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  • COVID19: Rwanda PSF boss warns vigilance despite the reduction of infection cases among truck drivers #rwanda #RwOT

    Rwanda Private Sector Federation (PSF) Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Ruzibiza, said cases of covid19 infection among cross-border truck drivers have been reduced, however, people must be watchful and respect all measures set to contain the spread of the pandemic.

    From the outbreak of covid-19, PSF has been working with different stakeholders to ensure that COVID-19 is contained and businesses mainly cross border movements is not hampered.

    To enhance the existing Cargo Trucking system as well as strengthening cross border trade, truck drivers need to be protected during this unprecedented COVID19 pandemic.

    In this line, PSF and Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA) signed an agreement to provide the assistance by facilitating truck drivers with 110,853 face masks to protect their lives.

    While witnessing the handover of that support to PSF on December 11, 2020 in Kigali, Stephen Ruzibiza, PSF Chief Executive Officer, said: 'The number of infections among cross-border truck drivers has been reduced but that does not mean that people have to take it for granted. Providing truck drivers with face masks is part of existing measures to containing the virus spread.'

    It is an initiative that will continue in the collaboration with Rwanda Private Sector Federation and the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency, to ensure that businesses continue without any problems, the Executive Secretary of the Central Corridor, Dukundane Dieudonnée, assures.

    'The Central Corridor has been working even during the lockdown, and we would like to make sure that all drivers who use the central corridor route cannot easily be infected or infect others', he says.

    From March to June this year, the number of goods passing through the central corridor has reduced but from July now, the rate has increased again, and Rwanda Private Sector Federation has not been seriously affected as in other countries, according to Dukundane.

    About 3,000 truck drivers and their assistants will benefit from the donation, according to Abdul Ndarubogoye, Chairperson of Rwanda Transporters Association (ATAR).

    'The CCTTFA secretariat has been supporting us through the removal of NTBs that we encountered that used to delay and cause a lot of losses. So, we are happy of these face masks as they will help our drivers and their families to prevent them from getting infected with covid19.' He said.

    Trucks shipping cargo into Rwanda are some of the very few vehicles that were allowed to enter the country following a nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus.

    Among measures, human contact has been reduced by using information technology, where most of the client requests are handled online.

    Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA) is a multilateral agency formed in 2006 through an Agreement by the five Governments of the Republic of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Republic of Rwanda, the United Republic of Tanzania and the Republic of Uganda.

    The CCTTFA is charged with the mandate to promote optimal utilization of the Central Corridor, encouraging the maintenance, upgrading, improvement and development of infrastructure and supporting service facilities at port, rail, lake, road border posts and along the route to meet user requirements, ensure open competition and reduce the costs of transit transport for land-locked Member States.

    By Kanamugire Emmanuel

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    Source : https://www.topafricanews.com/2020/12/12/covid19-rwanda-psf-boss-warns-vigilance-despite-the-reduction-of-infection-cases-among-truck-drivers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covid19-rwanda-psf-boss-warns-vigilance-despite-the-reduction-of-infection-cases-among-truck-drivers

  • Gutsindwa na APR FC igitego kimwe ntabwo ari igitangaza – Karekezi Olivier #rwanda #RwOT

    Nyuma yo gitsindwa na APR FC mu mukino w’umunsi wa 3 wa shampiyona, umutoza Karekezi Olivier wa Kiyovu Sports yavuze ko atari bibi bitewe n’imyiteguro iyi kipe yagize cyane ko ivuye mu mikino nyafurika.

    Ni umukino wabaye ku munsi w’ejo hashize maze APR FC iyitsinda igitego 1 nacyo myugariro w’iyi kipe, Serumogo Ally yitsinze.

    Nyuma y’umukino Karekezi yavuze ko atari bibi cyane gutsindwa igitego 1 na APR FC ivuye muri Champions League.

    Ati'mu mupira birashoboka, ngira ngo hari amakosa ugenda ubona ugenda ukosora, nibaza ko ikipe ya APR FC ivuye muri Champions League kuba yagutsinda igitego kimwe ku busa ntabwo ari igitangaza kuko yanatangiye imyiteguro mbere yacu.'

    Uyu mutoza kandi yashimiye ikipe ye uko yitwaye kuri uyu mukino aho ahamya ko mu minsi iri imbere bazaba bameze neza kurushaho.

