When I returned to Rwanda after 1994 Genocide, I found a generation with no hope, communities where full of orphans and names of individuals had been replaced with Ethnic identities of Tutsi and Hutu. This challenged my thinking and I started thinking how to give hope to the hopeless. And it’s from this background that I founded UNITED AFRICAN YOUTH-UBUNTU FOUNDATION (UNAYOF) and hence the project
Preventing Child Violence through sports as one of the major projects that have effected lives of OVCs and Youth in post genocide Rwanda.
The post Genocide orphans especially Girls face a challenge of couping up trauma and inferiority complex that emanates from the cardinal male dominance in all walks of like. It’s from this background that we initiated a project entitled: Child violence Prevention through sport. Sports became the only possible tool of facilitating the value of Girl child participation. In sports a Girl child is able to learn values got from Team Work, sports with rewards and Punishment; sports in peace promotion, sports helps to transcend frontiers as mean of Unity and Reconciliation and sports as multidimensional
Like most popular sport in the world, sports and other multidimensional kinds of sports speak a universal language that can help bridge differences and promote the core values necessary for lasting peace. It is a tool so powerful to release tension and generate dialogue.
On the playing field, cultural and gender inferiority are dissolved since the need for the success and victory of the entire team transcends the individual sentiments and emotions.
People with interest in a particular sport Unite to support the team/club to which they identify not and on the basis of segregation or discriminative factor. But on the basis of solidarity rooted in the spirit of belonging and becoming of the ‘We’ness.
It helps to transcend the boarders of conflict for a collective common goal of honor, victory and interrogation of the members of the different teams
My fondness is a passion for young people. They hope for better future but few are ready to listen to them.
The change is to have a society that is empowered with skills to compete without causing damage of any kind bit psychological or physical but rather Healing and transformation of an individual that facilitates the creation of a holistic person that is whole.
Am Nsazimihingo Ruzibiza John Bosco, I hold Degree in B.A with Education and currently (Jan 2009) am a lecturer of Ethics at Rwanda Tourism University College
Am a Founder and CEO of United African Youth-UAY- Ubuntu Foundation (UNAYOF) since 2001
Other employment history include:
Research Lead on Mapping the status of children in prisons of Rwanda-16th –DEC-23RD DEC .2008 –funded by UNICEF
Kigali March-
Debate consultant and Moderator on Radio on strengthening knowledge, attitude and perception change, funded by EU in partnership with AJPRODHO
Kigali- Oct- 2002-2008
Jinja -Kigali Dec2007- march-sept.2008
Debate Trainer for the project funded by EU and IDEA. I was in charge of training, judging and evaluating the success of the project.
Rwanda 2007
Worked with A research fellow Bea Staley from Kisumu Educational Assessment Resource Centre under the Kenya’s Ministry of Education on a 6 months project, for mapping learning with disabilities in Rwanda.
My job was to map out and,, assess how educational services could not eliminate children with disabilities. Our plan was to train teachers and other stakeholders. Working with disability centre to identify needs and appropriate techniques in their classrooms. The position included classroom visits, modeling and review. Accompanying trainer manuals and related materials. I’ve authored on Ethics of care philosophy and will be sent to the publisher in upcoming months.
Rwanda 2007
Mapping children learning with disabilities in Eastern and western province-my job was to formulate questionnaires, test them and analyze data. I worked with a team of data collectors. The project was funded by UNICEF in partnership with ADRA. The project was designed to increase learning with disabilities awareness, and promoting child friendly school model in Rwanda
South Africa July 2005
Facilitator for UN study on violence against children –Johannesburg-South Africa. Funded by UNICEF-Eastern and southern Africa conference.
Rwanda Aug.2005
National consultation meeting for the UN study on violence against children. My job was to work with the National consultant Mbabazi cristine and inform the Rwandan Report which was submitted to the 61st UN general Assembly in 2006
National consultancies
Rwanda 2005,
. Consultant Aid, for Redefining Gender Analysis and GBV funded by UNDP
Rwanda 2006
Consultant for mapping best practices of HIV –AIDS prevalence rent in Rwanda and how it can be replicated -13% 3 % funded by PAYA
EDUCATION- KIE
• B.A in Arts with Education with thesis-(honors) Jan. 2002-2006
Kigali Institute of Education Feb.2006
ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS
‘Post Genocide education objectives in Rwanda in light of Nel Noddings Ethics of Care philosophy 2006 for the award of BA .ED- (Dissertation)
John R., (2003). Liberty and Freedom. The Goi peace Foundation and the World peace Prayer Society Peace of earth-Japan
CO-Authored- John, R. (2004,). NEPAD Youth Strategic Framework: Adopted by AU member countries
AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
• Institute for research and Dialogue for peace –Rwanda
• South African Institute on International affairs-SAIIA
• Institute for Democracy in Africa
RELEVANT PRESENTATIONS AT WORKSHOPS & CONVENTIONS
• Workshop for experts and activist for Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) for civil society organization”Johansburg 2007
• HIV AIDS validation workshop Milles collines 2007
• Child friendly school workshop –Nyagatare organized by MINDUC, UNICEF and CARE International 2006.
• Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development program (CAADP Round table Kigali –Rwanda 200
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