The Institute of Youth Fellowship (IYF) initiated a campaign to sensitize Rwandan youth to avoid drug abuse and premature sex temptations that would spoil their future.
Talking to igihe.com the fellowship Director Rwandan Chapter Bongjin ko, notes that a good number of youth, especially those approaching 16 years get temptations through their peers.
He revealed that IYF has formed clubs in over five secondary schools and higher learning institutions such as Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and the national university of Rwanda to help the youngsters avoid in falling into the traps.
Bongjin further pointed out that the clubs help the youth to interact and discuss some of the challenges they face in their daily routine.
He observed that youngsters gather at the institute to hear the word of God from preachers who derive their teachings from the bible.
“The bible has interesting teachings which shapes one’s life, and the guidelines also apply to non-Christians that is why we accept everyone at our centre irrespective of their religious affiliations,” he stressed.
Empowering youth spiritually can’t work effectively without improving their literacy levels, and that is why IYF conducts special language courses including English, Swahili, Korean and Chinese say Bongjin, a Korean in his mid 30s.
“These lessons also promote their communication skills, especially when interacting with other youth from foreign countries,” he noted.
He explained that the centre has curriculum activities such Tae Kwando, soccer, musical instruments amongst other activities that help Rwandan youth from various part of Rwanda to interact.
“This week for instance we had a soccer match with Green Hills Academy team, and after the game we settled down and discussed how to overcome temptations,” he said adding that the interactions will go do beyond Rwandan borders.
He revealed that on August 11, IYF will organize its third annual international fellowship which that will attract youth from the East African region. “We expecting over 1,500 participants and our talks will be highly focus on abstinence from drug abuse and sharing” says director.
Bongjin encourages the youth at the fellowships to share since it improves the welfare of those who are needy.
The Institute for Youth Fellowship which he said is ran by volunteers was founded by a South Korean pastor Ock Soo Park in 1990, to help mankind overcome some of the world’s temptation Challenges through strengthening their faith in God.
The Fellowship has been in Rwanda for the last five years and it has helped transform the lives of many, several drug addicts for instance have been changed to volunteers and are now assisting other drug abusers to abstain from the habit.
Blaze Nyiribakwe is a former drug addict and a volunteer at the centre says: “I first met the Koreans five years ago; it’s so funny that my intention was to learn taekwondo but I eventually committed my life to God after meeting with one of the mind control trainers.
“ I confessed to him about my marijuana addictiveness he counseled and now I’VE overcome the habit and I’m also counseling those who have similar problems,” Nyiribakwe confessed.
The IYF director echoed his words emphasizing that reading the bible often improved one’s self control: “During my early twenties I used to be a very angry person to an extent I even planned to kill my dad and this was not just a matter of killing but rather brutal murde.
“But through the word of God, I got saved and I’m not only in good terms with my Dad but I also help other people to overcome such anger” the director testified.
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