RGB CEO Dr. Kaitesi Usta has called on faith-based organisations to ramp up their efforts in addressing school dropout and other problems affecting younger generations.
She made the remarks while officiating at Christian Life Assembly’s leadership handover ceremony which saw Pastor Andrew Mukinisha handing the mantle of the church to Pastor Peter Nkunzingoma.
In her keynote speech, Dr. Kaitesi said that poverty, child abuse, teenage pregnancy and stunting are ailing the Rwandan youth, before quickly adding that, unaddressed, the challenges could spell doom for the country’s future.
She further observed that while the government has been a great partner in high school, primary and ECD schools of which 65% are run by faith-based organisations, the country continues to witness children dropping out of schools.
Dr. Kaitesi therefore urged the organisations to do more to curb school dropout since they “have authority over families and ministries for children and families”.
She hastened to add: “Vision 2050 intends to build a knowledge-based economy and the knowledge based economy is founded on the capacities that we have as a country. The capacities that we have in raising our children, the positive values of our culture, including that of togetherness, including that of unity, and including so many of our positive values, remain core to what we do”.
Awful service delivery
Dr. Kaitesi told hundreds of faithful who attended CLA’s leadership handover ceremony that poor service delivery continues to be a thorn in the flesh of quite many citizens.
She said that more than 40% of the citizens surveyed in RGB’s annual Citizen Report Card, said they had been badly received, including being spoken to harshly, when they went to seek services.
She therefore called on all the leadership in the faith sector to promote a culture of quality service delivery and challenge their folks over this matter. (End)