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Yego Centre News Letter
Yego Centre News Letter
Yego Centre News Letter
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YEGO CENTRE KABUGA VISION,
MISSION AND CORE VALUES
VISION:
Economic growth led by empowered youth
MISSION:
Creation of a conducive environment for the youth to
entertain, discuss on various social problems and look-
ing the best ways to overcome them.
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ACRONOMY’S AND ABRIVIATION
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KASHA, HDI, SFH and RWANDAIWACU IN AFRICA
Cordinator’s Reflection
The nation was adopting new policies center in one way or the other.
and developmental projects that were
mainly focused on youth and various As a youth cordinator, I have seen over
suggestions were being made where the 40,000 people know their HIV status, 600
youth centers were finally accepted to be young people have recieved vocational
established national wide. This idea was training in tailoring and over 1000 young
not only revolutionary but also unique in people have directly and indirectly bene-
its own way. fited from the job desk services. Through
different Entreprenuership trainings,
When I look back when the center started young people have initiated projects and
(7th march 2006 ) and see the impact businesses of their own after having taken
the youth centers have left on the nation, I these courses.
don’t forget to bless the lord for the imple-
mentation of this revolutionary idea. The youth center has different activities
that range from sports to Enterprising
Since this entire newsletter is dedicated projects and programs which are aimed at
to cover all the activities that are being transforming as many youth as possible
carried out at this center, I will not labour and we are dedicated to continue to mobil-
to go deep to explain these activities. I will ise the youth and extend these services to
only narrow my literature to appreciate all the youth and one of the ways is by pub-
my team that have devoted time to make lishing this newsletter.
the center more relevant to the youth.
Finally, I appreciate the team that has
Over the years, we have had various turned this idea of the newsletter into a
partners, voluteers and staff that if i’m to reality and ask them to continue working
mention all, more than 100 pages would together to pubish another edition next
be needed. Bright young men and women year. God bless you all.
have extended their useful services to the BY MUGWAKARAMA DEO
CORDINATOR YEGO CENTER KABUGA
@yego publications
Chief Editor “The day turned into a night and an hour tions to come.
Angel Bahabwa became a year, the hand of the clock seemed
to have stopped moving when I was shot. We should creatively initiate projects,
The liberation war was at a defining time programs and busineeses that are aimed
when efforts were highly needed. The forc- at solving the problems that we face
es of the enemy were stronger but we were today. We should learn to fight not using
more determined to win not only the war guns but fight using pens and papers. We
but also the hearts of the citizens. Winning should fight the war of ideas and thoughts
“Our main focus should by creating products and services that are
a war is one step but winnning the hearts of
be the market; fighting to aimed at improving the lives of our fellow
the citizens was a step a head and our main
dominate our local markets brothers and sisters. We should fight for
cause. We won the war, we won the hearts
and international markets.” markets other than machets. Our main
of the citizens by not imposing ourselves
on them but by creating the programs and focus should be the market; fighting to
projects that are aimed at improving their dominate our local markets and interna-
lives.” He said. tional markets.
Our fathers, brothers, mothers and sisters In a global village we are in today, it is
gave their lives to solve the problem of their unwise to fight one another when the rest
time which they percieved as leadership that of the members are uniting forces. Unity
was sectarian, divisive and not pro-people. is becoming a wining factor. Countries
They used the tools that they thought best are signing treaties to create common
to solve the problems thay faced and they markets, companies are merging and
succeeded in doing this. individuals are consolidating their efforts
by joining hands for a common cause. As
The problems our fathers and grandfathers young citizens, we have got to learn from
faced then may not be the same as we face what the old boys are doing if we are going
today and as youth we have to identify our to outsmart them.
problems with clarity and devise ways of
solving them using the tools that fit in our With great pleasure, I take the honor to
means. We have got to standout and solve extend my appreciation to all young men
these problems so that our generation may and women at this center who have joined
provide a better environment for the genera- hands to make this newsletter a reality.
@yego youthempowerment
“Over fifty one (51) youth have been trained in basic ICT skills fronting the modules that are
required when seeking any job”
Unemployment benefits
Yego Centre Kabuga through To fully equip the youth to meet
the requirements of the employ-
of internet services among others
its Job Desk has been at the fore- ers, we train job seekers how to We have also held different Entre-
front of fighting unemployment write curriculum vitea, interview prenuership trainings in saving,
among the youth. As the name preparation and how to conduct Capital raising, budgeting, business
suggests, “Job desk”, we have oneself during an interview, basic leadership, book keeping in business,
been able to help many youth ICT skills among others. E-commerce among others. This has
access job opportunities by help- helped some youth get equipped with
ing them get access to the infor- You can easily think that the entreprenuership skills that could help
mation Employers give regarding centre works with only the youth them become better citizens of Rwan-
job opportunities. who come to it but the truth is, we da.
also come out and mobilise the
The job desk has got free internet youth and inform them of the op- The center also offers Internships to
services that the youth can use portunities available at the centre. students seeking them and help to
to source for the information on Through community outreaches train these students in areas where
different job portals. The internet we have seen the number of the they find difficuilty.
connection is readily available to youth using the job desk increase.
all youth and the jobdesk com- In ICT and Literacy skills training;
puter lab is open six days a week,The youth who choose to enroll we helped and guided over 740 young
from monday to saturday during for job preparation shortcourses people who came to use our computer
official working hours. are trained and offered certifii- lab among them 362 were male and
cates at the end of the course. 378 female.
