{"id":43749,"date":"2021-06-21T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/jci-rwanda-commemorates-urges-youth-to-strive-for-unity\/"},"modified":"2021-06-21T07:35:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T07:35:13","slug":"jci-rwanda-commemorates-urges-youth-to-strive-for-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/jci-rwanda-commemorates-urges-youth-to-strive-for-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"JCI Rwanda commemorates, urges youth to strive for unity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JCI is an international Non-Governmental Organization that builds the capacity of the youth through training in entrepreneurship, leadership, fellowship and self-responsibility in over 115 countries.<\/p>\n<p>The organization opened doors to Rwanda in 2005 where it has 200 members.  <\/p>\n<p>The event coincided with the visit of Zandile Makhoba, JCI Vice President for Africa and Middle East who is in Rwanda for five days.  <\/p>\n<p>As she visited the memorial with JCI Rwanda team, Makhoba called on the youth to learn from what happened to prevent reoccurrence of Genocide.   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou feel pain after visiting the memorial. I have seen messages of Genocide survivors and pictures of the extreme cruelty.  It is clear that helping survivors to rebuild is a long journey but it reminds everyone of responsibility to strive for a peaceful world and unity.  Rwandans should build their hope upon self-reliance to shape their future,\u201d she said.   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should be our collective responsibility to prevent reoccurrence of the dark past. We should take the lead as Africans and think about possible impact before reacting. As this year\u2019s theme goes \u2018remember-unite-renew\u2019, we need to strive for that resilience.  The youth needs to learn from this history and should always remember their responsibility to shape Rwanda\u2019s better future,\u201d added Makhoba.  <\/p>\n<p>The President of JCI Rwanda, Origene Igiraneza also reminded the youth to stand united and strive for positive transformations to the community.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Rwandans, remembering is a responsibility to honor victims of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi. It is also an opportune moment for the youth to reflect on what happened and seek how best we can bring positive changes.  It also leaves a lesson to concert efforts for good causes, strive for peace, and fight Genocide ideology in Rwanda and elsewhere across the world. The country can only progress when we work together to build a common identity and a peaceful country,\u201d he stated.  <\/p>\n<p>The commemoration continued through virtual event featuring talks on how the youth should actively be involved in the fight against Genocide ideology and helping trauma victims during commemoration events.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-38716 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bafashe_umunota_wo_kwibuka_no_guha_icyubahiro_abazize_jenoside_yakorewe_abatutsi.jpg\" alt=\"JCI delegates observed a minute of silence in honor of Genocide victims laid at Kigali Genocide Memorial.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-38717 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abitabiriye_ni_abahagarariye_abandi_muri_uyu_muryango.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-38719 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/zandile_makhoba_yavuze_ko_abanyarwanda_bakwiye_guharanira_kwiyubaka_ubwabo.jpg\" alt=\"Zandile Makhoba, JCI Vice President for Africa and Middle East who is in Rwanda for five has urged the youth to learn from the dark past to prevent reoccurrence of Genocide.   \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-38718 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umuyobozi_wa_jci_mu_rwanda_origene_igiraneza_y.jpg\" alt=\"The President of JCI Rwanda, Origene Igiraneza also reminded the youth to stand united and strive for positive transformations to the community.  \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Members of Junior Chamber International (JCI), Rwanda chapter have visited Kigali Genocide Memorial where they paid tribute to victims of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi and urged to strive for peace, togetherness and prevent reoccurrence. } <\/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":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-43749","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\/43749","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=43749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43749"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=43749"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=43749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}