    Shampiyona y’u Rwanda umwaka w’imikino 2020-2021 yari igeze ku munsi wa 3 ariko Minisiteri ya Siporo ikaba yafashe umwanzuro wo kuyihagarika kugeza igihe kitazwi bitewe n’uko ubwandu bwa Coronavirus bukomeje kwiyongera mu makipe.

    Kiyovu Sports yatsinzwe na APR FC 1-0

    Karekezi Olivier avuga ko gutsindwa na APR FC 1-0 nta gikuba cyacitse

    Source : http://isimbi.rw/siporo/article/gutsindwa-na-apr-fc-igitego-kimwe-ntabwo-ari-igitangaza-karekezi-olivier

  • Umuturage wese ufite umwana i Nyarugenge asabwa kumwandikisha mu irangamimerere #Rwanda #RwOT via @kigalitoday #rwanda #RwOT

    Mu bukangurambaga bwo kurwanya ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina, Akarere ka Nyarugenge kakoresheje urugendo ruryamagana
    Mu bukangurambaga bwo kurwanya ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina, Akarere ka Nyarugenge kakoresheje urugendo ruryamagana

    Ubuyobozi bw’aka karere buvuga ko abakozi mu nzego z’ibanze zikagize bakomeje gutanga serivisi z’ubutaka no kubwandika ku bashakanye bombi mu gihe bwaba bwanditswe kuri umwe, kwandika abana mu bitabo by’irangamimerere ndetse no kwakira abifuza gusezerana imbere y’amategeko.

    Umuyobozi ushinzwe imiyoborere myiza muri ako karere, Kalisa Jean-Sauveur, avuga ko izo serivisi hamwe n’izindi umuturage wese muri Nyarugenge asabwa kujya aho zitangirwa, kuko abatarazihawe ari bo barimo kugaragara bahohotewe cyangwa bahohoteye abandi.

    Kalisa agira ati “Mu gihe cy’ubukangurambaga twanditse abana bageze ku 120 ariko noneho turagira ngo icyo gikorwa gikomeze mu mirenge itandukanye, umwana wese akwiriye kwandikwa kuko kutandika abana ari cyo abashakanye barimo gupfa cyane cyane, umuntu aratera undi inda ntashake kuyemera”.

    Ubuyobozi bw’Akarere ka Nyarugenge buvuga ko buzakora inyigo icukumbura neza itera ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina buhereye ku mpamvu zamaze kwigaragaza.

    Muri zo hari aho abagabo bamwe banga kwemera abana babyaye, abandi bahisha imitungo abo bashakanye, ndetse hakaba n’ababahohotera kuko nta sezerano bafitanye imbere y’amategeko.

    Akarere ka Nyarugenge kashoje ubukangurambaga bwo kurwanya ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina kamurikira abaturage ibikorwa na serivisi byo kurirwanya
    Akarere ka Nyarugenge kashoje ubukangurambaga bwo kurwanya ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina kamurikira abaturage ibikorwa na serivisi byo kurirwanya

    Icyegeranyo cy’Urwego rw’Ubugenzacyaha (RIB) cyo muri 2019/2020, kigaragaza ko mu bakorewe ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina muri 2019/2020 barenga 10,842 mu gihugu hose, Akarere ka Nyarugenge kagaragayemo abarenga 423.

    Ibigo bya Isange One Stop Centers byakira abahohotewe bivuga ko mu bimenyetso uwahohotewe aba atagomba gusibanganya, hari ukuba yakwirinda kumesa imyenda yari yambaye ndetse rimwe na rimwe akirinda gukaraba, kugira ngo ibyasizwe n’uwamuhohoteye bidasibangana.
    Mu mirongo itishyuzwa urwego RIB rutanga kugira ngo uwahohotewe bishingiye ku gitsina ahamagareho atabaza, hari 3512(RIB) cyangwa 3029 ya Isange One Stop Center.

    Mu minsi 16 Akarere ka Nyarugenge kamaze gakora ubukangurambaga bwo kurwanya ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina, urubyiruko n’ababyeyi bakoze urugendo ruryamagana mu mirenge itandukanye, ibiganiro by’isanamitima ku bigeze guhura na ryo, ndetse n’abitwa inshuti z’umuryango basabwa kubera ijisho ubuyobozi mu baturanyi babo bafitanye amakimbirane.


    source https://www.kigalitoday.com/amakuru/amakuru-mu-rwanda/article/umuturage-wese-ufite-umwana-i-nyarugenge-asabwa-kumwandikisha-mu-irangamimerere

  • Umutoza watoje Amavubi y' u Rwanda yahakanye ibirego byo gufata umugore ku ngufu #rwanda #RwOT

    Umutoza w'ikipe y'igihugu y'umupira w'amaguru ya Zambia Milutin 'Micho' Sredojevic yahakanye ibirego byo gufata umugore ku ngufu muri Afurika y'epfo.

