{"id":39721,"date":"2019-07-23T17:37:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T17:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/don-t-use-internet-for-porn-but-for-transforming\/"},"modified":"2019-07-23T17:38:43","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T17:38:43","slug":"don-t-use-internet-for-porn-but-for-transforming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/don-t-use-internet-for-porn-but-for-transforming\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t use internet for porn but for transforming the continent \u2013Youth Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She made the request yesterday addressing 124 youth from 26 East and Southern African countries at the opening of two-week training in IT use for development taking place at SOS Hermann Gemeiner Rwanda in Kigali city. <\/p>\n<p>Beneficiaries of the training are youth from secondary schools and universities supported through SOS Children\u2019s Villages International. <\/p>\n<p>The training will focus on carrying out campaigns, leadership, and entrepreneurship all entrenched in technology.<\/p>\n<p>Mbabazi asked the youth to play a key role, building the Africa they desire, starting from their countries. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t think about watching porn films when you have access to technology. You should rather take advantage of it to transform Africa starting with your contribution. The time is now, you don\u2019t have to wait for tomorrow,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Mbabazi urged them on self-esteem, embracing the good character, determination and focusing on one\u2019s goals as aspiring leaders to transform societies. <\/p>\n<p>Mwanaidi Makame Juma, one of the participants from Zanzibar told IGIHE that he was encouraged by the advice of Minister Mbabazi and pledged to put into reality acquired knowledge. <\/p>\n<p>SOS Children\u2019s Villages operates in 47 African countries. It supports children with vulnerable backgrounds to access education, clothing among other areas uplifting their livelihoods.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30943 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abitabiriye_amahugurwa_bumva_impanuro_za_minisitiri_w_urubyiruko_rosemary_mbabazi-3cb6e_2_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30944 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/minisitiri_w_urubyiruko_rosemary_mbabazi_yasabye_urubyiruko_kubyaza_umusaruro_ikoranabuhanga-08034_2_.jpg\" alt=\"The Minister of Youth, Rosemary Mbabazi has asked the youth to take advantage of benefits brought by technology to transform the continent \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30945 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/urubyiruko_rwitabiriye_amahugurwa_rwaturutse_mu_bihugu_126_byo_muri_afurika_y_iburasirazuba_n_amajyepfo-2689a.jpg\" alt=\"SOS Children\u2019s Villages operates in 47 African countries.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30946 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/minisitiri_rosemary_mbabazi_yasabye_urubyiruko_kudakoresha_ikoranabuhanga_mu_bitabafitiye_akamaro-03334.jpg\" alt=\"Mbabazi asked the youth to play a key role, building the Africa they desire, starting from their countries.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Youth, Rosemary Mbabazi has asked the youth to take advantage of benefits brought by technology to transform the continent other than wasting their time watching pornography.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[2942],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-39721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-nicole-kamanzi-m"],"bylines":[{"id":2942,"name":"Nicole Kamanzi M.","slug":"nicole-kamanzi-m","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":2942,"name":"Nicole Kamanzi M.","slug":"nicole-kamanzi-m","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\/39721","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39721"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=39721"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=39721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}