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RWANDA-KIGALI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(240412) -- KIGALI, April 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Heping(L) and Sun Hongmei, doctors of the Chinese medical team to Rwanda, check a patient at Masaka Hospital, about 20 kilometers away from Kigali, Rwanda, April 9, 2024. The 24th batch of Chinese medical team to Rwanda consists of 15 members. It arrived in Rwanda on December 18, 2023, and has been assisting Masaka Hospital and Basic Gu Hospital. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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RWANDA-KIGALI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(240412) -- KIGALI, April 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fang Yu, a doctor of the Chinese medical team to Rwanda, gives candy to a child at Masaka Hospital, about 20 kilometers away from Kigali, Rwanda, April 9, 2024. The 24th batch of Chinese medical team to Rwanda consists of 15 members. It arrived in Rwanda on December 18, 2023, and has been assisting Masaka Hospital and Basic Gu Hospital. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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RWANDA-KIGALI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(240412) -- KIGALI, April 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Doctors of the Chinese medical team to Rwanda perform surgery at Masaka Hospital, about 20 kilometers away from Kigali, Rwanda, April 9, 2024. The 24th batch of Chinese medical team to Rwanda consists of 15 members. It arrived in Rwanda on December 18, 2023, and has been assisting Masaka Hospital and Basic Gu Hospital. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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RWANDA-KIGALI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(240412) -- KIGALI, April 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sun Hongmei (C), a doctor of the Chinese medical team to Rwanda, performs surgery at Masaka Hospital, about 20 kilometers away from Kigali, Rwanda, April 9, 2024. The 24th batch of Chinese medical team to Rwanda consists of 15 members. It arrived in Rwanda on December 18, 2023, and has been assisting Masaka Hospital and Basic Gu Hospital. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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RWANDA-KIGALI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(240412) -- KIGALI, April 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Patients wait outside the Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment Center at Masaka Hospital, about 20 kilometers away from Kigali, Rwanda, April 9, 2024. The 24th batch of Chinese medical team to Rwanda consists of 15 members. It arrived in Rwanda on December 18, 2023, and has been assisting Masaka Hospital and Basic Gu Hospital. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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RWANDA-KIGALI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(240412) -- KIGALI, April 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Heping (R), head of the 24th batch of Chinese medical team to Rwanda, gives instruction to a local doctor during a surgery at Masaka Hospital, about 20 kilometers away from Kigali, Rwanda, April 9, 2024. The 24th batch of Chinese medical team to Rwanda consists of 15 members. It arrived in Rwanda on December 18, 2023, and has been assisting Masaka Hospital and Basic Gu Hospital. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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RWANDA-KIGALI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(240412) -- KIGALI, April 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tao Hui, a doctor of the Chinese medical team to Rwanda, performs preoperative anesthesia at Masaka Hospital, about 20 kilometers away from Kigali, Rwanda, April 9, 2024. The 24th batch of Chinese medical team to Rwanda, consisting of 15 members, arrived in Rwanda on Dec. 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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RWANDA-KIGALI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(240412) -- KIGALI, April 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An Lingfei (R) and Zhao Zheng(L), doctors of the Chinese medical team to Rwanda, examine a patient at Masaka Hospital, about 20 kilometers away from Kigali, Rwanda, April 9, 2024. The 24th batch of Chinese medical team to Rwanda consists of 15 members. It arrived in Rwanda on December 18, 2023, and has been assisting Masaka Hospital and Basic Gu Hospital. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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Chinese medical team donates medical supplies to local hospital in Rwanda

STORY: Chinese medical team donates medical supplies to local hospital in Rwanda SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 30, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: Kigali CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Masaka Hospital 2. various of the ceremony 3. SOUNDBITE (English): JEAN DAMASCENE HANYURWIMFURA, Director General of Masaka Hospital STORYLINE: A Chinese medical team on Tuesday donated a consignment of medical supplies to Masaka Hospital in Kicukiro District in the Rwandan capital of Kigali. The supplies included hand sanitizers, surgical lights, operating stools, a high-frequency electric knife, disposable oral appliance packs, and disposable sterile surgical scrubs. Upon receiving the donation at Masaka Hospital, Director General Jean Damascene Hanyurwimfura expressed gratitude to the government of China and the Chinese Embassy in Rwanda for supporting the hospital. SOUNDBITE (English): JEAN DAMASCENE HANYURWIMFURA, Director General of Masaka Hospital "Now we have 15 medical health workers that a