    Uyu munya-Serbia w'imyaka 51, wigeze no gutoza ikipe y'igihugu y'u Rwanda Amavubi, ku wa gatanu yitabye urukiko rwa New Brighton Magistrate's Court muri Afurika y'epfo, aza kurekurwa atanze ingwate ingana n'amadolari y'Amerika 660 (arenga 651,000Frw).

    Azongera kwitaba urukiko ku itariki ya 25 y'ukwezi kwa kabiri mu mwaka utaha.

    Ibyo birego bibiri ashinjwa bivugwa ko byabaye ku itariki ya 7 y'uku kwezi kwa cumi na kabiri, mu mikino ikomeje y'irushanwa ry'amakipe yo muri Afurika y'amajyepfo (COSAFA) ry'abari munsi y'imyaka 20 ribera ku kibuga Wolfson Stadium mu mujyi wa Port Elizabeth.

    'Micho' yabwiye BBC Sport Africa ati: '[Ibi] Ni ibirego bidafite ishingiro na gato bigamije gutesha umutwe ikipe ya Zambia itaratsindwa igitego muri iri rushwana [rya COSAFA ry'abari munsi y'imyaka 20]'.

    'Abunganizi banjye mu mategeko barimo guhangana n'uku kugerageza kunyica mpagaze…'

    Itangazo ry'ibiro by'umushinjacyaha mukuru wo mu ntara ya Eastern Cape ryasobanuye ibivugwa ko byabaye kabiri bijyanye n'imyitwarire ya 'Micho' ku mugore w'imyaka 39 bivugwa ko yamuzaniraga icyayi.

    Source : https://impanuro.rw/2020/12/12/umutoza-watoje-amavubi-y-u-rwanda-yahakanye-ibirego-byo-gufata-umugore-ku-ngufu/

  • Shampiyona ya ruhago mu Rwanda yahagaritswe, FERWAFA ihabwa inshingano zikomeye #rwanda #RwOT

    Minisiteri ya Siporo yamaze gufata umwanzuro wo guhagarika shampiyona y’umupira w’amaguru mu Rwanda kubera ikibazo cya Coronavirus, FERWAFA itegekwa gupimisha amakipe yose mbere y’uko abakinnyi basurbira mu ngo zabo.

    Ni mu itangazo ryashyizweho umukono na Minisitiri wa Siporo, Munyangaju Aurore Mimosa, aho rivuga ko ari icyemezo cyafashwe hashingiwe ku bugenzuzi bwakozwe, bukagaragaza ko hari aho amakipe acumbitse abakinnyi basohoka cyangwa bagasurwa, kandi amabwiriza yo kwirinda COVID-19 atabyemera.

    Ibi kandi bikagendana n’uko raporo igaragaza ko ubwandu mu makipe bukomeje kwiyongera.

    Muri iri tangazo rya Minsiteri kandi, rivuga ko amakipe atemerewe kuva aho acumbitse batabanje gupimwa iki cyorezo kandi amafaranga yo gupimwa akaba agomba gutangwa na FERWAFA.

    Ibi bibaye nyuma y’uko shampiyona ndetse n’amarushanwa y’umupira w’amaguru muri rusange bisubukuwe hagiye hagaragara ubwandu bwa hato na hato bwa Coronavirus nko mu Gushyingo nibwo Komite Nyobozi ya FERWAFA yahanishije ikipe ya AMAGAJU FC kuvanwa mu irushanwa rya Playoffs, nyuma yo guhamwa n’uburangare bwatumye abakinnyi 11 bayo bandura icyorezo cya COVID-19.

    Ubu abakinnyi 14 ba Rayon Sports bari mu kato aho banduye icyorezo cya Coronavirus.

    Ku kijyanye n’igihe shampiyona isubitswe hamaze gukinwa imikino y’umunsi wa 3 izasubukurirwa, Minisiteri yavuze ko bizatanazwa mu gihe nyacyo.

