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Mu muhango wo gutangiza icyumweru cyo kwibuka jenoside yakorewe abatutsi muri mata 1994 wabereye mu murenge wa Musange kuri iki cyumweru tariki ya 07/04/2013, abacitse ku icumu batangaje ko hari intambwe bamaze gutera mu nzira yo kwiyubaka haba mu mibereho myiza, mu bukungu ndetse no mu gukira ibikomere byo ku mutima.

Nyuma yo gutanga ubuhamya bw’ibyo yabonye muri jenoside nk’umwe mu barokokeye ku cyahoze ari komini Musange, avuga uko babanje kugerageza kwirwanaho ariko abicanyi bakaza kubarusha ingufu hakagwa abatutsi benshi, binagaragazwa n’urwibutso ruhari rurimo imibiri y’abantu basaga ibihumbi 26, Furani François yatangaje ko bamaze gutera intambwe igana ku iterambere haba mu bukungu, imibereho myiza n’ibindi.

Furani yagize ati : “Ubu tumeze neza muri rusange, amarira aragenda ashira buhoro buhoro. Nk’abacitse ku icumu muri Musange aho tugeze harashimishije, dufite amacumbi, umubyeyi (perezida wa repubulika) yaduhaye inka turanywa amata, turafumbira tukeza, abana bacu bariga,…”.

Umuyobozi wa Ibuka mu karere ka Nyamagabe, Ndayisaba Elie yashimiye abantu batandukanye baje kwifatanya n’abacitse ku icumu mu gutangiza igihe cyagenewe kwibuka jenoside yakorewe abatutsi, ndetse n’inzego z’umutekano zikomeje kubungabunga umutekano w’abacitse ku icumu.

Ndayisaba yakomeje avuga ko kuba bemera ko jenoside yakozwe kandi ko ari amateka y’abanyarwanda b’ubu n’abazaza ari imwe mu ntwaro zifashishwa mu guhangana n’abayipfobya, barwanya kwibuka ndetse no gufata neza inzibutso.

Umuyobozi w’akarere ka Nyamagabe, Mugisha Philbert yashimiye abacitse ku icumu ko bakomeye ndetse bakaba bafite icyizere cyo kubaho kandi neza.

Yatangaje ko ubuyobozi buzi neza ko hari ibibazo abacitse ku icumu bagihura nabyo n’ubwo hari intambwe nini bateye, bukaba bufite gahunda zo kubikemura ku bufatanye n’abafatanyabikorwa.

« (uwatanze ubuhamya) yabivuze ati amacumbi turayafite ariko hari ashobora kuba atari meza ibyo nabyo turabizi. Dukomeza gufatanya tukanabishyira mu ngengo y’imari yewe n’abafatanyabikorwa bacu kugira ngo dukomeze kugenda tubikemura, », umuyobozi w’akarere.

Mu rwego rwo kubafasha kwigira, ngo imishinga itandukanye igamije guteza imbere abaturage izajya ikorwa mu buryo burambye aho kuba iyo kubafasha mu gihe gito, ahubwo izabafashe kwifasha mu gihe kirekire.

Gushima ingabo za RPF Inkotanyi zagize uruhare mu guhagarika jenoside ndetse n’inzego zitandukanye zigira uruhare kugira ngo ubuzima bw’abacitse ku icumu bubashe kuba bwiza ni bimwe mu byakunze kugarukwaho muri uyu muhango.

Parents have to take the first step in eliminating kwashiorkor in their children by minding their children’s nutrition, the governor of Northern Province of Rwanda Aime Bosenibamwe said.

The governor took time to have a discussion with local people after joining them in the community work on Tuesday the 12^th.Feb.2013 in Muko sector in Musanze district that was done on the banks of Susa River.

Governor Aime Bosenibamwe in community work

Susa River is commonly known for over flooding and destroying people’s crops and properties during the rainy season.

The governor advised people in this area to live in the allocated settlement village, to start saving in Savings and Credits Cooperative (SACCO) and parents to pay attention to their children nutrition and eradicate kwashiorkor and malnutrition.

The governor also visited Hugukirwa cooperative that makes seeds for banana trees of which he asked them to multiply these seeds to be accessed by many people.  Residents of Muko sector proved to the governor how their sector is ruled by good governance as it is no longer among the poorest sector and doing well economically.

Residents of this sector also shared with the governor on their crop harvest as a sign of stability due to good governance and enough security. Residents were asked to work hard towards development of Rwanda starting with the village.

The community work done in Muko sector in Musanze district is one of the many projects and actions being done in the month of good governance program.

