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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(220612) -- UGANDA, June 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sumaya Komuntale (R) of Uganda competes against Uwimana Aniella of Burundi during their final match at the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Senior Women's Championship at FUFA Technical Center at Njeru in Buikwe District, Uganda, on June 11, 2022. Uganda beat Burundi 3-1 in the final. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

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(220423) -- KIGALI, April 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A girl reads a book at a library at A-Link Chinese Restaurant in Kigali, Rwanda, April 22, 2022. The Chinese community in Rwanda on Friday launched a library at A-Link Chinese Restaurant in Kimihurura of Kigali, the Rwandan capital. The library, which has so far been equipped with more than 5,000 books in Chinese, Korean and English languages among others, aims at promoting book reading culture among the Rwandan population. The books' topics range from literature, science, culture, technology, politics and history. (Photo by Eugene Uwimana/Xinhua)