My Choices - My life in Kicukiro District
- Raised
- $30
- Goal
- $15,000
Rwanda has gone through various historical eras of hatred and ethnic divisions that culminated in the genocide against Tutsis in 1994 and youths were massively exploited by bad politicians to spread the genocide ideology and successfully execute it.
Youths continue to be the major target by bad politicians especially those living abroad who want to bring back the ethnic divisions in Rwanda and are teaching distorted narrative of the Rwandan history in order to sow and deepen ethnic based hatred among Rwandan youths.
On the other hand, Rwanda is experiencing a rise in the use of substance drugs and excessive alcohol consumption and youths are the most susceptible to these fast rising self-destructive habits. Teenage pregnancies among female adolescents aged below 18 years are on the rise while prevalence of HIV AND OTHER SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES among youths in Rwanda is steadily increasing.
Youths are becoming more and more addicted to destructive habits that destroy their dreams, their mental and physical health as well as their future.
This project whose duration is eighteen (18) months aims to raise a generation of united, healed, ambitious, courageous and purpose-driven youth in Rwanda through a training that targets two thousands (2,000) participants including students from all secondary schools in Kicukiro District as well as all elected members of the National Youth Council at the sector level and all cells and villages that make up the district of Kicukiro.
The total cost for this project is estimated at $15,000 and its successful execution is expected to reduce juvenile delinquency, excessive consumption of alcohol, use of substance drugs, school drop outs, genocide ideology among youths and teenage pregnancies.