During her visit, Ms. Russel is expected to meet and interact with high-level dignitaries including several cabinet ministers to discuss how the country has made huge strides toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
Rwanda has also succeeded in vaccinating over 60% of its total population against COVID-19, and the overall management of the COVID-19 response has been a model in the region, especially by prioritizing the vaccination of teachers to reopen schools.
Ms. Russell will also visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial to pay respects to the victims of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi.
The Executive Director will also visit a UNICEF supported project in a school in Kayonza district in Eastern Rwanda, where remedial learning classes are playing an important role in helping students make up for identified deficiencies in reading, writing, and math. She will also visit a market based ECD center in Rwamagana.
She will conclude her trip to the continent by visiting the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
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