Sports is also an image building vehicle

At beginning of the New Year Rwanda hosted the African Youth Championship and it has been pencilled in to host the 2011 U-17 championship and the country hosted the Fiba Africa Zone V qualifiers that concluded yesterday. Not least because international federations that award the bids have now become so concerned about helping Rwanda improve her international image after the happenings of 1994; and Rwanda is the best country with the facilities to host, such events. These international bodies aren’t so keen to help groups and organisations that want to improve or increase the sporting opportunities on offer to the community. This tells of the great strides that Rwanda has taken to free itself from the shackles of the past. Stories are told of Caf officials who graced the African U-17 championship present in Rwanda during the African Youth Championship. This talks volumes, they wanted to see for themselves the level of development that the once no go zone has reached.