    Itangazo rya Minisiteri ya Siporo

    Shampiyona umwaka w’imikino 2020-2021 yahagaritswe hamaze gukinwa umunsi wa 3

    Source : http://isimbi.rw/siporo/article/shampiyona-ya-ruhago-mu-rwanda-yahagaritswe-ferwafa-ihabwa-inshingano-zikomeye

  • Cogebanque rewards Mastercard products users #rwanda #RwOT

    Throughout 90 days of the campaign, Cogebanque will take Rwandans through deeper insights on benefits of using MasterCard products namely Debit, Credit and Prepaid cards while paying for goods and services like settling bills, making withdrawals or shopping online.

    As for the campaign, clients using the cards will stand chance to win various prizes including airtime, cash, shopping vouchers, fuel vouchers, laptops, smartphones, airtime, home appliances including fridges among others.

    The Head of Marketing and Product Development at Cogebanque, Antoine Iyamuremye explained that the campaign will mobilize Rwandans to leverage the bank’s reliable technology for quick services.

    'The campaign comes in difficult times of COVID-19 pandemic. We have various digital products to help clients transact. Therefore, there is need to use reliable cards guaranteeing security to customers,' he said.

    The campaign is designed for Cogebanque customers and potential customers using MasterCard products including Debit, Prepaid and Credit specifically helping them to access loans.

    Iyamuremye explained that the cards are used globally and encouraged people to take advantage of them to go cashless.

    Mastercard products enable customers to make payments easily at any time. They can also withdraw from foreign countries corresponding with prevailing exchange rates.

    According to Iyamuremye, the campaign is also an opportunity to reward customers embracing digital banking services as well as celebrating them during the festive season.

    'The festive season during which people need to install new home equipment is here. The campaign gives them chance to win weekly prizes where customers can win tickets, fuel vouchers or shopping vouchers to pick corresponding items of choice in supermarkets,' he noted.

    The Head of Corporate Banking at Cogebanque, Songa Rwamugire encouraged Rwandans to embrace digital transactions because they are increasingly becoming universal.

    'Cogebanque Mastercard Credit card grants you the capability to withdraw or get credit to be repaid within 55 days without interest. These cards are safe, reliable and internationally accredited,' he said.

    At the launch of 'Biroroshye hamwe na Cogebanque Mastercard’ campaign on Wednesday 9th December 2020, three customers who made transactions using designated MasterCards products since lockdown walked away with prizes.

    The awardees were selected based on how active they have been using the cards in various transactions. These include Kayigamba Degaule Eugène, Nkomeje Eric and Rubangura Austin, the owner of UPROMEDIA Company. Each received Rwf 200,000 to be transferred to their accounts.

    Cogebanque has 28 branches, over 600 agents, and 36 ATM points across the country. These are supported by Mobile banking (USSD on *505# and Mobile App 'Coge mBank'), Cards (Mastercards & Smart cash) and internet banking delivery channel accessible through different media.

    The Mastercards are accepted worldwide and can be used at over 36 million locations globally.

    Rubangura Austin, the owner of UPROMEDIA Company (second from left) is one of awarded customers.

    IGIHE

    Source : https://en.igihe.com/news/article/cogebanque-rewards-mastercard-products-users

  • Umwarimu bamubeshyeye kwiba igitoki n’ibishyimbo bamushakaho indonke #Rwanda #RwOT via @kigalitoday #rwanda #RwOT

    Umunyamabanga nshingwabikorwa w’umisigire w’Umurenge wa Kageyo Niyoyita Jean Paul, ariko we yahakanye aya makuru, avuga ko bamuhimbira.

    Avuga ko mwarimu Niyongira yabyutse mu gitondo kare ajya gushaka umuti w’umwana, abarinzi b’umurima yanyuzeho ashaka umuti bakamufata bavuga ko yibye igitoki n’ibitonore by’ibishyimbo.

    Ati “Niyongira yabyutse nka saa kumi z’urukerera ku wa Gatanu ajya gushaka umuti w’umwana (Ibihuru), anyuze ku murima abarinzi bawo baramufata bamubeshyera ko yibye ariko si byo ahubwo bamushakagaho amafaranga”.

    Niyoyita avuga ko abo barinzi bifuzaga amaronko kuri mwarimu bitewe n’amasezerano bagiranye na nyir’umurima ko azabishyura ibihumbi 80 imyaka yeze.

