Category: News
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Ngoma: Residents give facelift to Mutendeli Memorial Site
Residents of Mutendeli sector in Ngoma district injected over Rwf 3 million in Mutendeli genocide memorial site renovation. “We have embraced activities concerning the genocide memorial sites. The construction fund came from residents alone,” says Eric Rudahunga in charge of Mutendeli memorial site activities. Residents built the genocide memorial site following advice by Odette Uwamariya,…
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Ngoma: Residents to reconstruct 40 genocide memorial sites
Residents gathered to honor 2462 victims who were slaughtered in 1994 Tutsi genocide in Rukira sector. Ngoma residents were urged to contribute for the renovation of genocide memorial sites. 49 genocide memorial sites in Eastern Province are not properly built yet the government fund is sufficient to cater for the reconstruction of 4 genocide memorial…
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Rukara Women volunteer to cover cost of water for New Memorial Site
Women from Rukara sector Kayonza District have volunteered to cover water costs for New Memorial site gardens being constructed in Karubamba cell where remains of the 1994 genocide against Tutsis will be laid to rest. Kayonza Women like volunteering in public works like cleaning the memorial site The new memorial site will be the final…
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Gisagara District: Residents want Makwaza hill turned into tourism site
Residents living near Makwaza hill located in Mukindo sector of Gisagara district in the South of Rwanda, suggest that the mountain be reinstated as a historic touristic site, like it was in the past. During the reign of King Ndahiro II Cyamatare (1576 – 1600), many cultural events were held at this hill. Events hosted…
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Rutsiro to Promote Tourism and Investment
Rutsiro district intends to elect more infrastructure projects like roads, hotels and touristic sites as a way of encouraging tourism and investment in Rwanda. The geographical make up of this district with high mountains, Lake Kivu on its side, natural forests, Rutsiro district is a touristic potential district in Rwanda. Gervais Muremera the director of…
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Nyamagabe Focuses on Protection of Nyungwe National Park
The Security Council meeting that brought together all security personnel, executive leaders from sectors neighboring Nyungwe National Park and different partners in development convened on Wednesday the 3rd.July.2013. This meeting was discussing the strategies to reduce the projects that cause insecurities to Nyungwe National Park including bee keeping, hunting, stone quarrying, and deforestation among others.…
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Karongi: Residents Request for Special Memorial Site
The 1994 genocide against Tutsis survivors in Mabuga sector in Karongi District need a genocide Memorial Site to be constructed at Mabuga Parish where most Tutsis in the area were massacred. This idea of constructing a strong and well maintained memorial site was brought out on Sunday the 19th.May.2013 in Mabuga sector during the special…
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Ruhango: Cleaning Genocide Memorials, a healing effect to Survivors
Genocide memorials’ cleaning towards commemoration has proved to be comforting especially to genocide survivors who take the activity as restoring value the killers denied the victims. This is because some 1994 Tutsi genocide survivors take time to clean and plant more flowers around memorial sites as a way of honoring the dead. Ibrahim Ndori, a…
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Ngoma: Motorcyclists Visit Kibungo Memorial Site
Motorcyclists in SYTRAMORWA, in the Eastern Province visited Kibungo memorial site and gave an aid of Rwf 90.000 to help in the maintenance of the site. SYTRAMORWA leadership said that they had visited many memorial sites with the aim of learning more about the genocide history as youths who are the future leaders of the…
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Nyamagabe: Rwesero cell youth visit Murambi Memorial Site
The youth accompanied by their parents from Rwesero cell in Busasamana sector in Nyanza district on Thursday the 18th.April.2013 visited Murambi memorial site in Nyamagabe district where most victims of the 1994 genocide against Tutsis are laid to rest. Rwesero cell residents visit Murambi memorial site These youth came to learn about the preparation and…