{"id":1344,"date":"2011-12-14T02:43:12","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T02:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/youths-hold-xmas-celebration-for-rwandan\/"},"modified":"2011-12-14T02:42:35","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T02:42:35","slug":"youths-hold-xmas-celebration-for-rwandan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/youths-hold-xmas-celebration-for-rwandan\/","title":{"rendered":"Youths Hold Xmas Celebration For Rwandan Community in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{{On 11th December 2011 the Rwandan youth network \u201cRuanda Connection\u201d which is based in the capital of Germany in Berlin invited the Rwandan community for Christmas celebration.}} <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-1005 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/388039_257330697660523_246502885409971_690693_1835314427_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The festivity was attended by members of the Rwandan diaspora as well as friends of Rwanda. Guests included; the Rwandan Ambassador to Germany, H.E. Christine Nkulikiyinka and the Embassy\u2019s First Secretary who attended to show their support for the event initiated by \u201cRuanda Connection\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRuanda Connection\u201d aims at bringing together young Rwandans living in Germany and connecting them to their home country Rwanda. <\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Nkulikiyinka welcomed the initiative of the youth and said that she hoped that this was the beginning of intensive encounters of the Rwandan family in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the group is to promote networking among young Rwandans in Germany and friends of Rwanda, and to create an active exchange with other young people in Rwanda. <\/p>\n<p>The group plans to promote the Rwandan culture through events and raising awareness about Rwandan projects in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRuanda Connection\u201d was founded one month ago by young Rwandans studying and working in Germany and Rwanda. <\/p>\n<p>Christmas is known as a family celebration, the group wanted Rwandans in<br \/>\nGermany to celebrate as one family together with friends. They emphasized that they are motivated and ambitious to work hard to connect Rwandans from Germany and Rwanda. <\/p>\n<p>The chairperson, Elisabeth Kaneza and deputy chairperson, Charlotte Ndakorerwa, of \u201cRuanda Connection\u201d hailed the guests for attending. <\/p>\n<p>The Christmas Celebration was the group\u2019s first event. The guests appreciated the initiative and commended the good organization of the event. <\/p>\n<p>More information about the activities of \u201cRuanda Connection\u201d can be found at the group facebook page: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Ruanda-Connection\/246502885409971<\/p>\n<p>Questions and remarks can be sent to their Mail-address: ruandaconnection@yahoo.de<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-1006 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/381028_257330647660528_246502885409971_690691_1835968568_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{On 11th December 2011 the Rwandan youth network \u201cRuanda Connection\u201d which is based in the capital of Germany in Berlin invited the Rwandan community for Christmas celebration.}} The festivity was attended by members of the Rwandan diaspora as well as friends of Rwanda. Guests included; the Rwandan Ambassador to Germany, H.E. Christine Nkulikiyinka and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[75],"byline":[377],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-1344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diaspora","tag-homenews","byline-olivier-muhirwa"],"bylines":[{"id":377,"name":"Olivier MUHIRWA","slug":"olivier-muhirwa","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":377,"name":"Olivier MUHIRWA","slug":"olivier-muhirwa","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1344"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=1344"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=1344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}