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After four months of training in English, communication, mathematics, and digital literacy, 37 trainees from refugee and host communities graduated from our Iteme Program at Gambella Kule Refugee Site in Ethiopia, putting their communication skills to the test through speeches, poetry, and drama. Thank you to all our partners, including UNHCR and RRS, for their support.

መልካም አዲስ ዓመት! 🇪🇹

Happy Ethiopian New Year from all of us at Kepler! Wishing our community in Ethiopia a joyful and prosperous 2019!

Recently, our Graduate Employment Program (GEP) in Ethiopia celebrated 20 trainees who completed five weeks of training at Addis Ababa Tegbare-Id Polytechnic College. They mastered essential skills in communication, professionalism, digital literacy and employability, preparing them to thrive in the workplace.

At our campus in Ethiopia, we celebrated 102 graduates from the Iteme and Iteme Plus programs who successfully completed four months of training in digital literacy, communication, English, mathematics, entrepreneurship, and design thinking.

From inspiring stories to poetry, speeches, and games, the celebration reflected their growth, resilience, and achievements.

Congratulations to all our graduates!

Kepler Community wishes all Rwandans a joyful Umuganura!

May this special day be a time to celebrate our culture, harvest, unity, and the spirit of sharing that brings us together.

Happy Umuganura!

Today, we honor those whose courage and sacrifice gave Rwanda the freedom to dream, rebuild and thrive, and celebrate a nation that continues to move forward with purpose, unity and opportunity.

Happy Liberation Day 🇷🇼

On Friday, students and staff from Kepler Kigali, and paid tribute to the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi through a visit to the and a commemoration event held at Kepler College in Kinyinya.

Over 500 participants including representatives from , gathered to remember, reflect and honor the lives lost.

Rev. Canon Dr. Antoine Rutayisire, encouraged students to embrace remembrance while continuously renewing themselves for a better future, a message echoed through a student-led performance.

“Be better people, for we have seen the tragic path a nation can follow when evil prevails,” he said.

Vincent Nshizirungu, a survivor of the Genocide against the Tutsi from Kinyinya who lost both parents, shared a deeply personal testimony of survival. Now a father of three, he reflected on the long journey of rebuilding his life and finding meaning in the years that followed.

“Anyone who did not kill me then will not kill me now,” he recounted.

Blaise Ndizihiwe, Second Vice-President of Ibuka Rwanda, commended the bravery of those who stopped the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and have worked tirelessly over the past 32 years to restore unity and dignity among Rwandans. He called on the youth to reject genocide ideology in all its forms.

“To the young people, wherever we are, each of us carries a duty to remember with truth, to reject genocide denial and distortion and to stand against hatred and division in all its forms,” Ndizihiwe stated.

Nathalie Munyampenda, CEO of Kepler, underscored the institution’s commitment to preserving the memory of the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi and fostering meaningful dialogue among young people.

“We will continue to provide a safe space to remember the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi and affirm that in our generation this will never happen again,” she reiterated.

Kinyinya Sector, where Kepler campus is located, is home to the Kinyinya Memorial, the final resting place of 411 victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Their memory forms part of the national remembrance of more than one million lives lost during the genocide.