Spring Communities Launch New Cartoon Book ““Indero Yacu Uruhara Rwacu” to Address Schoolchildren’s Challenges

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Spring Communities in collaboration with the Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research, with funding from the Belgian NGO KIYO, officially launch a cartoon  book as an educational tool entitled “Indero yacu uruhara rwacu” on June 14, 2024. The launching ceremonies took place at the Lycée Sainte Famille of Kinama. Among the six target schools; the 3 schools in Bujumbura Town and 3 in Bujumbura  where it carries out its activities, Spring Communities has chosen the Lycée Sainte Famille of Kinama to officially launch that cartoon book condensing the themes which reflect the challenges that young schoolchildren encounter in educational establishments, in particular the children’s rights, unwanted pregnancies, massive repetition of grades.

The ceremonies took place in the presence of the Executive Director of Spring Communities, Hardy Ruremesha, the Representative of the Belgian NGO Kiyo in Burundi, Sandrine Sangwe, the representative of the Minister of National Education and Scientific Research, the Director General Curricula and Pedagogical Innovations Prof André Nduwimana , the Director of the Lycée Sainte Famille of Kinama Alexis Niyonzima, the provincial directors of education and many other educators.

Students of the Lycée Sainte Famille of Kinama holding the cartoon books

During the official launch activities of a comics educational tool, Epi D’or Manirakiza opened a debate on a subject “Can girls study at the same level as boys? “. On this subject, the suggestions that were made by the students encourage girls to study, to do all the activities they are capable of doing, to occupy possible positions in the life of the country, and prove that girls have the same rights as girls. Taking into account of different fields, it was thought that girls and women could not participate, in former times, in masonry, piloting, military service, etc.

To support the idea of gender equality, Happy Ndatabarutse a student at Lycée Sainte Famille of Kinama presented a subject of the rights that the child must enjoy, which must be protected where he focused much on right to life, right to identity, right to help and protection of the child, right to live in the family, right to quality education, right to information, right to opinion and personal choice, right to health and care as well as the right to free time.

 

The representative of the Belgian NGO KIYO, Sandrine Sangwe

The representative of the Belgian NGO KIYO, Sandrine Sangwe declares,  “We consider students as agents of positive change.” She therefore encourages them to continue moving forward as long as these students are the force the country needs to develop.

The Executive Director of Spring Communities, Hardy Ruremesha, clarifies their vision. “Our goal is to train the leaders of today and those of Burundi of tomorrow. We hope that there will be themes to be addressed at the school level and at the community level so that the solutions are carried by these young students. We also want to multiply these cartoon books to be used into the courses taught in the education system. »

The Executive Director of Spring Communities, Hardy Ruremesha,

There are advantages that the Director of the Lycée Sainte Famille of Kinama, Alexis Niyonzima sees from this cartoon book as far as the school has been partnering with Spring Communities for 3 years. « We still have two and a half years of partnership left. We have gained a lot for our students. Spring Communities collaborates with other schools. But since they chose us, I see a big benefit in this cartoon book. It is a book that contains drawings with information about the fight against violence against young people based on the protection of children’s rights, … This tool will be used to teach in the Inspirations Hubs leadership, fight against gender-based violence, entrepreneurship, environmental study, … which will contribute to the development of the country and the intellectual development of students.”

Director General of Curricula and Pedagogical Innovations, Prof André Nduwimana

The representative of the Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research, Director General of Curricula and Pedagogical Innovations, Prof André Nduwimana, declares that the ministry is satisfied with this initiative of producing the cartoon book and that it is ready to respond to the needs of Spring Communities in its process of developing its activities from this comic book. He urged KIYO to stay with Spring Communities to continue the initiative and think of other strategies that can contribute to the development of students’ intelligence. “Dear partners, for this activity to be extended to other schools, in other provinces, we need you to support not only KIYO, but also more favorably Spring Communities”, he concludes.

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