This followed Kigali Marriott Hotel’s initiative to raise Rwf10 million to support activities at SOS Rwanda to help vulnerable children.
Claudine Uwamahoro, an associate at Kigali Marriott Hotel Human Resource Department, said the activity was done in a bid to help the community and support in improving children’s lives.
“We thought of an activity we could do to improve the children’s lives and support their education. We raised the funds given today through sales of T-shirts we made and sold to our staff and visitors and all the other people we met,” Uwamahoro said.
Uwamahoro added that they will raise more funds through T-shirt sales in support of the SOS Children Village cause.
The SOS Children’s Village, Kigali Director, Mr. Louis Ntabana commended Kigali Marriott Hotel for joining Rwandans and other international benefactors for contributing to the education of orphans and other vulnerable children.
“For 10 years now, we have been calling upon all people to support us to decently raise Rwandan children. We appreciate Kigali Marriott Hotel gesture and invite all other good-hearted people to follow suit,” he said.
Shakira Iradukunda, 11, is one of the 30 children who was given gifts by Kigali Marriott Hotel team. She says she was happy to see there are people who think about them and strive for their joy.
“I am happy they will keep supporting us. I ask them to keep up these good activities and we will never forget them,” she said.
SOS Rwanda started operations in Rwanda in 1979 and it now has branches in Kacyiru, Kigali, in Gicumbi District, Nyamagabe and Kayonza Districts, supporting 635 vulnerable children.
SOS Children’s Village, Kigali located in Kacyiru, Gasabo District, is home to 77 children. SOS also supports 144 children in secondary and tertiary studies, 73 were integrated in ordinary and 1,438 children are supported from their biological families.
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