Rwanda helps refugees beat adversity with job and business opportunities

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Rwanda helps refugees beat adversity with job and business opportunities

STORY: Rwanda helps refugees beat adversity with job and business opportunities DATELINE: June 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:49 LOCATION: Kigali CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of refugee camps in Kigali, Rwanda 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Kinyarwanda): ESPERANCE MUSANGANIRE, DRC refugee in Kigeme refugee camp 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Kirundi): ALAIN GUSTAVE NGWIJE, Burundian refugee in Mahama refugee camp 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JEANNETTE UWIMANA, Acting project manager of "Jya Mbere" STORYLINE: Esperance Musanganire, a native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), fled her war-torn homeland and arrived in Rwanda in 2012, in search of safety and a better future. Despite numerous challenges facing refugees like her, Musanganire is determined to rebuild her life and contribute positively to her new community in Kigeme refugee camp, in Nyamagabe, a district in Rwanda's Southern Province. Using savings from working at construction sites, she started with an initial capital of 20,000 Rwandan francs (about 17.6 U.S. dol

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