During the party, children received clothes, meals, drinks and sanitation materials.
Their Parents hailed the gesture as a sign of how the government doesn’t forget inmates in the programmes intended to benefit the population.
“Offering us Christmas tips comforts us and our children. We are happy and have realised that we have access to programmes in the country. It restores our hope,” said Léonie Nyirampirwa, one of the parents of beneficiaries.
Patricie Dusabemariya said “after committing crimes, we thought that we were rejected, but this action shows us that the government considers us and our children.”
François Bisengimana, the Director of Adoption Protection and Promotion of Child Rights at the National Children Commission, said the act is part of reminding Rwandans about their societal responsibilities as it is in the government programmes.
“The government always offers facilitation to these particular categories of people; we shall continue to partner and improve facilitations as well as solving some problems they have raised like lack of ‘Daycare facilities’ for these children,” he said.
RCS Deputy Commissioner General of Prison (DCGP) Jeanne Chantal Ujeneza urged the inmates to instil good values into their children so that they grow up with positive minds.
“You should teach good values to these children so that they can live in harmony with their families and the community when they return home,” she said.
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