The following news article was featured on Rwanda's daily "The Newtimes" covering the completion of the training of 59, recently recruited ReachUp! Interns.
Story by Maria Kaitesi
In this photo: Graduates from DOT Rwanda with their trainers
59 trainers over the weekend graduated from a programme run by Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT), an international organisation that creates educational and economic opportunities by offering skills on the use of ICT.
The trainers will be deployed to 23 districts across the country to build the capacities of their peers through training and coaching in technology and entrepreneurial skills. The trainers are recruited under the DOT internship programme which offers an opportunity to young graduates to enter the job market with practical skills in technology and business.
DOT's Communications Officer, Grace Mugabekazi, stated that the interns have been undergoing a one-month intensive training of trainers programme dubbed, 'The ReachUp!'.
"The ReachUp! is DOT's economic programme that trains and coaches the community in essential ICT, business, and life skills. It provides participants with tools and capabilities to help them advance their economic status by building successful, sustainable livelihoods," she explained. She added that under a new partnership with the MasterCard Foundation, DOT Rwanda plans to expand the Reach Up programme. 180 interns will be deployed to train 35,000 young people in a period of three years thus contributing to the rural economic transformation and human capacity development.
Over 2,500 community beneficiaries (youth and women), and 112 interns have profited from DOT's training and coaching in ICT and entrepreneurship skills, some of whom have started up their own businesses.
A graduate at the National University of Rwanda, Clement Kabiligi, 22, one of the interns and trainers, said he was deployed to Gicumbi District where he will train members of the community for a period of nine months.
The published story may be found here: NGO to offer ICT skills in 23 districts
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22 Comments
Thank you Grace, it was really good with all these new ReachUp! interns.
What a big cohort of interns! they will impact many rwandans. Thank you for sharing this news.
it's amazing to be with dot.
Thank you Grace this picture is very good and this history will help rwandans to know more about Reach up.
Thank you Grace and all DOT Rwanda staff for giving us the opportunity to contribute in serving and empowering our community Good job guys, we are priviledged to be your ambassadors.
Congradulations to DOT Rwanda on scaling up its coverage and to the newly graduates on joining DOT and getting the opportunity to becoming the change agents of your community!
wow!!!!
hi Grace thank you for sharing with us about this news, atleast we know much about reach up programe! l really wish to be the changing agent of my community.
wonderful!!! we are ready to make change in our communities.
Yeah as Dot interns we are going to give back to our community and i thank Dot Rwanda for givingr us this opportunity and we ready now to be the agent of change in our communities.
A wonderful team this is! I wish you all lots of adventures in the days ahead.
all the best to the new intern.hard work is all we have to do.....thanks
Thank you Grace for the posting, it was a big day for the reachup interns....!
Thank you Grace for the positing,it is wonderful thing that you have done it will help other to know the goals and the vision of Dot Rwanda and we are ready to bring innovation in our country.
Hi! may this reach up! be happiest period for every one and our dream turn to the reality.be blessed!
Fellow Interns,
Guys, there is a long journey full of challenges awaiting for us ahead! Let's plan is accordingly, if we do so, we will not be talking about challenges anymore, but we shall be saying small exercise! Let's enjoy helping our communities!
Wow! Its Great! DOT Rwanda is really toping in ICT and Business knowledge Creation.
Congratulations DOT Rwanda and our 59 new ReachUp! leaders of change. A great contribution to the future of the country.
This is great media coverage for DOT Rwanda - well done! It is exciting to see this scaling of our Rwandan program - and the article is very well written. Grace - way to go in making sure that external media is conveying the right message!
And - best of luck to the new group of ReachUp! interns in Rwanda - you have hard but important work ahead of you. I look forward to reading your blogs, hearing of successes and challenges - and meeting you at some point in the future! Stay true to yourselves and the DOT vision....
Wauuuuuuuu! very nice! thk u Grace, Good Luck to my all colleagues!
It gives good message
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