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The young Rwandan is an engineer and entrepreneur who developed a sustainable way to provide struggling communities in Africa with clean water.

She is among three of the remarkable finalists for the award that have dedicated their skills, resources, and time to making the world a better place by working towards achieving the United Nations’ Global Goals and standing up for those who are vulnerable.

Kwizera becomes the first Rwandan winning the prize beating her contestants Suhani Jalota from India and Ryan Gersava from Philippines.

Kwizera was revealed as the winner of the award at the Global Citizen Prize ceremony broadcast and streamed globally on 19th December 2020. Although this year’s ceremony was hosted virtually, it was an incredible affair that celebrated world leaders, business leaders, activists, musicians and artists, young people, and philanthropists from around the globe.

During the broadcast Kwizera was surprised with a call from singer-songwriter, Nick Jonas, who shared the news with the young entrepreneur that she had won this year’s Cisco Youth Leadership Award.

Kwizera was evidently jubilant and shared with Jonas that she was 'super super surprised'. She then called in her 'work family' to meet Jonas and be part of the exciting moment.

'The work we do, keeping water running for hundreds of thousands, we’re going to scale to millions because we’re tackling a challenge that affects 400 million id. people across Africa and over 2 billion worldwide,' she said.

'In 10 years, this prize being a huge catalyst for this in 10 years we’re going to be servicing 30 million and more; we’re going to create over 13,000 jobs because when we give water, we also create jobs,” added Kwizera.

As the winner of this year’s award, Kwizera will receive $250,000 to put forward her social enterprise, Water Access Rwanda.

When she was just 20, Kwizera founded Water Access Rwanda in response to the dangerous conditions that Rwandans would face when collecting water from rivers and dams, including crocodile attacks and disease-ridden water.

The social enterprise aims to eliminate water scarcity and provide communities with safe and easily accessible water. Today they successfully supply over 70,000 people in and around Rwanda with clean water daily.

She told Global Citizen that the work Water Access Rwanda does now is just the beginning.

'Our ambition is much bigger because, as I like to say, the crisis is way bigger than what we’re doing,' she said.

The Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award was established in 2018 to honor and uplift extraordinary young activists who have dedicated themselves to working towards achieving the UN’s Global Goals.

This year’s winner, Christelle Kwizera, works towards providing African communities with clean water, which contributes to the United Nations’ Global Goal 6, to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all; and Goal 11 for building sustainable communities.

Kwizera has become the first Rwandan winning the prize beating her contestants Suhani Jalota from India and Ryan Gersava from Philippines.

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Umuherwekazi w’umugande wibera muri Afurika y’Epfo, Zari Hassan aricuza impamvu yashyiriye Diamond abana yabyaranye muri Tanzania kumusura kuko ibyo yari yiteze sibyo yabonye, ni mu gihe Tananasha avuga ko ibintu bimeze neza.

Ni kenshi Tanasha Donna yagiye yumvikana mu itangazamakuru avuga ko uyu mugabo nta kintu na kimwe amufasha ndetse ko nta n’icyo akeneye kuko byose abyishoboreye, kuri ubu ahamya ko nyuma y’igihe kinini yaramutereranye ubu ibintu bimeze neza arimo kwita ku muhungu we.

Mu kiganiro yahaye Rick Media, Tanasha yavuze ko ubu Diamond arimo kugerageza kuba umubyeyi mwiza ntacyo amushinja.

Ati'ubu arimo arishyura amashuri ye, yashyizemo imbaraga arimo kumwitaho. Nakunze ibyo arimo gukorera abana be. Arimo kugerageza kuba ahari ku bwabo. Ntewe ishema na we.'

Ku rundi ruhande ariko Diamond na Zari ntabwo bimeze kuko urugendo rwo muri Tanzania ashyiriye abana se rwatumye bangana kurushaho.

Mu ntangiriro z’Ugushyingo 2020, nibwo Zari yari muri Tanzania ashyiriye Diamond abana babyaranye(Tiffah na Nilan) ngo bamusure dore ko kuva muri 2018 batandukana yari atarababona.

Inkuru dukesha ikinyamakuru Amani, ni uko uyu mugore yavuye muri Tanzania atishimye ndetse yicuza impamvu yagiyeyo kuko yari yizeye ko ari yo yari inzira nziza yo gusubirana na Diamond ariko ntibyakunda.

Umwe wo mu muryango wa Diamond yabwiye iki kinyamakuru ko byageze aho aba bombi bashwana ari nabwo Zari yafataga umwanzuro wo gusubira muri Afurika y’Epfo.