The youth seeking for job op- Forexample over 1500 youth have
portunities are avialed with the been trained in basic ICT skills
internet services to search for fronting the modules that are re-
job opportunities online and BY JEANMARIE TUYIZERE
quired when seeking any job such
those with difficuilty are helped as Microsoft word, Microsoft Ex- JOB DESK LEADER
to search for nformation of their cel, Microsoft Power Point, Basics
choice. in Computer Maintenance, Basic
in Computer, Networking, Basics
GING-HU
“KUNGU FU AT THE CENTER”
Sports are good for the youth and as a Kungu Fu sport imparts descipline,
patience, team work and determination
center we support and promote different in a youth. Since it calls for a strong
sports so that our youth may exercise physical exercise and the development
their bodies and their minds. This led to of focus, it is a sport that can change
the birth of GING-HU. the life of a young person in a positive
way.
GING -HU was established to mobil- “Kungu Fu is one sport that
ise the young boys and girls to practice We have seen young and undesciplined trains a person to have des-
Kungu Fu sport and was extablished in boys and girls become transformed cipline, edurance and focus;
12/08/2012 with 5 girls and 4 boys with and active in productive activities after the most important qualities
their instructor called Rukundo Maseri. starting practicing this sport. for success.”
The society that began with a sole inten-
tion of mobilising the youth to create This sport also builds the self esteem of
Illustrated stories found great inspiration the young person since it also imparts
to include Kungu Fu as a sport. self defence skills to the person. It is
also a sport that can develop the mental
GING-HU practices every Tuesday, capacities of the person practicing it.
Thursday and Saturday from 5pm-8pm
and we practice marial arts and writng. Our center has been able to participate
in defferent national competitions and
KUNGU FU is a sport like other sports our young boys and girls have won
and we enjoy it here at the center. Since different medels on the national levels.
it is necessary for the nation to develop, The instructors have also got oppor-
we need a highly physically fit youth tunities of going to Chine to improve
with the mental capacity to develop our on the skills and get exposed to new
nation. teckniques.
By Tsinzi Erneste
@yego youth health
CONDOMS DISTRIBUTION
As our center groups Six services (Coordination, Job desk we received 872 youth including 460males
and 412females, for vocational training services, we
BCC, VCT, Job desk, ICT, and VT) we will present have a vocational training (Tailoring), where 106
in this report by comparing the girls with the boys youth including 2males and 104 females have gradu-
from each service. ated.
The effort made during this fiscal year 2018-2019 About Health friendly services especially in VCT,
enabled us to welcome 19.962% young people we received 1885 young people; where we have 1039
including 9.739% boys and 10.223% girls. In the boys against 846 Girls among them, we received 191
computer room, we received 740 young people, Couples. In Sport, leisure and talent promotion, we
including 362 boys and 378girls who come for received 4675 young people; this is particularly 1798
computer training. In the context of youth eco- Boys against 2877 girls. In Youth mobilization for
nomic empowerment and employment promo- different topics (BCC, IPC, and IEC), we mobilized
tion services, we trained and mobilized young 3900young people among them, 2208 were Boys
people about NEP Kora Wigire, entrepreneurship against 1692 girls.
and job creation. In this service we have achieved
1837youth, including 959 boys and 878 girls. In
@yego youth health
Dancing is one of the means we use to mobilise and entertain the youth here at the center.
Rwanda is cultural rich country the youth about HIV & AIDS, including traditional games played
and the friendliness of the people contraception methods and genital in Korea, fans of traditional Kore-
will wipe you with the strikes of care on the third Monday of every an patterns, wearing Korean tra-
joy. This experience makes you month. ditional clothes, coloring Korean
want to interact with peoeple and traditional patterns among others.
it is more energizing while work- As well as I enjoy seeing and
ing with the youth. learning about the local cultural The interested youth and oth-
activities, every month, on the er people come and experience
As a nurse from Korea who works last Thursday, classes are held to korean culture and we experience
at the YEGO center Kabuga, I enable the youth and other citizens korean culture in an amazing way.
have found it interesting to share to experience Korean culture.
knowledge with the promosing By So Young
youth of the country and am hap- Korean cultural experiences are
py to be one among others to teach taught in various types of games