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Several cows have been given under the support of FARG to the 1994 genocide against Tutsi survivors in Rugera, Jomba, Muringa and Shyira sectors in Nayabihu District to help them get out of poverty and promote farming.

These 49 cows were given to 49 poor families and were worth more than 13Million francs as Eugene Shingiro the agronomist in Nyabihu district explained. Those who were given cows were asked to take good care of them so as to multiply and promote them towards development.

As residents in sectors that neighbours the volcanic park, they were asked to protect this park by not hurting animals and the environment and they were asked to watch each other and stop what would be harmful.

Girinka program in Rwanda started in 2006 and was initiated by the president of the republic H.E Paul Kagame in a way of helping poor Rwandans get out of poverty and change their eating habits. Up to now, many Rwandans own cows and most of them have given calves to their neighbours.

Schools in Kayonza district have been given mattresses meant for students supported by FARG, a fund that supports poor 1994 genocide survivors.

Denyse Kayitesi the coordinator of FARG in Kayonza district said that students were given these mattresses when they needed them badly since some of the students didn’t have mattresses at all and those who had them they were very old and in bad shape.

FARG had last given mattresses to students they support in Kayonza district in 2008 and these had already worn out.

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Every year, a school gets new students and others leave therefore they are not worried about one of their students lacking mattresses as they the demanded mattresses asked by schools.

These mattresses will ensure a good night’s sleep and independence as some students shared beds because they didn’t have mattresses especially the new students in these students.

They will help students perform well in their academics as a rested mind ensures concentration and hard work as Kayitesi explained.

One of the cows

In abid to uplift Rwandese out of poverty and to improve on nutrition, FARG on May 17^th 2012 gave 9 cows to the vulnerable genocide survivors from Mukamira and Kintobo sectors

According to Francois Rwamucyo, in charge of social affairs; six cows were given to Mukamira sector while three cows were given to Kintobo.

Beneficiaries were asked to take good care of the cows by keeping them in kraals, feeding them and contacting veterinarians in case they are sick, Rwamucyo says.

Rwamucyo reminded the beneficiaries that they should make cows yield because they have to give cows to their fellow vulnerable genocide survivors.

FARG is a Rwandan government program that supports vulnerable widows and orphans of 1994 Tutsi genocide

Kuri uyu wa 26/04/2012, ikigega FARG gifasha abana bacitse ku icumu rya Jenoside yakorewe abatutsi mu Rwanda; cyatanze matera 444 zihabwa abana bafashwa n’icyo kigega mu mashuri  mu Karere ka Nyabihu nk’uko Rwamucyo Francois yabidutangarije.

Ubwo twaganiraga nawe, yari mu gikorwa cyo kujyana izo matera ku bigo by’amashuri hirya no hino mu karere ka Nyabihu ngo zishyikirizwe abana bazigenewe mu bigo by’amashuri bitandukanye aho biga.

Uretse ibikorwa nk’ibi, FARG ikaba ikora n’ibindi bikorwa, nko kurihirira abana bacitse ku icumu rya Jenoside batishoboye, kubaha ibikoresho by’ishuli, gufasha abacitse ku icumu batishoboye mu bijyanye n’ubuvuzi, kubakira abatagira aho baba barokotse genocide yakorewe abatutsi n’ibindi. Ibyo byose bikaba bifasha yaba abo bana mu mashuri  no mu myigire yabo, yewe n’abandi bafashwa n’icyo kigega mu buzima bwabo bwa buri munsi.

Kuri uyu wa gatandatu tariki ya 21/04/2012, abacitse ku icumu bagera kuri 18 bo mu mirenge itanu ariyo Macuba, Kanjongo, Cyato, Rangiro na Kagano bahawe inka mu rwego rwo kubafasha kuzamura imibereho yabo.

Mu muhango wo kubashyikiriza izi nka bagenewe n’ikigo cya leta kigenewe gutera inkunga abacitse ku icumu rya jenoside yakorewe abatutsi muri mata 1994 batishoboye (FARG) ku mugaragaro, umuyobozi w’akarere wungiririje ushinzwe imari, ubukungu n’amajyambere, Bahizi Charles, yasabye abahawe izi nka kuzifata neza zikazabagirira akamaro ndetse bakazahaho n’abandi.

Bahizi yagize ati: “Zizabafashe mu kuzamura ubukungu ndetse n’imibereho myiza. Muzazifate neza kugira ngo namwe muzoroze abandi.”

Yabasabye ko izi nka zabyara umusaruro mu buryo bwose zikabafasha ndetse no kuzamura umusaruro w’ubuhinzi kuko babonye ifumbire. Yabasabye kandi kuzajya bitabaza abashinzwe ubworozi mu mirenge mu kurushaho kwita ku buzima bwazo kugira ngo zitange umusaruro ujyanye n’ubwoko bwazo kuko ari iza kijyambere.

Kampire Makurata umukecuru w’imyaka 60 wahawe iyi nka, yashimiye FARG kuba yaramuzirikanye ikaba imuhaye itungo ryiyongera ku bundi bufasha isanzwe imuha kuko inarihira abana be mu mashuri. Yavuze ko mizamufasha kurera abana be, akanywa amata ndetse akaba yanaboinye ifumbire izazahura ubutaka bwe.

Yavuze ko ubusanzwe FARG yajyaga imuha amafaranga y’ingoboka agahita ayarya, ariko ngo inka yahawe izamugirira akamaro karambye kuyarusha.

Mu karere ka Nyamasheke kose, FARG izoroza abacitse ku icumu batishoboye bagera kuri 54.

In abid to help them fight poverty, FARG is giving out cows to survivors of the 1994 genocide against Tutsi in Ngororero.

Senate president giving one of the cows

During the event to give 16 cows, president of the Rwandan Senate Doctor Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo, asked the beneficiaries to give back to the one that gave them through giving heifers to their neighbours.

Ntawukuriryayo emphasized that having a cow means getting milk which in turn means a blessing and wealth. This should bring back hope the beneficiaries lost during genocide.

54 aged Valens Munyangoga from Bwira sector narrated that he last had cows before 1994.

He explained that he had a piglet of his wife’s friend but now Girinka has given him a cow with its young one.

Beneficiaries came from different sectors of Ngororero district because the very poor are considered first in this program.

Kraals were built for the beneficiaries and they were taught how to grow grass for feeding the cattle before they cows were given to them.