As schools open for the second term,a Rwandan living in Holland has given school bags containing various scholastic materials to over 439 pupils of Kanyanza Primary school in Muhanga district.
Brigitte Mugiraneza (pictured above) founded the ‘United Wisdom of Africa Foundation (UWAF)’, that organised the ‘One-school Bag per Child’ campaign aimed at motivating children to attend school.
Mugiraneza told IGIHE that through the ‘One Bag Per Child’ program, UWAF grants binders equipped with pens, dictionaries, a mathematical set and exercise books.
“This program will motivate children to attend school,” She said adding that it reduces the pressure on poor parents and improves education.
“We focus on concrete and achievable objectives.Initially, the programwill distribute 3,500 school bags in nine schools in the district of Muhanga. After the first phase, the UWAF plans to replicate the program in districts in the country, “she said.
Védaste Mukeshimana, director of the school attended by other students under the 12 years of basic education,says, “this program will motivate students to study.”
Other books and mathematical sets remaining were distributed to 472 other students of the 12 years of basic education.
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