{"id":40558,"date":"2019-12-19T15:03:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T15:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/insect-repellent-oil-considered-best-project\/"},"modified":"2019-12-20T17:37:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T17:37:56","slug":"insect-repellent-oil-considered-best-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/insect-repellent-oil-considered-best-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Insect repellent oil considered best project during \u2018YouthConnekt 2019\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Niyomugaba Pierre, a resident of Nyamagabe District who presented the project was awarded Rwf 7.5 million and shares in the Capital Market Authority (CMA) with a value of Rwf 1.5 million. <\/p>\n<p>The three projects that followed were awarded Rwf 5 million each with the second contestant winning an additional Rwf 1.3 million shares in CMA, the third Rwf 1.2 million shares and the fourth Rwf 1 million shares. Niyomugaba Pierre also received a brand new Positivo BGH laptop.<\/p>\n<p>The awards were given on Wednesday, December 18th, 2019 as part of the annual National Dialogue \u2018Umushyikirano2019\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>YouthConnekt this year, brought together more than 3000 Rwandan youth from across the country at Intare Conference Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Niyomugaba has founded \u2018Natural Harvest\u2019, a firm specialized in the cultivation of lemongrass, eucalyptus, patchouli, and geranium which he uses in making perfumes and repellents for insects including termites, cockroaches, bedbugs and mosquitoes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor farmers who face the problem of termites that damage crops, the oil I make works as an insecticide and is efficient in repelling all types of insects. The oil is mixed with water to fight against insects such as cockroaches and bedbugs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To prepare a liter of eucalyptus-based oil, he uses 50 kilograms of eucalyptus leaves. In one day, he produces 20 liters valued at Rwf 52,000 while Patchouli oil costs Rwf 90,000.<\/p>\n<p>The second prize was rewarded to a group of people that created a networking website for employers and job seekers and the third went to makers of chairs and tables from old tires. The fourth prize was won by a fashion designer.<\/p>\n<p>The four projects won at the national level after competing and winning at the district level. Each was awarded Rwf 1.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>Since the launch of YouthConnekt in 2012, more than 20,000 youths from across the country have attended including more than 505 who have been trained in entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p>So far, 180 youths have been awarded during YouthConnekt competitions and were financially supported to implement their projects.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-34119 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ubwo_niyomugaba_yashyikirizwaga_ibighembo-4a261.jpg\" alt=\"The four projects won at the national level after competing and winning at the district level. Each was awarded Rwf 1.5 million.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-34120 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/rwiyemezamirimo_ukora_intebe_mu_mapine_niwe_wabaye_uwa_gatatu-15213.jpg\" alt=\"A project that has used home-made eucalyptus and lemongrass-based oil to repel insects has won the award for the best project during \u2018YouthConnekt 2019\u2019.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-34121 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ishimwe_benjamin_niwe_wabaye_uwa_kane-a4170.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-34122 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abakoze_urubuga_ruhuza_abashaka_akazi_n_abagatanga_nibo_babaye_abakabiri-babca.jpg\" alt=\"The three projects that followed were awarded Rwf 5 million \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A project that has used home-made eucalyptus and lemongrass-based oil to repel insects has won the award for the best project during \u2018YouthConnekt 2019\u2019.<\/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-40558","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\/40558","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=40558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40558"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=40558"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=40558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}