By: MUTASA Stephen

The Joint Action Development Forum (JADF), a local NGO that inspires people for accountability and development yesterday visited the genocide memorial center at Murambi, gikongoro nyamagabe.

The JADF president Mutwarasibo Cyprien,also the vice mayor of Huye district told {Igihe.com} that the initiative was to visit the memorial site and donating to Orphans of genocide as the best way to commemorate the 17th anniversary.

“We chose to visit the site as a way to have a different outlook for all the members and continue being change agents in the country,” He stressed. He led a delegation of the NGO’s employees from their head office at Butare town, Huye District.

He pointed out that Murambi depicted an ideology that ought to be done away with in our society. All the members laid a wreath on the graves of the victims.

They also took group prayers in honour of the 848 bodies still preserved at the site and donated 100,000 Frw to the genocide site.

After the Murambi trip, the group proceeded to Tumba to visit the children orphaned by 1994 genocide atrocities.

They donated frw555,000 to help the orphans as well as 300kg of beans and 90liters of cooking oil.

Mr. Mutwarasibo advised the children not to lose hope and stand firm by having big dreams for they stand together with the organization and the community at large.

According to Mutwarasibo, the organization started in 2010 under the National Decentralization Secretariat in conjunction with Holland, though the Huye district chapter had been in place.

Mutwarangabo explained that JADF seeks to promote government programs through mobilization of its partners including Churches, the District and both local and foreign NGOs.

Mr. Kayitare Leon Pierrepermanent secretary JADF added that on top of being change agents, they hoped to cultivate a culture of learning by practice to improve provision of services around the country through exhibitions and other activities.

“we should remember the bad times as we struggle to build a better world” Kayitare stressed..

The Sponsorship Facilitator at World Vision only identified as Olive, noted that this is a good initiative that helps people get to places they never would have on their own.

She suggested that It is only through meeting with people that reconciliation can be achieved. “Let us all stand together and say NEVER AGAIN TO GENOCIDE” She emphasized.