THE ENTIRE AFRICA CELEBRATES THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF AFRICAN CHILD ON 16 JUNE EVERY YEAR.  THIS IS DONE PURPOSELY TO RAISE THE AWARENESS OF THE RIGHTS OF AFRICAN CHILDREN. IT WAS TO MARK THAT OCCASION THE NATIONAL DEAF SPORTS COMMITTEE (NDSCO) ORGANIZED VOLLEY BALL AND BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS WHICH TOOK PLACE AT AMAHORO NATIONAL STADIUM OF RWANDA ; AS THE WAY OF CELEBRATING THIS DAY IN THE YEAR 2016.The triumphant Nyabihu Volleyball team with their coaches.

NPC and NDSCO leaders were present and opened the tournament officially. In the Volley ball competition, there were three teams - Nyabihu Demonstration Centre for the Deaf (NDCD), CJSM Butare and VISION Deaf Nyarugenge. Among these three teams NDCD has won the trophy.

In the basketball competition,  there were also three teams -  HVP-Gatagara/Nyanza, Institut Philippe Smaldone/Nyarugenge and Maison d’Accueil l’Esperance /Rulindo. In this competition, HVP-Gatagara/ Nyanza won the trophy.

The officials presented the trophies to both teams.

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Sports plays a paramount role in many ways. It helps to build and maintain healthy bones, muscles, and joints; helps to control weight and reduce fat; and prevents or delays the development of high blood pressure. African children should be able to access Sports activities, just like children in other countries. And we also know that physical fitness is strongly linked to improved academic achievements.

Thus, Physical activity, and sports positively affect aspects of personal development among young people, such as self-esteem, goal-setting, and leadership. Therefore, it should be a must that each and every African child be assisted by his/her parents teachers or guardians in his/her physical, social, cognitive and educational growth and improvement through physical activities and this should be an African routine.    

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We WON!!! Using the computers that Isobel had sent to us from England over the last two years, Louis was able to enter the TIGO competition. It is an ICT competition to help disadvantaged people out of poverty by increasing their ICT skills.  With the money, we have been able to buy new laptops, employ an ICT teacher and build computer stations.