    Avuga ko kugira ngo babone andi ku ruhande batangiye ibikorwa bitari byiza byo kubeshyera abantu.

    Agira ati “Twarakurikiranye dusanga ari ibintu bahimba bagamije kwangiza isura ya mwarimu wacu usanzwe ari inyangamugayo uturerera abana neza. Baje bavuga ko bifuza guhabwa uwo mushahara bemerewe kugira ngo bamurekure ariko tubona ko ari ibintu bahimba tubasaba gusubira mu kazi undi na we arataha”.

    Niyoyita asaba abaturage kujya bubaha bagenzi babo ntibabaremere ibyo batakoze, ahubwo bagashishikazwa no kunyurwa n’ayo bakoreye aho kwifuza izindi ndonke batesha abandi agaciro.

    Avuga ko mwarimu Niyongira asanzwe ari umukozi mwiza, utari wagaragarwaho ikosa na rimwe haba mu kazi no mu baturanyi.

    Avuga ko nubwo byagaragaye ko Niyongira yabeshyewe abamuhimbiye icyo cyaha cy’ubujura nta gihano bahawe, ahubwo ngo abaturage muri rusange bazakomeza kwigishwa kutifuza indonke muri bagenzi babo no kubahana.

    source https://www.kigalitoday.com/amakuru/amakuru-mu-rwanda/article/umwarimu-bamubeshyeye-kwiba-igitoki-n-ibishyimbo-bamushakaho-indonke

  • U Rwanda rugiye kwakira inama y’Ingabo za Afurika y’Iburasirazuba zihora ziteguye (EASF) #Rwanda #RwOT via @kigalitoday #rwanda #RwOT

    Nk’uko bigaragara ku rubuga rwa Minisiteri y’Ingabo mu Rwanda, intego nyamukuru y’iyi nama izamara iminsi itanu ni ugutegura uburyo bwo kurwanya iterabwoba ryagiye ryigaragaza, nyuma y’ibitero byibasiye Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika ku itariki 11 Nzeri 2001. Ibi bikorwa by’iterabwoba bibangamiye umutekano w’akarere n’amahanga muri rusange.

    Nk’umuryango uhuza akarere ufite inshingano zo kubungabunga amahoro n’umutekano mu karere ka Afurika y’Iburasirazuba, Umutwe w’Ingabo za Afurika y’Iburasirazuba zihora ziteguye (EASF) ni umwe mu mitwe itanu igize Ingabo za Afurika zihora ziteguye (African Standby Force/ASF) zigizwe n’abasirikari, abapolisi ndetse n’abasivili aho kimwe mu byo bashinzwe ari uguhangana n’ibikorwa bihungabanya umutekano.

    Ibi byiciro byose bihora byiteguye kugira ngo bitabare byihuse mu gihe gikwiye hagendewe ku mabwiriza agena gutabara aho rukomeye mu bikorwa byo gushyigikira amahoro mu karere.

    EASF igizwe n’ibihugu icumi birimo u Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, u Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudani na Uganda. Kuva muri Mata 2013, Repubulika ya Sudani y’Epfo yitabira ibikorwa by’uyu muryango nk’indorerezi ikaba izagirwa umunyamuryango mu bihe biri imbere.

    source https://www.kigalitoday.com/umutekano/imbere-mu-gihugu/U-Rwanda-rugiye-kwakira-inama-y-Ingabo-za-Afurika-y-Iburasirazuba-zihora-ziteguye-EASF

  • Akababaro ka Mutezimana watawe n’umugabo amaze kubyara impanga imwe ifite umwenge ku mutima #Rwanda #RwOT via @kigalitoday #rwanda #RwOT

    Impanga ye ifite ibiro 14,5kg ariko Irasubiza afite ibiro bitandatu n’amagarama 100 (6,1kg), no mu gihagararo ubona ko ari muto cyane umugereranyije n’impanga ye.

    Mutezimana Venantie atuye mu Karere ka Gasabo, Umurenge wa Kinyinya, Akagari ka Gasharu mu Mudugudu wa Gatare. Avuga ko akimara kubyara izo mpanga, abaganga basanze umwe afite umwenge ku mutima kandi avuka ari muto cyane, biba ngombwa ko bamushyira mu cyuma kimufasha gukomeza guhumeka.

