Rotary club is an organization purposed to bring together businesses and professionals to provide humanitarian services and providing support in addressing problems facing the world.
It draws much attention on seven areas of focus namely; disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy, economic and community development, environment protection, peace and conflict resolution.
Rotary Club International was established 116 years ago. It is currently comprised of 1.2 million members from 200 countries.
The club has been in Rwanda for more than 20 years where it has established 10 clubs that contributed to the country’s development in different areas.
On 14th March 2022, Edgar Cyr Tougouma began visit to Rwanda aimed at witnessing the achievements of the 10 clubs established in Rwanda.
During his ten-day sojourn, Tougouma visited different projects and interacted with members of Rotary Clubs in Rwanda to discuss challenges, the way forward and remind them of Rotary International broader vision.
On 19th March 2022, Rotary Club Virunga hosted a dinner party to bid farewell to Governor Tougouma.
The event brought together different dignitaries including members of the private sector and Government officials led by the Mayor of Kigali City, Pudence Rubingisa.
As he addressed participants of the event, Governor Tougouma urged members of Rotary Club in Rwanda to beef up efforts in activities meant to transform citizens’ livelihoods.
“We must take a giant stride in activities bringing impact to the society,” he said.
The event also saw two new clubs launched. These include Rotary Club Senior which began with 60 members led by Gérard Mpyisi as its President.
The second club launched during the event is Karisimbi Rotary Club which started with 25 members led by Kelechi R Anyanwu who is the Vice President of Nigerian diaspora in Rwanda.
New members who joined different clubs in Rwanda recently were also welcomed aboard. These include seven members of Rotary Club Virunga, four of Rotary Club Senior and two members of Rotary Club Karisimbi.
Governor Edgar Cyr Tougouma also commended the Government of Rwanda for supporting Rotary to achieve its goals.
He disclosed that the organization seeks to launch clubs in every district of the country in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government.
As of today, there are 40 volunteers interested to start a new Rotary Club in Gicumbi District.
The District 9150 of Rotary International is constituted of ten countries including Rwanda, Burundi, Cameroun, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Tchad and Sao Tomé-et-Principe.The district has 100 clubs.
Rotary Club Rwanda is comprised of ten clubs namely; Rotary Club Kigali, Rotary Club Butare, Rotary Club Kigali Mont Jali, Rotary Club Kigali Virunga, Rotary Club Kigali Gasabo, Rotary Club Musanze Murera, Rotary Club Bugoyi Ibirunga, Rotary Club Kivu Lake, Rotary Club Kigali Senior and Rotary Club Kigali Karisimbi.
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