Ati'ruriya rugendo rwa Zari n’abana be Tiffah na Nilan yari gahunda ya Zari, kuko abana bari no kuza bonyine ariko Zari yari azi ko ari wo mwanya mwiza ko gutunanya urukundo rwe na Diamond rumaze imyaka 3 rwasinziriye.'

'Byaje gukurura kutumvikana, Zari ashaka kumwumvisha ibyo ashaka ngo abe ariko bikorwa mu rwego rwo kurera abana babo, Diamond nawe ntabikozwe. Diamond yahisemo no kubaha cyumba cyabo(mu nzu babagamo Mbezi Beach) na we ifata icye kugira ngo adakomeza gushwana na Zari, ni nabwo Zari yafashe umwanzuro wo gusubira muri Afurika y’Epfo kuko yabonaga ntakizavamo.'

Uku kumwicaho ngo ni uko Diamond Platnumz afite umukunzi ndetse arimo gutegura ubukwe bwabo bityo ko nta marangamutima agifitiye Zari.

Zari yari yashyiriye abana se

Zari ngo yavuye muri Tanzania yicuza icyahamuzanye

Ibi byose yabisobanuye mu kiganiro cy’amashusho yagiranye n’ikinyamakuru Ukwezi, aho yasobanuye ko nk’imisoro ku butaka ubu yabereye abaturage benshi umutwaro uremereye, akibaza impamvu abayobozi bamwe batabona ko uburyo bikorwamo bwagakwiye gukosoka.

Yagize ati : “Imisoro y’ubutaka iraremereye koko. Ubwa mbere byari ukuva kuri 0 kugeza kuri 80 kuri meterokare imwe, ni ukuvuga ngo uwasonerwaga nyine yishyuraga zeru, abadasonewe bikagenda bibarwa nyine bikaza kugera kuri 80 ari yo menshi. Ubu rero, byagiye kuri zeru na 300. Ngaho nawe reba ikinyuranyo kiri hagati ya 80 na 300, ni menshi cyane kandi [yongerewe]igihe kimwe, ntabwo byabanje byibura ngo bive kuri 80 bigere hagati ya 80 n’100, ngo hanyuma bigere kuri 120, bikomeze ku 150… gutyo gutyo, byatutumbiye rimwe icyarimwe birazamuka.”

Ingabire Marie Immaculée avuga ko rimwe na rimwe abantu birebaho bakirengagiza ko u Rwanda rutuwe n’abantu benshi kandi badahuje ubushobozi, agashimangira ko aya mafaranga y’imisoro ari menshi cyane ku baturage benshi mu Rwanda.

Uyu muyobozi wa Transparency International – Rwanda avuga ko ikigo cy’igihugu cy’imisoro n’amahoro gikwiye kwitega ko muri uyu mwaka kizabona amafaranga macye akomoka ku misoro y’ubutaka kuko abaturage benshi batazigera babona ubushobozi bwo kuyishyura. Avuga ko Abanyarwanda bakwiye kumva ko imisoro ari ngombwa ndetse ko benshi banumva ko ikwiye gutangwa, ariko nanone ngo kuba itangwa ku kigero ibera abaturage umutwaro uremereye ni ikibazo gikomeye.

Ingabire Marie Immaculée ashimangira ko Leta y’u Rwanda ifite Politiki ishyira umuturage ku isonga, ariko ngo ntiwamushyira ku isonga kandi unamusonga. Aha ashimangira ko hari bamwe mu bayobozi b’ibigo bya Leta n’inzego zitandukanye, bateranya abaturage na Leta bakaba bayirakarira nyamara yo yaragennye Politiki ishyira imbere inyungu za rubanda.

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Muri iki kiganiro kandi, Ingabire Marie Immaculée yanagarutse ku bayobozi bamwe na bamwe bakora ibidakwiye, aho avuga ko birirwa bakinisha Abanyarwanda. Yagarutse ku ku bayobozi b’ikigo cy’Uburezi mu Rwanda (REB) bakoresheje abarimu ibizamini bakabitsinda bagera aho bagomba gukora bakababwira ko bakoze ibizamini batujuje ibisabwa, akibaza uburyo umuyobozi nk’uwo abyuka avuga ko agiye ku kazi kandi ntacyo akora mu by’ukuri.

Yagarutse kandi ku bakoresha nabi umutungo wa Leta barangiza bagakoresha imbaraga bafite mu gutuma batagezwa imbere y’ubutabera. Ashimangira ko hari ibintu biteye isoni cyane kuburyo bitagakwiye kuba bikorerwa Abanyarwanda muri iki gihe tugezemo.

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