The International Peace School on Tuesday signed a grant agreement where it extended $89,797 (about Rwf50 million) toward achieving quality education to vulnerable students, especially refugee children. The support is under the Japanese grant assistance project called Grassroots Humanity Security Projects (GGP) and it will go toward the construction of a dormitory hall and other infrastructure at the school, whose main beneficiaries are students drawn from refugee camps in the country. It will also go towards construction of 10 toilets at the primary school that is based in Busasamana Sector, Nyanza District. According to Kazuya Ogawa, the Japanese ambassador to Rwanda, this is the second grant after the first one that dates back to 2011, which consisted of the construction of the school in Busasamana Sector. “Our project is expected to help Rwanda achieve Millennium Development Goals, especially one on universal primary education. It reflects our commitment to Vision 2020 through the Grassroots Humanity Security Projects,” he said. Denis Mugabo, the chairperson of International Peace School, said about 60 vulnerable students will be moved to the school once the new infrastructure is completed. Mugabo said about 40 students from different refugee camps will be received by the school every year and will be accommodated at the dormitory to help them access quality education. Currently, the school with a population of 291 pupils up to Primary Five, has nine classrooms and a library hall. Mugabo said they target to increase up to 382 students next year. editorial@newtimes.co.rw
