As the association of student survivors of the Genocide (AERG) and their alumni, known as GAERG, marked 17 and 10 year anniversaries, respectively, on Saturday.Most of these youths have since graduated from universities and started families of their own.The First Lady, Jeannette Kagame, urged the youth affiliated to the two associations to work harder and strive to lead a meaningful life.She challenged them to look beyond the Rwandan job market, and seek to compete at regionally and internationally. This is not far-fetched.It is within their reach largely because of the enablers that the government has put in place to ensure that the Rwandan youth – irrespective of their backgrounds – have the necessary skills and exposure to compete beyond the country’s borders.The young Genocide survivors, and indeed the Rwandan youth in general, should take advantage of the different initiatives that have been rolled out, including in the field of ICT, to strategically position themselves in the job market.They have an opportunity to venture into the world of entrepreneurship.Indeed, these youths can find the courage from within.The tragic experience they went through is despicable – with many of them not only left without their parents or guardians, but also nursing physical and psychological wounds – yet they have managed to live on against all odds, and are now partaking in their country’s reconstruction and development.It is through continued hard work and resilience that these young men and women will put to shame the perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and their backers.Through hard work they will rebuild their families and country.
