{"id":45732,"date":"2022-04-29T08:49:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T08:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/new-mentorship-program-to-equip-rwandan-youth-with-leadership-skills\/"},"modified":"2022-04-29T08:57:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T08:57:47","slug":"new-mentorship-program-to-equip-rwandan-youth-with-leadership-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/new-mentorship-program-to-equip-rwandan-youth-with-leadership-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"New mentorship program to equip Rwandan youth with leadership skills"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first cohort of beneficiaries are high school students aged between 16 and 20. <\/p>\n

Skills to be provided under the 8 weeks program include networking, self-awareness, self-confidence, critical thinking, pitching and public speaking, self-management and teamwork among others.<\/p>\n

According to Ambassador of Israel to Rwanda, Dr. Ron Adam, the initiative stemmed from the fact that while performing well in class is a good and important thing, students need other soft skills to help them unlock their potentials to the fullest.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are plenty of young people here who have potentials and good ideas, but can\u2019t confidently express themselves and pitch their ideas to prospects. As a result, their ideas do not materialize, and this is a loss to them and the community at large. Birashoboka Mentorship Hub comes to provide these kind of skills to young people, and with time we expect to see a difference,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

This was also echoed by Tristan Murenzi, Founder and Chairperson of Rwanda We Want.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe hope that Birashoboka Mentorship Program will impact the lives of young Rwandans because they have a great potential, they just need a push to exploit it and Birashoboka will do that.”<\/p>\n

The initiative is being run in collaboration with Resonate Workshops, Bridge2Rwanda, Igire Rwanda Organization and iDebate Rwanda.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, students who are part of the first cohort have expressed optimism, saying they hope to gain a lot from the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cUsually I am a shy person, and I rarely speak in front of people. I hope that this program will boost my self-esteem and equip me with public speaking skills that will help me both at school and in the life after school,\u201d said Dylan Nizeyimana, a senior four student at Groupe Scolaire Rugando.<\/p>\n

\u201cNetworking always gives me hard time. I find myself only talking to those in my circle. From this program, I expect to learn networking skills that will help me to easily connect with people and eventually learn from them one or two things,\u201d Jolly Nyirahategekimana, a 17-year old senior five student at the same school explained.<\/p>\n

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{The Embassy of Israel in Rwanda in partnership with Rwanda We Want, a local organization that empowers the youth, on Wednesday, April 27, launched \u2018Birashoboka Mentorship Hub\u2019, a program which will equip Rwandan youth with basic leadership skills.}<\/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-45732","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\/45732","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=45732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45732"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=45732"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=45732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}