The South Sudan Police Services (SSPS) has donated $14000, approximately Rwf9.240, 000, to a group of Genocide survivors in Bugesera District organised in Amizero cooperative society.
The financial assistance to aid the survivors finance their small income generating projects and education was delivered by the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Stanley Nsabimana, yesterday, in a function held at the survivors’ village in Ntarama sector.
Amizero is composed of 85 youngsters, who survived the killings in Bugesera during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, when majority of them were aged below five years, and lost all their parents and relatives.
The SSPS financial support was given to Rwanda’s Inspector General of Police, Emmanuel K. Gasana, last week by his South Sudan counterpart, Gen Pieng Deng, during the former’s visit to strengthen ties between the two forces.
The district mayor, Louis Rwagaju, thanked South Sudan Police Force for reaching out to the survivors and thanked Rwanda National Police in particular for having “supportive friends.”
Rwagaju said the fund will cater for the education of some of the survivors, including training some of them in technical skills.
He also said it will fund small generating projects developed by the survivors.
Amizero cooperative society, whose members are organised in 38 families, now boosts of a banana plantation and rental tents which help them generate income that supports their other development activities.
Through such developmental initiatives, the group managed to buy 18 herds of cattle and 38 goats.
18 of the survivors have so far completed university.
{DIGP Stanley Nsabimana handing over an envelop contaning money donated by the South Sudan Police Services. Receiving the envelop is the mayor, Louis Rwagaju, head of Amizero, Jean Paul Gatete and an official from Ibuka. }
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