{"id":36462,"date":"2017-12-08T14:36:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T14:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/don-t-let-your-young-age-deter-you-from-stepping\/"},"modified":"2017-12-11T15:53:51","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T15:53:51","slug":"don-t-let-your-young-age-deter-you-from-stepping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/don-t-let-your-young-age-deter-you-from-stepping\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t let your young age deter you from stepping into the light-First Lady"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mrs. Kagame who is also the Chairperson of Imbuto Foundation was speaking to youth yesterday during the 2nd edition of \u2018Beyond This Moment\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond This Moment is a youth forum organized under Imbuto Foundation\u2019s Youth Empowerment and Mentorship Programme.<\/p>\n<p>The forum brought together hundreds of youth to discuss Rwanda\u2019s future and the role they play in building the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you start living a purposeful life, and are able to make a distinction between \u2018living\u2019 versus \u2018existing\u2019, you will start acting more responsibly, in the choices that you make,&#8221; First Lady told youth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are here to further emphasise to our young men and women, the importance of playing their part in the direction of this country, by taking on leadership roles, whether they are still pursuing their education, have entered the workforce, or are already raising a family,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She told youth that they are never too young to reflect upon what the world needs, to be a better and safer place.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Acknowledge that the rebuilding of this nation was made possible because of the vision of young men and women, from all walks of life, to see our country rise from its ashes,&#8221; she reminded youth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is imperative that you learn to embrace your leadership abilities from early on, and that you do not allow your young age to deter you from stepping into the light, to become a key player, in the development and prosperity of our nation,&#8221; she urged. <\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Kagame is optimistic that through organized conversations,youthwill have a renewed sense of commitment towards seeking excellence in all they do, as they ask themselves if they are doing all it takes, with everything they have, as they build strong systems that will outlive them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23119 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/first_lady.jpg\" alt=\"First Lady speaks to youth\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23118 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/fl1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Lady Jeannette Kagame has urged Rwandan youth not to let their young age deter them from stepping into the light but rather called upon them to embrace their leadership abilities from early stages.<\/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":[72],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-36462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","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\/36462","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=36462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36462"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=36462"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=36462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}