{"id":51120,"date":"2024-08-01T10:53:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T10:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/six-students-awarded-for-outstanding-water-conservation-projects\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T10:52:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T10:52:13","slug":"six-students-awarded-for-outstanding-water-conservation-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/six-students-awarded-for-outstanding-water-conservation-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Six students awarded for outstanding water conservation projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The research initiative, supported by the Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB) in collaboration with the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) Network, involved 18 students. Six of these students were distinguished for their exemplary work and received prizes.<\/p>\n<p>Evariste Nsabimana, Deputy Director General of RWB, highlighted the significance of the students&#8217; research in enhancing water resource conservation efforts across Rwanda. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the Rwanda Water Resources Board, our daily mission is to conserve the natural water resources of our country. Utilizing the information, we gather from various rivers is crucial to our conservation work.&#8221; He said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sam Kanyamibwa, CEO of ARCOS Network, emphasized the competition&#8217;s goal of advancing students&#8217; knowledge in environmental conservation. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These competitions are designed for young students, aiming to support their knowledge, particularly in conserving our water resources, because water is essential,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>One of the recipients of the awards, Marie Claudine Umutoniwase from the University of Rwanda, received one million Rwandan Francs for her project on River Pfunda, which feeds into River Sebeya in Rubavu District.<\/p>\n<p>Her project developed a technology to predict future floods. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I saw the announcement, I thought of creating a device to help predict future floods. By feeding upcoming rainfall data into the program I developed, we can anticipate and prevent floods,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Singirankabo, also a student at the University of Rwanda, secured second place and was rewarded with Rwf800,000.<\/p>\n<p>He shared his project&#8217;s focus: &#8220;My project addressed the issues of erosion and landslides on River Mbirurume due to deforestation. It aims to repair these damages.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The research initiative organized by the Rwanda Water Resources Board attracted over 76 participants, with 18 completing the research and six getting awarded for their exceptional contributions.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-73346\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umutoniwase_marie_claudine_wahize_abandi_mu_bushakashatsi_yashyikirijwe_ibihembo-33f4e.jpg\" alt=\"Marie Claudine Umutoniwase was awarded for her outstanding research achievements.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-73345\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ubuyobozi_bwa_rwb_na_across_network_bwahembye_abahize_abandi_mu_bushashatsi_bwo_kubungabunga_amazi_mu_rwanda-3cca0.jpg\" alt=\"RWB and ARCOS Network awarded outstanding researchers in Rwanda for their contributions to water conservation.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-73344\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/singirankabo_emmanuel_yasobanuye_umushinga_we_n_uko_agiye_kubungabunga_amazi-ca0f0.jpg\" alt=\"Singirankabo Emmanuel presents his innovative water conservation project and its potential impact.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-73343\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abahize_abandi_bashyikirijwe_ibihembo-8ae56.jpg\" alt=\"Exceptional researchers awarded for their top performance.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-73342\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ab_urubyiruko_biga_muri_za_kaminuza_zitandukanye_bahawe_ishimwe_ku_bushakashatsi_bakoze_bashishikarizwa_kongera_imbaraga-ce6ac.jpg\" alt=\"University students from diverse institutions were awarded for their research excellence and encouraged to pursue further advancements.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The research initiative, supported by the Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB) in collaboration with the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) Network, involved 18 students. Six of these students were distinguished for their exemplary work and received prizes. Evariste Nsabimana, Deputy Director General of RWB, highlighted the significance of the students&#8217; research in enhancing water resource [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000073347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-51120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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":{"id":2000073347,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/abahize_abandi_bashyikirijwe_ibihembo-8ae56.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/abahize_abandi_bashyikirijwe_ibihembo-8ae56.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/abahize_abandi_bashyikirijwe_ibihembo-8ae56.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/abahize_abandi_bashyikirijwe_ibihembo-8ae56.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/abahize_abandi_bashyikirijwe_ibihembo-8ae56.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/abahize_abandi_bashyikirijwe_ibihembo-8ae56.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51120","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=51120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000073347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51120"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=51120"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=51120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}