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RWANDA-KIGALI-CHINA-MEDICAL SUPPLIES-DONATION

(240201) -- RWANDA, Feb. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Rwanda Wang Xuekun (L, front) talks with Jean Damascene Hanyurwimfura, director general of Masaka Hospital in Kigali, Rwanda, Jan. 30, 2024. A Chinese medical team on Tuesday donated a consignment of medical supplies to Masaka Hospital in Kicukiro District in the Rwandan capital of Kigali. (Photo by Huang Wanqing/Xinhua)

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UGANDA-KAMPALA-FLOODS-HIGHWAY-CUTTING OFF

(230512) -- KAMPALA, May 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People are seen stranded on the road due to flood flashes on the Kampala-Masaka highway, Uganda, May 12, 2023. Flash floods resulting from ongoing torrential rains have cut off a major international highway in Uganda linking to neighboring Tanzania, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a state-run roads agency said Thursday. (Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua)

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UGANDA-KAMPALA-FLOODS-HIGHWAY-CUTTING OFF

(230512) -- KAMPALA, May 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 12, 2023 shows part of damages due to flash floods on the Kampala-Masaka highway, Uganda. Flash floods resulting from ongoing torrential rains have cut off a major international highway in Uganda linking to neighboring Tanzania, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a state-run roads agency said Thursday. (Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua)

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UGANDA-KAMPALA-FLOODS-HIGHWAY-CUTTING OFF

(230512) -- KAMPALA, May 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers inspect part of damages due to flash floods on the Kampala-Masaka highway, Uganda, May 12, 2023. Flash floods resulting from ongoing torrential rains have cut off a major international highway in Uganda linking to neighboring Tanzania, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a state-run roads agency said Thursday. (Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua)

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RWANDA-KIGALI-INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY

(230511) -- KIGALI, May 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Shangjun, the chief of the Chinese medical team, delivers a speech in Kigali, Rwanda, May 10, 2023. The 23rd Chinese medical team in Rwanda, together with Rwandan medical doctors and nurses, celebrated International Nurses Day at Masaka Hospital in the suburb of Kigali, the Rwandan capital, Wednesday. TO GO WITH "Chinese medical team, Rwandan health workers celebrate International Nurses Day" (Photo by Huang Wanqing/Xinhua)

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RWANDA-KIGALI-INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY

(230511) -- KIGALI, May 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rwandan medical doctors and nurses listen to a presentation via a video conference in Kigali, Rwanda, May 10, 2023. The 23rd Chinese medical team in Rwanda, together with Rwandan medical doctors and nurses, celebrated International Nurses Day at Masaka Hospital in the suburb of Kigali, the Rwandan capital, Wednesday. TO GO WITH "Chinese medical team, Rwandan health workers celebrate International Nurses Day" (Photo by Huang Wanqing/Xinhua)

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RWANDA-KIGALI-CHINA FUNDED-HOSPITAL-GROUND-BREAKING

(230331) -- KIGALI, March 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Rwanda Wang Xuekun speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony of the China-aided Masaka Hospital renovation and expansion project in Kigali, capital of Rwanda, March 30, 2023. Rwanda has broken ground for the renovation and expansion of a hospital funded by the Chinese government in the suburb of Kigali, the Rwandan capital. (Photo by Cyril Ndegeya/Xinhua)

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RWANDA-KIGALI-CHINA FUNDED-HOSPITAL-GROUND-BREAKING

(230331) -- KIGALI, March 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rwandan Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente (2nd R) and Chinese Ambassador to Rwanda Wang Xuekun (2nd L) pose for a group photo during the groundbreaking ceremony of the China-aided Masaka Hospital renovation and expansion project in Kigali, capital of Rwanda, March 30, 2023. Rwanda has broken ground for the renovation and expansion of a hospital funded by the Chinese government in the suburb of Kigali, the Rwandan capital. (Photo by Cyril Ndegeya/Xinhua)

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RWANDA-KIGALI-WETLANDS

(221112) -- KIGALI, Nov. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 11, 2022 shows a view of Masaka wetland in Kigali, Rwanda. The city of Kigali was accredited on Thursday by the Ramsar Convention as an international wetland city. Rwanda currently has one site designated as Wetlands of International Importance, with a surface area of 6,736 hectares. (Xinhua/Ji Li)

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China, Rwanda extend medical cooperation for another 5 years

