12 year Rwandan girl excels in Global art gala

"WFP through the eyes of a child" - Copyright: 2008 WFP/Jeannette Uwase

Written by BOSCO HITIMANA of The EABW

"KIGALI, RWANDA––Jeannette Uwase, a twelve year-old Rwandan girl is one of the 13 finalists in the global United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Children's Art Competition for 2008.

The theme of this year’s competition which involved both a drawing and an explanatory text was “The Difference WFP School Meals Make to My Life.”"

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Category: Rwanda + Art + Children

4,000 to attend Rwanda Jua Kali

Picture by Rwanda PSF: President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya visiting stands of Rwandan art and craft exhibitors during 2007 Jua Kali in Nairobi.

Written by BOSCO HITIMANA of The EABW

"KIGALI, RWANDA - About 4,000 visitors are expected at the Kigali Jua Kali exhibition from November 27 to December 7.

To support the preparations, the British American Tobacco (BAT) last week donated US$80,000 to the organisers.

“By formalising the Jua Kali channel, we will be able to take them out of the informal sector and help them to join the formal sector,” Mr. Jean Patrick Habyarimana, Corporate Affairs manager BAT Rwanda said at the function to hand over the cheque.

The Jua Kali- Small and Medium Enterprises sector emerged in the eighties in Kenya, when the formal economy could not absorb all the new entrants in the labour market."

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Category: Rwanda + Art + Expo