{All Rwandans who are US State Department International Exchange Alumni have been encouraged to vote for #Resilience 2 Climate Change.. }
{Click to open and vote} ….https://alumni.state.gov/node/3287
{{Rwandan Youth project “ #Resilience 2 Climate Change” has been shortlisted as a finalist for the 2013 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) organized by the US Department of State. }}
More than 681 proposals originating in119 countries were submitted and only a few made it to the final stage.
The US State Department created the AEIF to support alumni initiatives that promote shared values and innovative solutions to global challenges.
The competition provides small grants of up the US$ 25,000 to teams of past and current participants of U.S. government-funded exchange programs to carry out public service projects that utilize skills and knowledge they have gained through their exchange experiences.
The only proposal retained from Rwanda is #Resilience 2 Climate Change which is an awareness and action campaign that aims at building resilience to climate change by inspiring and educating youth using hip hop music and creating a youth hub of change agents working in communities in Rwanda.
The choice of hip hop is strategic in a way that most youth in Rwanda and across the world identify easily with this type of music.
Hip hop will be utilized as a valuable tool to channel the info amongst and sensitize youth in Rwanda about climate change and promote best practices for adaptation.
The music video will highlight scenes of Rwandan youth demonstrating behaviors to conserve energy, protect the environment and mitigate climate change. Example scenes include planting trees, turning off lights and recycling.
The objectives of the project include educating Rwandan youth about the issue of climate change using hip hop music, establishing a network of Rwandan youth working on climate change and promoting a local hip hop group at the international level.
Many Rwandan artists have been identified to collaborate in the project and produce a quality and hooking song and video that will be broadcast nationwide and globally.
The proposal was submitted by Landry Ndriko Mayigane, who is a US State Department Alumnus through the Community solutions Program which is a professional development program for the best and brightest global community leaders.
Mr Mayigane is also the Founder and President of the Rwanda #YACA (Youth Alliance for Climate Actions), a loose and freshly established network working to build resilience of youth and for the environment in Rwanda through capacity building and actions for climate change adaptation and socio-entrepreneurship with youth and amongst youth in Rwanda.
If you believe that music can influence behavior change and save our planet earth, then go to the link below and kindly give your vote to Rwandan youth.
To vote, you have to be a US State Department International Exchange Alumni and register with US Exchange Alumni website here https://alumni.state.gov/
The link where to vote is https://alumni.state.gov/node/3287
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