STORY: China, Rwanda extend medical cooperation for another 5 years DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Kigali CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting 2. various of the Masaka hospital 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DANIEL NGAMIJE, Rwandan Health Minister 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): WANG JIAXIN, Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Rwanda STORYLINE: The Rwandan Ministry of Health and the Chinese Embassy in Rwanda signed a Memorandum of Understanding Wednesday in Kigali to facilitate the dispatching of Chinese medical personnel to Rwanda for another five years. Rwandan Health Minister Daniel Ngamije expressed his appreciation for Chinese doctors' work in the country. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DANIEL NGAMIJE, Rwandan Health Minister "We are expecting doctors coming from some fields where we have some gaps in terms of specialists. So we appreciate this partnership. After 40 years of medical cooperation between the governments of Rwanda and the People's Republic of Ch

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Uganda's silent cafe changing people's attitude toward hearing-impaired group

STORY: Uganda's silent cafe changing people's attitude toward hearing-impaired group DATELINE: May 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:40 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of the silent cafeSOUNDBITE 1 (Signing with English interpretation): NASSER SSENYONDO, Proprietor of Silent CafeSOUNDBITE 2 (Signing with English interpretation): NASSER SSENYONDO, Proprietor of Silent CafeSOUNDBITE 3 (Signing with English interpretation): ROY RUSA, Barista of Silent CafeSOUNDBITE 4 (English): CHRIS MUGAYA, Patron of Silent Cafe STORYLINE: A coffee shop run by hearing-impaired people in Uganda's capital Kampala is changing local people's attitude towards the group. Nasser Ssenyondo, who was born in the central Ugandan district of Masaka 30 years ago, lost his hearing at the age of 10. His parents, who were coffee farmers, supported him throughout his education despite the negative community attitude towards the deaf people. SOUNDBITE 1 (Signing with English interpretation): NASSER SSENYONDO, Proprietor of Silen

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RWANDA-KIGALI-CHINA-BAMBOO MAKING

(220117) -- KIGALI, Jan. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Rwandan woman weaves a piece of bamboo craftwork at a bamboo processing training center located in Masaka Incubation Business Center, Kigali, Rwanda, Jan. 14, 2022. A growing number of Rwandan youth have turned to bamboo furniture making and weaving business after skills training by Chinese bamboo experts in a bid to tackle youth unemployment challenges in Rwanda, a landlocked country in east-central Africa.TO GO WITH: "Feature: Rwandan youth turn to bamboo business with Chinese mentorship" (Xinhua/Ji Li)

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RWANDA-KIGALI-CHINA-BAMBOO MAKING

(220117) -- KIGALI, Jan. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese bamboo processing expert Yu Qinhong talks with one of his Rwandan students at a bamboo processing training center located in Masaka Incubation Business Center, Kigali, Rwanda, Jan. 14, 2022. A growing number of Rwandan youth have turned to bamboo furniture making and weaving business after skills training by Chinese bamboo experts in a bid to tackle youth unemployment challenges in Rwanda, a landlocked country in east-central Africa. TO GO WITH: "Feature: Rwandan youth turn to bamboo business with Chinese mentorship" (Xinhua/Ji Li)

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RWANDA-KIGALI-CHINA-BAMBOO MAKING

(220117) -- KIGALI, Jan. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese bamboo processing expert Yu Qinhong instructs students to make bamboo furniture at a bamboo processing training center located in Masaka Incubation Business Center, Kigali, Rwanda, Jan. 14, 2022. A growing number of Rwandan youth have turned to bamboo furniture making and weaving business after skills training by Chinese bamboo experts in a bid to tackle youth unemployment challenges in Rwanda, a landlocked country in east-central Africa.TO GO WITH: "Feature: Rwandan youth turn to bamboo business with Chinese mentorship" (Xinhua/Ji Li)

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RWANDA-KIGALI-CHINA-BAMBOO MAKING

(220117) -- KIGALI, Jan. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Rwandan woman weaves a piece of bamboo craftwork at a bamboo processing training center located in Masaka Incubation Business Center, Kigali, Rwanda, Jan. 14, 2022. A growing number of Rwandan youth have turned to bamboo furniture making and weaving business after skills training by Chinese bamboo experts in a bid to tackle youth unemployment challenges in Rwanda, a landlocked country in east-central Africa.TO GO WITH: "Feature: Rwandan youth turn to bamboo business with Chinese mentorship" (Xinhua/Ji Li)

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The Iris Garden,Isogo

Growing flowers to be shipped to central Tokyo became popular in Isoko, Okamura, and Tomioka from mid-Meiji Period on and some of the flowers were exported. Isoko was famous from ancient times for its flower production, including the Sugita plum grove, but the iris garden at Masaka in Yokohama became a popular spot for locals and visitors from around the middle of the Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐47‐0]