{"id":40497,"date":"2019-12-10T15:51:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T15:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kigali-marriott-hotel-sos-rwanda-mark-road-to\/"},"modified":"2019-12-10T15:35:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T15:35:32","slug":"kigali-marriott-hotel-sos-rwanda-mark-road-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kigali-marriott-hotel-sos-rwanda-mark-road-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Kigali Marriott Hotel, SOS Rwanda mark \u2019Road to Awareness\u2019 campaign with donations to children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s campaign involved such activities as; children\u2019s games, Road to Awareness walk and a Christmas lighting at Kigali Marriott Hotel graced by a choir singing Christmas carols.<\/p>\n<p>The Road to Awareness campaign is annual event planned at the end of the year to celebrate with children and this is the second year the hotel has partnered with SOS Children\u2019s Village Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>Serge Nyirinkwaya, SOS Director of programs told IGIHE that there is a partnership between SOS and Kigali Marriott Hotel and other partners to enhance the campaign of winning more support for the children at SOS Rwanda. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe participation this year was amazing compared to last year; we are confident that as more year pass, more people will join this road to support children with no advocacy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The General Manager of Kigali Marriott Hotel, Rex A.G Nijhof, thanked SOS for their work in educating and caring for the children. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lives of these children are in our hands, their future depends on education and how they live today. It is a culture here at Kigali Marriott to support communities where we work. Our founder has cultivated the spirit of blending business with the lives of communities where the Hotel operates,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also thanked other partners in the campaign that includes, among others; Legacy Clinics, Rotary Club, Rotaract KIE and Journalists.<\/p>\n<p>After the walk, the hotel invited guests and all that came to support the cause to enjoy food delights and refreshments as they celebrated the beginning of the festive season with Christmas carols by the Saint Michael choir and lighting different parts of the hotel to spread the holiday cheer. <\/p>\n<p>In November 2018, Kigali Marriott Hotel management donated to SOS Rwf 1,000,000 as a Christmas package. <\/p>\n<p>In 1979 SOS started its operations in Rwanda with offices\/\u2018Village\u2019 in Kayonza, Nyamagabe, and Gicumbi as well as Kigali.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33911 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abakozi_ba_marriott_n_aba_sos_bishimira_ubufatanye_mu_kwita_bana_b_abanyarwanda-f7ba6.jpg\" alt=\"The General Manager of Kigali Marriott Hotel, Rex A.G Nijhof, thanked SOS for their work in educating and caring for the children. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33912 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abakozi_ba_marriott_yatangije_ubukangurambaga_bwa_road_to_awareness_bishimanye_n_abana_ba_sos-2dc0c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33913 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abana_bagira_umwanya_wo_kwishima_no_gusabana_na_bagenzi_babo-bf34e.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33914 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abana_bahawe_icyo_kunywa_mu_rwego_rwo_kwifatanya_na_bo_muri_iyi_minsi_hegereje_umunsi_wa_noheri_ufatwa_nk_umunsi_w_ibyishimo_cyane_ku_bana-f2da5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33915 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abantu_batangariye_iki_gishushanyo_kigaragza_ibintu_bitandukanye-6e82a.jpg\" alt=\"The Road to Awareness campaign is annual event planned at the end of the year to celebrate with children\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33916 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abantu_b_ingeri_zitandukanye_n_abana_babo_bitabiriye_gushyigikira_road_to_awareness-aac3c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33917 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abitabiriye_road_to_awareness_baguraga_umupira_mu_rwego_rwo_gushyigikira_abana_bo_muri_sos-fb0af.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33918 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/christ_the_king_choir_isanzwe_irirmba_misa_y_icyongereza_kuri_saint_michel_-fe9c9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33919 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/igishushanyo_krimo_ubuziam_bitandukanye-12745.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33920 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/imyiteguro_ya_noheri_muri_marriot_na_korari_christ_the_king_choir_yasusurukije_abitabiriye_road_to_awareness-4a498.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas lighting at Kigali Marriott Hotel graced by a choir singing Christmas carols.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33921 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kigali_marriott_yarimbishijwe_mu_bice_byose-f3753.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33922 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/marriott_yarimbishijwe_bijyanye_n_iminsi_mikuru_yo_gusoza_umwaka-81ce6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33923 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/nyuma_ya_road_to_awareness_abayitabiriye_baryohewe_n_amajwi_ya_korari_yitwa_chrits_the_king_choir-3fd4f.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><img33924center><\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33925 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/rugera_jeannette_umuyobozi_wa_rotary_club_mu_rwanda_mu_bitabiriye_gushyigikira_ubukangurambaga_bwo_gufasha_abana_ba_sos-63904.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33926 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umuyobozi_wa_porogaramu_muri_sos_children_s_villages_rwanda_serge_nyirinkwaya_yashimiye_abitabiriye_igikorwa_cyo_gufasha_abana_ndetse_abasaba_ko_babigira_umuco-892dd.jpg\" alt=\"Serge Nyirinkwaya said that there is a partnership between SOS and Kigali Marriott Hotel to enhance the campaign of winning more support for the children at SOS Rwanda\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33927 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/urugendo_rwazengurutse_uduce_dutandukanye_tw_umujyi_wa_kigali-b723a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33928 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/urugendo_rwo_gukusanya_inkunga_y_abana_barererwa_muri_sos_children_s_villages_rwanda_rwitabiriwe_n_ingeri_zitandukanye-68118.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday 7th December, about 300 people joined Kigali Marriott Hotel and SOS Rwanda in the \u2018Road to Awareness\u2019 campaign that was initiated by the Hotel since last year with the purpose of carrying out more advocacy for children under the care of SOS Rwanda.<\/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-40497","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 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