Thirty teachers representing 30 districts across the country have been trained on how to manage natural resources, especially water resources.

The training at Alpha Palace Hotel was aimed at creating awareness about the Nile Basin Initiative and its activities in Rwanda.

"Teachers have an opportunity to pass on knowledge. They have the chance to reach out to the young generation which will be critical in the management of our dwindling natural resources, particularly the water resources,” said Emmanuel Rugumire Makuza, the Coordinator of Confidence Building and Stakeholder Involvement (CBSI) NBI project.

The two-day sensitisation workshop also identified strategies for working with teachers as major duplicators of NBI activities.

At the end of the workshop, teachers were expected to be more knowledgeable about the NBI and its projects in the development of Rwanda, along with the identification of strategies for collaboration, networking and mainstreaming educational issues into NBI projects.

"In the last two days, the custodians of education learnt a lot, but also contributed their expertise to the Nile Basin Initiative Vision,” Makuza said.

"The role of teachers cannot be overemphasized. Energetic and open minded, teachers hold the key to future development of our country,” Makuza further explained. 

NBI is a partnership of the riparian states of the Nile River that include Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Sudan, with Eritrea participating as an observer.

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