{"id":38558,"date":"2018-11-25T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/dr-sezibera-calls-for-a-mind-shift-on-filling\/"},"modified":"2018-11-26T15:04:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T15:04:43","slug":"dr-sezibera-calls-for-a-mind-shift-on-filling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/dr-sezibera-calls-for-a-mind-shift-on-filling\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Sezibera calls for a mind shift on \u2018filling earth\u2019 with children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Sezibera told the residents that every parent is responsible for educating children he bore hence everyone ought to think how he can help his children grow.<\/p>\n<p>Sezibera made the remarks on Saturday as he, with diplomats in Rwanda, joined residents of Kamonyi District in the monthly community activities, Umuganda, where they planted over 4000 trees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore you fill the earth with children, you first fill your household. If you have a one-roomed house and it is already full with two children, then your earth is filled, you should stop,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The rate of Rwandan families using family planning stands at 50%, a rise from 10% in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Use of modern family planning methods in Rwanda has been bogged down by religious leaders who refer to the biblical words written in Genesis 1:28 going as: \u201cAnd God blessed them. And God said to them, \u201cBe fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Religious leaders referring to the quote in Genesis 1:28 advise their fellow believers not to adapt to modern family planning methods including using condoms and contraception but instead use the natural methods.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27633 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dr._sezibera_urges_kamonyi_residents_for_a_mind_shift_on_filling_the_earth_with_children.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Sezibera urges Kamonyi residents for a mind shift on filling the earth with children\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27635 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/local_citizens_planted_trees_with_diplomats_in_rwanda.jpg\" alt=\"Local citizens planted trees with diplomats in Rwanda\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-27634 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/south_africa_s_ambassador_to_rwanda_george_twala_planted_a_tree_as_a_citizen_watches.jpg\" alt=\"South Africa&#039;s Ambassador to Rwanda, George Twala planted a tree as a citizen watches\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Dr. Richard Sezibera has urged residents of Kamonyi District to work hard and develop their individual families starting with the culture of bearing children they are able to bring up and provide for.<\/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":[133],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-38558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-main-featured-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\/38558","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=38558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38558"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=38558"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=38558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}