{"id":24621,"date":"2022-08-22T17:30:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T17:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/new-diaspora-initiative-to-defend-rwandas-image-and-achievements"},"modified":"2022-08-22T17:37:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T17:37:16","slug":"new-diaspora-initiative-to-defend-rwandas-image-and-achievements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/new-diaspora-initiative-to-defend-rwandas-image-and-achievements","title":{"rendered":"New diaspora initiative to defend Rwanda\u2019s image and achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>A group of Rwandans living in the diaspora have started a movement, \u2018Rwanda My Home Country,\u2019 which aims to spotlight all positive developments taking place in Rwanda as well as opportunities that are available in the country.<\/p>\n

The movement, whose motto is \u2018Protect the brand,\u2019 will be based in the United States but have members across different countries worldwide.<\/p>\n

According to Nsengiyumva Rutsobe, the initiator of the movement, the initiative was created to support and accelerate what the country is already doing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe take our country as our personal business. Being Rwandan is our identity. That pride is what we want to protect and sell. We have to fight for it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cOur movement\u2019s uniqueness is that it\u2019s strictly patriotic. We aim at spreading patriotism by heart. What will be done is purely volunteerism.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also mentioned that different people have made sacrifices for Rwanda to be where it is today, hence their movement is set to sustain what has been achieved, adding that it will work with different institutions to reach its goals and objectives.<\/p>\n

Innocent Habumugisha, who lived in diaspora but currently lives in Rwanda, said the movement comes at a time when people, who oppose the Government of Rwanda, disgrace it and spoil its image, have emerged and thus it is going to help fight them.<\/p>\n

\u201cRwanda has achieved a lot 28 years after the Genocide against the Tutsi. That is the brand we are going to protect, not forgetting that people are embarrassing our country and are denying Genocide. We are going to fight them by using facts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said that they also aim to feed Rwandans who were born in diaspora with the right information, adding that they expect new testimonies to be given in line with sharing Rwanda\u2019s facts.<\/p>\n

Habumugisha also noted that they are set to create task forces with different people in various countries, adding that they will be admitting new members who will also be trained on how best they can use social media to collect and provide true information about Rwanda hence protecting its image.<\/p>\n

Teta Kananga, who is part of the Canadian diaspora, said that they are also looking forward to expanding a pool of Rwandans who are able to learn and understand core values of Rwanda, its culture and most importantly Kinyarwanda, so that they can be able to move conversations with the language.<\/p>\n

She declared that they are also encouraging Rwandans in diaspora to remember where they came from and visit Rwanda given that they have found it as a life-changing opportunity.<\/p>\n

Renowned traditional singer, Intore Masamba, who is also part of the initiative, noted that throughout his travels abroad, he has found out that Rwanda\u2019s art and music is loved and therefore can be used by the movement to gather people and mobilise them on protecting Rwanda\u2019s image and achievements.<\/p>\n

He is aware that some Rwandans in diaspora have established troupes as channels to \u2018embarrass\u2019 the country, he said, and that some singers have also made songs that encourage people to hate the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cRwandan artistes can also use their art to tell positive facts about Rwanda, exposing those providing false information. We want people to know that this Rwanda is not a gift,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople sacrificed their lives so that we can have it. We also plan to involve friends of Rwanda so that they can help us to spread the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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