This afternoon, First Lady Jeannette Kagame received Mrs Catherine Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF at Imbuto offices.
Jeannette Kagame and Mrs Catherine Russell had “an exchange on the fruitful collaboration across several programmes, which date as far as Imbuto Foundation’s first project” according to the First Lady’s office.
Jeannette Kagame is the Founder and Chairman of Imbuto Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to support the development of a healthy, educated and prosperous society.
UNICEF’s Executive Director Catherine Russel is in Rwanda on a 3-day visit to the country, marking her first visit to Africa since her appointment in February this year.
During her visit, ED Russel is expected to meet and interact with high-level dignitaries including several cabinet ministers. Ms. Russell will visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial to pay her respects to the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
The Executive Director will also visit a UNICEF-supported project in a school in Kayonza district in Eastern Rwanda, where remedial learning classes are playing an important role in helping students make up for identified deficiencies in reading, writing, and math.
She will also visit a market-based ECD center in Rwamagana. She will conclude her trip to the continent by visiting the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo before returning to New York. (End)