A twelve-member delegation of youth from different organizations in Kenya is in the country on a one-week visit aimed at learning from Rwanda’s reconstruction efforts.

According to Carrie Ndoka, the project officer of the British Council Kenya, the one- week tour was a brainchild of the British Council aimed at enabling the Kenyan youth interact with their counterparts in different African countries and the UK.

"We are visiting Rwanda with the aim of learning more on the post–Genocide era, especially how it has managed to initiate a healing process that is all inclusive," Ndoka said.

The youth are being taken around in their tour of the country by their Rwandan counterparts from Rwanda Youth Network (RYN).

They have since visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre and Umutara Polytechnic, and met members of the Students’ Club for Unity and Reconciliation (SCUR) of the National University of Rwanda (NUR).

Felix Odour from Youth Alive – Kenya said of the visit: "I hope to learn how the people of Rwanda have managed to go through the healing and reconciliation after the Genocide so that I go back and share the experience with fellow youth, especially after my country went through similar times early this year."

Hazel King’ori, also from Youth Alive – Kenya, added: "As a communication student, I expect to learn how the Rwandan media is regulating itself as well as how it is advancing peace and reconciliation efforts."

RYN president Cyrus Nkusi thanked the visiting youths for having chosen Rwanda as their first country to visit, calling for a stronger relationship between both countries’ youths.

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