande rwa Airtel Tigo, umuvugizi w’iyi kampani John Magara yavuze ko agiye gukurikirana iki kibazo.

Dusabe Chantal’s body was found this week in Butimba Village, Kawangire Cell in Rukara Sector in Kayonza District.

Executive Secretary of Rukara Sector, Nkunzurwanda John told IGIHE that three of her neighbors had been arrested, while the man with whom they live, who is the main suspect has disappeared.

The girl’s body was found naked, suspected of having problems with the man they were living with illegally, which culminated into the tragedy.

“She was stabbed, three fingers were cut off. She was stabbed in the mouth, and in the armpit; it’s clear that her fingers were cut off in self-defense. After killing her, they took her to a field and covered her with grass so that she could not immediately be found. It seems she was killed on Saturday.”

The victim had dropped out of school in her fourth year of primary school and had given birth to a child last year.

Authorities have not yet established the identity of the suspect.

The body of the deceased was taken to Gahini Hospital for a postmortem before burial.

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WTTC, which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector, created the Safe Travels stamp to allow travellers to identify destinations and businesses around the world which have adopted the global standardized health and hygiene protocols.

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has welcomed the WTTC Safe Travels stamp, which place the safety and hygiene of travellers as top priority.

Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO, said: “Our Safe Travels stamp is proving a great success and we are delighted to see even more popular countries and destinations adopt our global health and hygiene protocols.

“The success of the WTTC Safe Travels stamp shows its importance not only to countries and destinations, but also, crucially, to travellers and the 330 million people around the world who work in and depend on, the Travel & Tourism sector.

“The stamp is a critical step in re-establishing consumer confidence in Travel & Tourism and ensuring travellers can rest easy knowing that enhanced standards of hygiene are in place and they can once again experience ‘Safe Travels’.”

Since the launch of the WTTC Safe Travels stamp, destination countries, cities, and hotspots around the world have now adopted WTTC’s new protocols.

Belise Kariza, Chief Tourism Officer at Rwanda Development Board, said:
“Rwanda’s number one priority is the health and well-being of visitors to our beautiful country. As one of only three countries in the world with endangered mountain gorillas and numerous other primate species, we also have a special responsibility to protect these magnificent animals. “

“The creation of the WTTC Safe Travels global protocols and Stamp represent an important step in the reopening of tourism around the world and Rwanda is proud to adopt these global standards. We are excited to welcome tourists back to Rwanda for safe and memorable experiences – from seeing the Big 5 on safari and exploring Rwanda’s lush rainforests to learning about our vibrant culture.”

As part of its Safe Travels protocols, these worldwide measures provide consistency and guidance to travel providers and travellers about the new approach to health, hygiene, deep cleansing and physical distancing, in the ‘new normal’ of COVID-19 world.

The protocols were devised following the experience of WTTC members dealing with COVID19 and based on guidelines from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

According to WTTC’s 2020 Economic Impact Report, during 2019, Travel & Tourism was responsible for one in 10 jobs (330 million total), making a 10.3% contribution to global GDP and generating one in four of all new jobs.

‘Rwanda’s number one priority is the health and well-being of visitors to our beautiful country’ -Belise Kariza, Chief Tourism Officer at RDB

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