{"id":111715,"date":"2025-09-30T13:51:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T13:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/monaco-prince-alberts-charity-opens-beekeeping-schools"},"modified":"2025-09-30T14:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:50:55","slug":"monaco-prince-alberts-charity-opens-beekeeping-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/monaco-prince-alberts-charity-opens-beekeeping-schools","title":{"rendered":"Monaco Prince Albert&#8217;s Charity Opens Beekeeping Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The French Observatory of Apidology (OFA) has announced plans to open more bee schools in Rwanda, with the support of Prince Albert II of Monaco. The announcement followed the Prince\u2019s visit to Rwanda, during which he toured different apiculture projects, including a school owned by the OFA.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to The New Times on Monday, September 29, Thierry Dufresne, the founder of OFA, said the NGO will open at least one new bee school by the end of this year, with more schools planned in the future.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, Prince Albert inaugurated a new apiary school in Musanze District and toured OFA-run centers, including the Foyer de Charite\u0301 \u201cVirginie des Pauvres\u201d in Ruhondo and the One &amp; Only Parc des Volcans.<\/p>\n<p>These facilities empower vulnerable women through modern apiculture, teaching sustainable honey production techniques that not only ensure financial independence but also contribute to biodiversity conservation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrince Albert has been one of our strongest supporters since the creation of this NGO in France, more than 12 years ago,\u201d said Dufresne, who was travelling from Kigali to Paris on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Rwanda, we already have our NGO and we are developing schools and we will open new schools. We have the objective to open one more school by the end of the year. So, at the end, we will have a bee academy school and we want to continue to expand and to continue to develop this program in Rwanda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dufresne said his organisation wants to support the development of Rwanda by focusing their activities on vulnerable women who need financial independence.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized the close involvement of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation in OFA\u2019s activities, both in France and Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe foundation of Prince Albert is very involved with us and is supportive. From the very beginning, the Foundation has helped us preserve biodiversity, protect bees, and raise awareness among young people about the importance of nature,\u201d Dufresne noted.<\/p>\n<p>Dufresne explained that the NGO\u2019s presence in Rwanda was initially driven by a scientific research programme, but their team soon developed a deep connection with the country, which inspired the creation of bee schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree years ago, we decided to come to Rwanda to develop research, a scientific research programme about the propolis, which is a product of the bees that has a lot of effects on human health. And we are collecting some propolis from the Nyungwe Forest and we are studying this propolis,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe came first for the scientific programme and, having an organization in Rwanda, we fell in love with the country and we decided to create this social programme, the bee school academy in order to teach or to train some vulnerable women to become beekeepers and give them financial independence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Albert\u2019s visit, Dufresne added, was a sign of his personal commitment and support to the organization\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. The French Observatory of Apidology (OFA) has announced plans to open more bee schools in Rwanda, with the support of Prince Albert II of Monaco. 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