Daily Duhu-Darlene

My name is Darlene France Mageza. I am 22 years old. I am proud of being a Rwandan lady and a second year student at Akilah Institute for Women in Hospitality Management and Leadership.

As a young lady, I have learned to be confident in whatever I do, to live with confidence and to also feel that I can do everything for myself.

I am proud of who I am and to explore who I am through my talents.

You have to be confident and to be proud of who you are so that you will be able to change your dreams in true life.

Daily Duhu

My name is Sarah Duhimbaze, a student at Akilah Institute for Women. I am 20 years old. My experience that I want to share with you is knowing who you are. There's no other person who will respect you if you do not value yourself as a young lady. After knowing yourself, you are able to set goals for your future. For me, I am being trained on how I can set my own goals and discovering the resources I can use to achieve those goals. As time goes on, I will keep letting you know my experience that I will gain in the rest of the training.

Meet the Team

These 7 girls are students at a local 2 year higher education institution, Akilah Institute for Women. They have been selected among young women throughout the country to study in the fields of leadership, hospitality and entrepreneurship. But my favorite aspect is that the school seeks to find each young woman's potential to help others. These girls are all interested in helping to build others up, they just need a forum to be able to implement what they have learned. 

From Left to Right:

Patience wants to help other girls develop self-confidence and teach them how to overcome difficulties and challenges. She wants to "teach the young generation with lost hope how to develop it."

Queen wants to develop her own self-confidence and the confidence of others through encouragement. She dreams of making a change in the community and becoming an entrepreneur.

Darlene wants to change the lives of others by giving them hope and confidence. She hopes to help other achieve their dreams and become good leaders.

Peace, Team Leader, is passionate about Rwanda's youth and is interested in sharing ideas with them. "...we know that the youth has influenced the Rwandan community through their thinking and physical capacity and their participation."

 Sarah is excited about giving back to the community by bringing social change and teaching leadership to Rwanda's youth.

Patricie is practicing her small business skills by offering tea and snacks on her school's campus. She wants to help the community by fighting poverty by encouraging entrepreneurship.

Julian wants to empower young women by helping them develop self-confidence. She hopes to serve as a role model to younger generations by being an example in ethical leadership.

While in training, 4 of these girls receive money to help with transportation to make sure they can get home safely at the end of the day. Young women this age can't afford cars or licenses, so they are dependent on public transportation if they can afford it, or they walk. To cover their expenses, I have committed to pay them $50/month to help them get to our trainings. I have so much confidence in these girls and in this program and I want to be able to do whatever is necessary to help them achieve their dream of reaching out to other girls.

With your financial support, I will be able to continue helping these girls and soon I hope to be able to hire each of these girls upon graduation to be full time trainers, reaching out and mentoring young women.

What is Duhugurane?

Duhugurane, meaning “Let us help each other”, is a professional and personal development program for young women 18-25 years old. Many Rwandan girls will complete secondary school with few options and/or resources to take the next step into adulthood and their future. It is the goal of Duhugurane to help these girls discover what amazing talents God has put within them and how to utilize those in their personal and professional lives.

Duhugurane will be using the work readiness curriculum including Personal Development, Interpersonal Communication, Work Habits and Conduct, Leadership, Safety and Heath at Work, Worker and Employer Rights and Responsibilities, Financial Literacy and Market Literacy. Each class will be taught by a trainer and a local businesswoman. We have found that the young women respond positively to having a mature businesswoman take time to encourage and educate them.

The participant girls will then be divided into smaller groups following the training who will be mentored by a local business woman; focusing on hands-on learning, possible internships, and overall encouragement.

Duhugurane mentors are made up of a unique combination of university women and local businesswomen who have a desire to reach out and encourage young women within the country.

The projected annual budget for this initiative is $50,000, but we must secure $5,000 to launch the pilot phase of this project. Any support you can provide to help me achieve this will be appreciated.

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