{{Recently two students from the United states who had been conducting Master’s research in Public Health in Rwanda had nearly failed to meet President Paul Kagame after several attempts.}}
They had also posted posted on their twitter accounts that saying that they were not happy to return to their country without seeing president Paul Kagame that has overseen impressive achievements recorded by Rwanda in a record time, given the fact that the country was emerging from devastating destruction and mass killings during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.
The students said they unsucessfully tried meeting the president including Musanze district on the Mountain Gorilla Naming Day after buying tickets and reserving front seats in the hope to be able to talk to the President but unfortunately he did not attend that ceremony.
On learning about the students, President Paul Kagame received them at his Office at Village Urugwiro June 26th of 2013 during which the students expressed their special happiness, and hailed him for his sacrifice for the nation, which has resulted in unprecedented rapid development, compared to the situation that was prevailing in the country 19 years ago.
The students later left Rwanda very happy and below is their Letter to President Kagame..
{{Dear President Kagame,}}
{Thank you very much for warmly receiving us during our internship in Rwanda. That was truly the culminating highlight of our entire experience in Rwanda.
We indeed have had a blast watching everyone’s reaction when we tell them we were able to sit down with the President of Rwanda and converse with him.
We hope to come back to Rwanda in the near future to work and also to bring along family and friends to witness and enjoy firsthand what we experienced this summer.
For now, we will continue to be ambassadors of Rwanda like you rightly encouraged us to so that more young people our age will be able to take the appropriate steps to participate in internship experiences in Rwanda and the continent of Africa at large.
Again, thank you for the warm reception and bravo on the wonderful milestones Rwanda is accomplishing in all sectors, especially the health sector. It was indeed a learning experience that will be embedded in our hearts forever.
Sincerely,
Nana Efua Wilmot
MPH Epidemiology, The Ohio State University
Class of 2014 }
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