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Jun

Rwanda Energy Group REG and Imbuto Foundation together have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) through which 75 secondary students will be sponsored to pursue their education.

This MoU which is under Edified Generation scholarship program of Imbuto Foundation was signed by Mr Armand Zingiro – The CEO of REG and Ms Elodie SHAMI, the Director General of Imbuto Foundation.

Rwanda Energy Group will also offer internship opportunities to Imbuto Foundation beneficiaries enrolled in electrical and electronic engineering program as part of this partnership.

REG will also offer training opportunities and work placements where possible, to a number of IF sponsored students in the areas of electrical and electronic engineering (electrical machine installation, troubleshooting and maintenance of electrical installation, electrical generation, transmission, distribution and utilization).

This initiative significantly empowers youth in Rwanda by providing educational support and hands-on experience in the energy sector.

As part of Corporate Social Responsibility, REG will  extend annual financial support to cover the scholarship of 75 (seventy-five) well-performing students, to Imbuto Foundation with the purpose to foster the activities and objectives of the latter, towards its scholarship intervention known as ‘Edified Generation’. This move comes after the expiry of another three -year Agreement under which One hundred (100) students were sponsored by REG through its partnership with Imbuto Foundation.

In 2003, the Imbuto Foundation, established by the First Lady of the Republic of Rwanda, launched a scholarship project called “Edified Generation.” It primarily focused on paying tuition fees for high-performing secondary school students from economically weak backgrounds. Then, in 2016, former beneficiaries of the Edified Generation program came together, determined to give something back. They concluded that primary school and university students, too, should receive assistance in pursuing their education. Thus, they set up an NGO; it was the beginning of Edified Generation Rwanda (EGR).