{"id":35296,"date":"2017-06-22T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/mtn-launches-construction-of-classrooms-in\/"},"modified":"2017-06-22T16:55:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T16:55:14","slug":"mtn-launches-construction-of-classrooms-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/mtn-launches-construction-of-classrooms-in\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN launches construction of classrooms in Nyagatare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Students from Karangazi sector in Nyagatare district are set to have long traveled distances to reach schools kept short,thanks to MTN Rwanda\u2019s support to building new classrooms relieving them of previous hurdles of walking over 10 kilometers to reach the distant schools. } <\/p>\n<p>The three classrooms will be additional to six other classrooms being constructed by Rwanda Defense Force during ongoing Army Week activities.<\/p>\n<p>The construction of the three classrooms which started yesterday is expected to cost over Rwf 22 million on completion under MTN program of \u201c21 Days of y\u2019ello care\u201d focusingon promoting education and technology.<\/p>\n<p>Students and parents have told IGIHE that when completed, the facilities will get them rid of faced challenges of waking in morning wee hours to walk more than two hours to reach schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very excited for the act. Some students would abandon school because of the long distances from home to school, getting there late. Even those who tried could study one term and leave school in the next trimester. Some parents with friends near schools would negotiate so they can accommodate the child to stay near the school,\u201d said a parent Niringiyimana Liberatha.<\/p>\n<p>The vice mayor for social affairs in Nyagatare district, MusabyemariyaDomitile lauded MTN Rwanda for the intervention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still have inadequate classrooms compared to the number of students.For instance the nine classrooms being built in Ndama cell will accommodate students from different corners who would walk over 10 kilometers to reach school.The long walk would push children to abandon school though some parents integrate children into families living near schools,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Musabyemariya said when fully expanded the school will accommodate primary and secondary students. <\/p>\n<p>The CEO of MTN Rwanda, Bart Hofker said that \u201c21 Days of y\u2019ello care\u201d activities are focusing  on facilitating education in rural areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis activity is part of \u201c21 Days of y\u2019ello care\u201d. We decided to support schools access materials especially targeting those from countryside. This is what we are trying to do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that supporting education and technology is vital as people need them in daily lives. <\/p>\n<p>Various activities have been executed through \u201c21 Days of y\u2019ello care\u201d where MTN Rwanda donated computers to schools, free internet, and availed solar energy and water reservoirs among others.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-20982 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_2531-001-e06e4.jpg\" alt=\"Rwanda Defense Force and MTN Rwanda employees launching construction activities of classrooms yesterday.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-20986 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umuyobozi_mukuru_wa_mtn_rwanda_bart_hofker_ahonda_amabuye_yo_kubakisha-001-25a2c.jpg\" alt=\"The CEO of MTN Rwanda, Bart Hofker shaping stones to be used during the construction of classrooms.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-20983 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_2548-001-58b28.jpg\" alt=\"The three classrooms will be additional to six other classrooms being constructed by Rwanda Defense Force during ongoing Army Week activities.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-20981 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_2516-001-0a637.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-20984 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_2566-001-62adb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-20985 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_2579-001-d026b.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Students from Karangazi sector in Nyagatare district are set to have long traveled distances to reach schools kept short,thanks to MTN Rwanda\u2019s support to building new classrooms relieving them of previous hurdles of walking over 10 kilometers to reach the distant schools. } The three classrooms will be additional to six other classrooms being constructed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-35296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35296","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35296"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=35296"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=35296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}