Abaturage baragirwa inama yo gukora uturima tw’igikoni kugira ngo bagire indyo yuzuye

Kutarya indyo yuzuye ngo ntibiterwa n’ubukene ahubwo ngo biterwa n’ubujiji bukizitiye bamwe mu baturage; nk’uko Mukaneza Cecile wo mu murenge wa Gahini mu karere ka Kayonza abivuga.

Hari abantu bitwaza ubukene bakicisha abana ba bo indwara ya Bwaki kandi bafite ubushobozi bwo gutegura ifunguro riciriritse rifite intungamubiri zose nk’uko akomeza abivuga.

Na we ubwe ngo ntiyari asobanukiwe n’ibijyanye n’indyo yuzuye. Mbere atarahugurwa n’abajyanama b’ubuzima ku bijyanye no gutegura indyo yuzuye, ngo yumvaga gutegura ifunguro rifite intungamubiri ari iby’abakire gusa.

Agira inama ababyeyi yo gukora akarima k’igikoni kandi bakagahingaho ubwoko bwinshi bw’imboga, kuko zifite intungamubiri nyinshi.

Agira ati “Batubwiye ko intungamubiri ziri mu nyama ziboneka no muri Soya. Byumvikane ko uwariye inyama n’uwariye soya baba babonye intungamubiri zimwe kandi kubona soya ntibigoye cyane”.

Mu karere ka Kayonza hagaragara abana bafite ibibazo by’imirire mibi. Abo ibyo bibazo bigaragaraho bavuga ko biterwa n’uko imiryango ya bo ikennye itabasha kubona amafunguro arimo intungamubiri.

Umuyobozi w’ikigo nderabuzima cya Mukarange, Chantal Mukanyirigira, asaba abajyanama b’ubuzima gukomeza gukora ubukangurambaga ku babyeyi babashishikariza kugira uturima tw’igikoni mu ngo za bo kuko biri mu byafasha guhangana n’indwara ziterwa n’imirire mibi.

A sixty (60) year elderly man François Xavier Habiyakare, a residence of Tabagwe sector- Nyagatare District is reported to provide milk among his neighbours in a move to join the Government in the war against malnutrition; a social development he is proud of.

The old man was given a cow in local health advisors programme called “Gira inka Mujyanama. According to the cooperative Habiyakare was given an expectant cow that is now giving him about 10 litres of milk a day of which he sells 2 litres and the remaining 8 litres is distributed among the neighbours to fight malnutrition and kwashiorkor among the children.

During the celebration of the achievements of the health advisors of Tabagwe sector on the 31stAug.2012, Habiyakare gave them an example of a woman who recently gave birth in their village and he promised to provide them with one litre of milk per day.

Since this cow is milked 5 litres in the morning and 5 in the night, Habiyakare gives the morning milk to children, who bring grasses to the cow and for the evening and the milk in the evening he sells the 2 litres and remains with 3 litres for his family of 8 members.

He is grateful for this cow for providing good health to his family and his neighbours and he was able to get the 24.000francs to pay for mutuelle de santé medical insurance for all members of his family thanks to this cow.

Apart from improving the social welfare of his family members and his neighbours and being able to pay for the medical insurance of his family, Habiyakare says that this cow has boosted his farming production.

With the manure the cow provides, his production has increased tr4emendously as in the garden he used to get 1sack of maize production, he was able to harvest 5 sacks of maize production this time after using manure. Habiyakare intends to take good care of this cow to make other small projects that can develop him.

Six (6) months old child is supposed to have other foods to supplement breast milk and keep breast feeding up until 2 years of age and this is of much importance to health of a child, leading it to good growth and development.

Baby foods and breast milk makes a child have all body nutrients to grow well an d for a good strategy, a parent must think of what kind of foods that are good for the baby, how many times they are given in a day, how the baby is fed, how much the baby consumed, the baby’s courage to be fed and most importantly, the hygiene and overall sanitation.

Baby food should have all dietary nutrients like body building food which includes beans, peas, ground nuts, soya, milk, fish, eggs, meat, and many others. There should also be food that gives strength to the child like rice, wheat, sorghum, maize, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, bananas, yams, and many others. A child also should be given vegetables and fruits of all kinds.

As the ministry of health states, every child since birth to 5 years of age should be followed closely by measuring monthly weight and be followed by an experienced doctor to see if the child is growing well and a parent should seek for medical advice if the baby weight is not increasing.

Congolese Refugees at Kigeme camp received non-food items in donation, from world vision which include bars of soap, hygienic pads and clothes.

Around 4,000 refugees gathered on site at Kigeme Refugee camp in Nyamagabe district to receive the hygiene and sanitation supplies.

“World Vision could have waited to gather more items and food for the camp, but felt the need to intervene sooner because health is a crucial and sensitive issue in camp life” Jimmy Gahima, World Division employee says.

