{"id":37382,"date":"2018-04-27T09:50:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T09:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/equity-bank-donates-livestock-to-kayonza-genocide\/"},"modified":"2018-04-27T09:50:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T09:50:14","slug":"equity-bank-donates-livestock-to-kayonza-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/equity-bank-donates-livestock-to-kayonza-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"Equity Bank donates livestock to Kayonza genocide survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The event took place yesterday in Kayonza where Equity Bank Staff also visited Mukarange Genocide Memorial site and paid tribute to 8707 victims laid to rest there.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the event, Equity Bank Chief Executive Officer, Hannington Namara said that commemorating is crucial for people to maintain good future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemembrance means a lot to us because those who don\u2019t commemorate do not know where they are headed. Also commemorating is an opportunity to reflect our history, that of the country, and also remembering our families so that we learn from them and aim higher, and work hard to achieve more than we have achieved,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p> Fifteen cows donated to the survivor families have the value of rwf6 million.<\/p>\n<p>Namara urged beneficiaries to sustain the cows so that they will also donate to their neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Nshimyumukiza, one of the beneficiaries said that the cow will help him to develop.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThis is a good gesture that will help me towards the development of my family. I really thank our benefactors because, my family will get milk and I will be able to fertilize my farm,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kayonza District Mayor, Jean Claude Murenzi thanked Equity Bank and pledged the district\u2019s support in following-up on the health of the cows.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe thank you for the great support to people who survived the genocide against the Tutsi. This support backs the government programmes and we will ensure that these cows are well maintained,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>After the event in Kayonza, the bank staff convened in a night vigil at headquarters in Kigali to remember the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n<p>The bank has also been supporting genocide survivors in different development activities. Last year, the Bank\u2019s Executive Council donated hybrid cows to 20 survivor families in Nyamagabe District.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-24970 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bashyira_indabo_ku_rwibutso_rwa_mukarange-2-f5071.jpg\" alt=\"Equity Bank staff paid tribute to genocide Victims laid to rest in Mukarange Genocide Memorial site\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-24971 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abahawe_inka-2-5eb43.jpg\" alt=\"Beneficiaries of the cows\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-24972 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/hatangwa_inka-320be.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Equity Bank Rwanda has donated 15 hybrid cows to fifteen families of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi survivors in Mukarange Sector of Kayonza District as a way of supporting them along the development journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"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-37382","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\/37382","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\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37382"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=37382"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=37382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}