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rwandaexpress
Kigali- in a bid to reach out to the victims of 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, the staff of Hotel des Mille Collines have made a commitment to provide support for genocide orphans at Gisimba memorial orphanage.
The commitment was made by the hotel’s General Manager, Alian Rillof in an exercise dubbed “All Together Umuganda”. Rillof said that the orphans will receive various kinds of support every month.
Rillof said that the hotel plans to supply the orphanage with mattresses, bed sheets, and provide internship training at the hotel, for some of the teenage orphans.
During the umuganda exercise, the hotel staff cleaned the compound, gutters, drainage systems, toilets and painted the main dining hall with the help of orphans.
Rillof said that this was part of the major project and commitment of the hotel to share its resources with the orphanage and use the monthly general cleaning exercise (umuganda) to reach out to the community.
“This is the first time the hotel participates in umuganda, and we shall be doing this every month. It is always goodto complete what we started and we shall support the orphans in various ways,” he said.
The legal representative of Gisimba orphanage, Damas Gisimba Mutezintare, hailed the hoteliers for their endless support and the growing relationship between the two institutions. He said: “The hotel has always supported the orphans and our relationship of love is sealed whenever we host them for such events.”
The hoteliers and orphans also participated in games, dances and songs after the cleaning exercise which lasted for two hours. The orphans remarked that this event was a sign of love and parental support.
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