However the area mayor Philbert Mugisha asked the refugees to properly use the supplies given for their health, and not to try to sell them.

“While the non-food items from World Vision are appreciated, many children in the camp still don’t have the right food for a proper diet and we need more help for refugees” Emmanuel Niyibaho, Kigeme camp manager says.

Currently Kigeme camp boosts more than 11,000 refugees in Kigeme camp and on Saturday, the camp stopped receiving more people because it had hit its capacity.

The camp manager disclosed that between four and five hundred refugees were arriving in the camp daily.

However, he said government is now trying to find more land in order to expand Kigeme camp, so it can resume receiving refugees from Nkamira transit camp on the Rwanda-Congo border.

The refugee’s influx started increasing in last 2months when the M23 rebels and government forces tightened fights in Eastern DR Congo forcing locals to free their homes to Rwanda.

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Residents in Bugesera district particularly parents are encouraged to feed their children food that contains vitamins for better growth and fighting malnutrition.

This was resolved at Nyamata health centre where parents come for advice on how to prepare balanced diet.

Some of the children brought at the health centre

Jeanne Mukamusoni, a nurse at Nyamata Health Centre says that most residents have not yet understood how to make a balanced diet.

“They think balanced diet is chips, rice, meat and others which they give to their children especially after weaning at a young age,” Mukamusoni narrates.

She adds that after weaning, children are likely to suffer from malnutrition and shows symptoms if they not

Mukamusoni urges parents to give their children balanced diet from the available food in their gardens like Irish potatoes, beans, cassava and others.

Vegetables of every type should be given to children to fight malnutrition, Mukamusoni explains.

Meat is among the foods that build the body but since it cannot be afforded by all parents, but soya, g. nuts and eggs can replace them.

Mukamusoni stresses that soya flour, millet flour; maize flour and wheat make delicious porridge and good for children and grownups in fighting malnutrition.

She advises parents to use family planning and space children because children need enough time of breast milk that has many nutrients.

To maintain hygiene and eat balanced foods, a program to promote health sector was established and measures to prevent malnutrition and poor hygiene related diseases were taken.

Residents have been sensitized to have kitchen gardens and health officials were trained to better protect the lives of residents.

Agakono k’umudugudu program promotes healthy eating in families

A school “agakono k’umudugudu” throughout 473 sectors of Nyabihu was set up where parents learn how to prepare balanced diet, explains Pierre Dusenge in charge of health in Nyabihu district.

Dusenge reveals that 316 kitchen gardens were made to help parents get fresh vegetables rich in vitamins to prepare balanced foods and fight malnutrition.

On children development program, children in 12 sectors of the district are weighed to record the weight and their physical growth is monitored by 1792 community health workers, Dusenge denotes

Pierre Dusenge adds that Directors of health centre and Nyabihu district administration signed performance contracts to care about the health of the residents and to do their work efficiently.

The local mediators that work in Ruhango sector in Ruhango district asked the government to increase the number of cards for their medical insurance (Mituelle de santé) .

These mediators say that the government had agreed to give them the insurance for 5 people and now they find that 5 arent enough because sometimes one mediator has a family of more than 5 people as Yohana Nyaminani a mediator in Gikoma cell said.

They say that sometimes when their family members fall sick, they fail to go to the health centers yet the government had agreed to give them medical insurance. They spend the whole time solving people’s cases which are many and especially about inheritance and land and fail to work for themselves.

“we don’t get enough time to care our for our family issues and much less to work for money to buy medical insurances for our our families.” said yo Bahoneza

Innocent Habimana a worker in the Ministry of Justice that connects mediators and the local people in Ruhango district said that mediators are given cards for 3 children and their parents and they usually come on time.

He promised to advocate for these mediators so as to be given more medical insurance cards so that they continue doing their work which is as i9mportant in solving people’s problems.

Residents from Cyamburara cell, Murundi sector in Kayonza district complain to have no toilets due to water from underground that fills their houses and toilets causing destruction.

Kalisa, Cyamburara resident revealed to us: “When you want to visit the toilet, you sit near the toilet and after use a stick to push them into the water.”

Kalisa explains that doing their business near the toilet is due to the fear that it might collapse and claim the life of the one using it. However, some residents dig shallow holes to use as toilets and cover them after.

They have been given water purifier Sur’Eau, and are asked to use it and clean water so as to prevent poor hygiene diseases.

Although residents confirm that they use water from the dams for home use and drinking, it is worrying is that; underground water which fills toilets and houses flow to the dams which they say is very dangerous to their health.

Residents request the local leadership to try and shift them to a safe place and leave the Cyamburara for agricultural activities.

Claude Murekezi, executive secretary for Murundi sector, says that advocacy was made but the final decision is waited upon from the higher authorities.