The smartphones were handed over to the beneficiaries on Tuesday, December 21, at the RNP General Headquarters in Kacyiru.
Commissioner of Police (CP) Bruce Munyambo, the Commissioner for Community Policing in RNP, while handing over the phones, urged the beneficiaries to use the social media platforms to fight against any forms of negative ideologies, segregation, hate and Genocide ideology.
“The youth are at the centre of national development and transformation. You, therefore, need to work hard, report anything that can cause insecurity and impede the transformation process,” CP Munyambo said.
He urged them to always be focused and committed to working with other institutions to successfully implement community development initiatives.
“Always ask yourself what your role is to build the Rwanda we want,” said CP Munyambo.
There are over 420, 000 members of RYVCP across the country, who support the national human security and community development programmes.
They are also instrumental in supporting RNP and other institutions to enforce the government directives against the spread of Covid-19.
CP Munyambo thanked Imbuto Foundation, MTN Rwanda, and the Ministry of ICT and Innovation for their outstanding contribution to making the event a success.
Richard Kubana, the Director General in the Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC) in charge of Community Mobilisation and Youth Volunteers Coordination, said that volunteerism is an advantage when it operates in a “visionary country.”
“Volunteerism has spread its roots in Rwanda and is making impact to the national development. It is an advantage when volunteerism is conducted in a country with visionary leadership like Rwanda,” said Kubana.
Kubana appealed to them to be examplary in their communities, be defined by moral values and discipline. “These phones are meant to facilitate you in the good work you have been doing.”
Fidel Karenzi, a Senior Technologist, Digital Age, Infrastructure platforms Interoperability in Ministry of ICT and Innovation (MINICT), said that smartphones are among devices facilitating access to information and leading to effectiveness of services in particular during the current period of Covid-19 pandemic.
He reminded beneficiaries to handle the phones and to use them in contributing to social security.
Delphine Niyonsenga, one of the youth volunteers from Nyarugenge District, said that the smartphones will facilitate them to accomplish their volunteerism mission.
“We had some challenges associated with crime reporting due to the lack of smartphones. These phones will help us in our daily duties especially in crime reporting and targeting those who disseminate fake news on social media platforms trying to mislead the public for their own interests,” Niyonsenga said.
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