{"id":637,"date":"2011-08-17T09:33:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T09:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwandans-are-kind-cheerful-japanese-volunteer\/"},"modified":"2011-08-17T09:29:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T09:29:00","slug":"rwandans-are-kind-cheerful-japanese-volunteer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwandans-are-kind-cheerful-japanese-volunteer\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRwandans are Kind, Cheerful\u201d-Japanese Volunteer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{{Hiroki Kaihatsu, who is part of a 9 volunteers that  have been in the country for a year  in the community development activities says  he is \u201coverwhelmed by  the hospitality\u201d shown to them.}}<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-347 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/sam_0770.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Exclusively speaking to {igihe.com}, Kaihatsu noted, \u201cI really feel like staying here for long just because of the love, kindness and cheerfulness that I realized in the Rwandan community ever since I reached here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kaihatsu together with his fellow volunteers who are now dispersed in different parts of the country, had special one month training about national language and now he has managed to deliver his message in Kinyarwanda.<\/p>\n<p>He noted, \u201cI met with the Rwandan singer called  Faycal and with his help I have managed to release a song in Kinyarwanda that is mainly giving the message about HIV\/AIDS testing of which I think will help Rwandans to be sensitised on thescourge\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he will be playing this song titled \u2018Ni Wowe\u2019 composed in Kinyarwanda version in different events to make sure his message is passed.<\/p>\n<p>Kaihatsu is a volunteer at Nyagatare Youth Center. He has been there for a year now and will spend two years together with his group.<\/p>\n<p>He teaches sports, English language and some Japanese cultures at his volunteering place and in neighboring schools.<\/p>\n<p>He belongs to the volunteers of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) an organization in Rwanda that volunteers in different sectors like agriculture, technology, youth programs and education among others.<\/p>\n<p>JICA selected the group to come to Rwanda and take part in the community development activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{Hiroki Kaihatsu, who is part of a 9 volunteers that have been in the country for a year in the community development activities says he is \u201coverwhelmed by the hospitality\u201d shown to them.}} Exclusively speaking to {igihe.com}, Kaihatsu noted, \u201cI really feel like staying here for long just because of the love, kindness and cheerfulness [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"byline":[158],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people","byline-b_igi_adm1n"],"bylines":[{"id":158,"name":"b_igi_adm1n","slug":"b_igi_adm1n","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":1}],"contributors":[{"id":158,"name":"b_igi_adm1n","slug":"b_igi_adm1n","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":1}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=637"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}