    Mutezimana aragira ati “Yavutse ari gato cyane, bamushyira muri kuveze (couveuse), ariko abaganga batubwira ko uburwayi bwe busaba kubagwa kandi ko tugomba gutegereza akabanza agakura kuko batashoboraga kumubaga akiri munsi y’amezi ane ataranagira ibiro bikwiye ikigero cye. Twamaze ukwezi kumwe ari muri icyo cyuma ku bitaro bya Kibagabaga, baduca amafaranga arenga ibihumbi 100FRW, ariko batwemerera ko twaba dushatse ibihumbi 50 andi tukazagenda tuyashaka buhoro buhoro”.

    Mutezimana n’impanga ze bagumye mu bitaro bagemurirwa n’abagiraneza, umugabo ngo yumvise amafaranga babaciye, abasiga ku bitaro avuga ko agiye kuyashaka, aboherereza ibihumbi 10 gusa ubundi aragenda ntiyagaruka mu rugo (inzu bakodesha) hasigara mukuru wa za mpanga ariko utaragira imyaka 10.

    Uburwayi bwa Irafasha Chris wavukanye umwenge mu mutima, ubu ikaba imaze kuba itatu mu mwaka umwe n’amezi icyenda, kwa muganga babwiye nyina ko buvurwa n’abaganga baturutse hanze kandi nabwo bigakorwa mu rwego rw’ubugiraneza kuko ngo bihenda.

    Umwe mu baganga bavura imitima y’abana bakiri bato mu Rwanda (pediatric cardiologist) Dr Kamanzi Rusingiza Emmanuel, yabwiye Kigali Today ko ubuvuzi bwo kubaga imitima kugeza ubu mu Rwanda bikorwa n’abaganga baturutse hanze mu rwego rwo gufasha abadafite ubushobozi bwo kujya kwivuza hanze, muri iyi minsi bikaba byarakomwe mu nkokora n’icyorezo cya COVID-19.

    Mutezimana Venantie nta kindi cyizere afite ku buzima bw’umwana we usibye igitangaza cy’Imana kuko no kubona ibyo atungisha abana batatu umugabo (batasezeranye) yamutanye na byo ni ah’abagiraneza na bo bataboneka kenshi.

    Ubuhamya bwa Mutezimana Venantie:

    source https://www.kigalitoday.com/amakuru/amakuru-mu-rwanda/article/akababaro-ka-mutezimana-watawe-n-umugabo-amaze-kubyara-impanga-imwe-ifite-umwenge-ku-mutima

  • Six acquire skills to enhance water and sanitation policies #rwanda #RwOT

    The graduates received certificates following 15-month intensive training aimed at polishing their skills to address issues pertaining to water and sanitation in Rwanda.

    The training is offered through International Training Program for Sustainable Urban Water and Sanitation project (ITP SUWAS) implemented by an International Development Consulting firm (NIRAS) and WaterAid.

    Beneficiaries include experts in water and sanitation domains from different public and private institutions, civil society organizations, and utilities among others who are acquainted with skills to plan and implement sustainable water and sanitation projects.

    Jean Paul Mbarushimana, the Head of Programs for WaterAid Rwanda and the National facilitator for SUWAS explained that those experts get chance to meet every month to analyze challenges and opportunities in water and sanitation sector to come up with tangible solutions.

    'Everyone identifies a problem in respective institution and comes up with a change project. Graduates have acquired new skills, exposed to peers in different countries that they were acquainted with necessary skills to promote water and sanitation. Indeed, they share knowledge with colleagues to enhance planning and implementation,' he said.

    Joseph Hahirwabasenga is a lecturer at the College of Science and Technology, in the department of Civil Engineering. He leveraged acquired skills to design a project intended to address shortage of water during the dry spell.

    'As an academician, the training gave me an opportunity to emerge knowledge and get connections with different experts in water and sanitation. I am designing a sustainability project that seeks to address scarcity of water in Nyagatare district especially during the dry spell when the valley dams usually drain. I am optimistic that then project will benefit surrounding residents once completed and approved,' he said.

    Facilitated by experts from Sweden, two batches have been graduating every year since the beginning of the program in 2017. So far, 36 graduates have been enrolled in the program and proved capability to introduce innovative change making projects at respective institutions.

    Trainees in a group photo after receiving certificates.

    Jean Paul Mbarushimana, the Head of Programs for WaterAid Rwanda and the National facilitator for SUWAS with one of water and sanitation experts after completing the training.

    IGIHE

    Source : https://en.igihe.com/news/article/six-acquire-skills-to-enhance-water-and-sanitation-policies