{"id":46413,"date":"2022-08-19T12:05:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T12:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-to-name-20-baby-gorillas\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T15:37:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T15:37:34","slug":"rwanda-to-name-20-baby-gorillas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-to-name-20-baby-gorillas\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda to name 20 baby mountain gorillas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The baby gorillas were born between August 2021 and July 2022 in Kinigi Sector of Musanze District in Northern Province.  <\/p>\n<p>The ceremony known as \u2018Kwita Izina\u2019 will coincide with the inauguration of different development projects for residents in the outskirts of Virunga National Park where the species dwell.  <\/p>\n<p>The annual baby gorilla naming ceremony attracts various participants including Rwandans, sports personalities, members of the diplomatic corps, foreign dignitaries, philanthropists and conservation enthusiasts from across the world among others. <\/p>\n<p>The Chief Tourism Officer at RDB, Ariella Kageruka has said that Kwita Izina is a fruit of Rwanda\u2019s efforts to promote conservation and tourism whose revenues have increased steadily.  <\/p>\n<p>This follows the drop by 70% owing to effects of COVID-19 pandemic.  <\/p>\n<p>Last year, Rwanda registered an increase by 25% in tourism revenues reaching US$164 million up from US$131 million of 2020.   <\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the country generated US$498 million from tourism. <\/p>\n<p>Kwita Izina will be held at a time when the world continues to recover from effects of COVID-19.   <\/p>\n<p>The ceremony will bring together high profile personalities whose names will be announced effective from next week.  <\/p>\n<p>The Governor of Northern Province, Dancille Nyirarugero has disclosed that residents in the foothills of Virunga National Park appreciate fruitful conservation efforts of gorillas and biodiversity.  <\/p>\n<p>Since 2005, Nyirarugero said, the residents have benefitted from Rwf3 billion allocated for different infrastructures including schools and health facilities among others.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOrganizing the Kwita Izina annual ceremony in Northern Province induces pride to residents. It is also an opportunity to receive visitors from different walks of life,\u201d she noted.   <\/p>\n<p>Nyirarugero also highlighted that the event to be held next month evidences economic recovery following the ease of COVID-19 related restrictions. <\/p>\n<p>A total of 354 baby mountain gorillas have been named since the ceremony was launched in 2005.  <\/p>\n<p>It is set to be held in-person for the first time after the emergence of COVID-19.  <\/p>\n<p>Individuals who participated in similar ceremony virtually are expected to visit the baby gorillas named over the past two years.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-43744 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/13_ingagijpg315c-00200-b9730.jpg\" alt=\"This year&#039;s Kwiza Izina ceremony is slated on 2nd September. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has revealed that 20 baby gorillas are set to be named during a ceremony scheduled on 2nd September 2022.}<\/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":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-46413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","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\/46413","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=46413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46413\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46413"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=46413"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=46413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}