Esperanza February 2013

2013OUR STORY CONTINUES

Inside this issue:| INSIDE |

3Transparency International Rwanda & INTWARI collaborate

42013 - Our story continues

6Commonwealth visits Esperance for SDP framework

7“Genies en Herbe” - new school holiday course

8New season of activities kicks off with Holiday celebration

10“The Good Cause” draws many guests to the FFH Centre”

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12OLE Rwanda continues TeacherMate English training

13Esperance’s senior team aiming for 1st divison

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14Esperance at the 4th UNOSDP YLC Camp in Doha, Qatar

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162nd streetfootballworld General Assembly in Lyon, France

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Inside this issue:In collaboration with the Anti-corruption Justice Information Clubs (AJICS), Transparency International Rwanda organized several activities of mobilization and sensibilization at sector and district level between the 3rd and the 9th December 2012. This annual event known as the “Anti-Corruption Week” with the theme ‘’Stop corruption, you have a choice’’ took place in the districts of Gatsibo, Ngororero, Nyaruguru and Gakenke.

At all outreach activities, members of the Transparency International Staff participated together with the theatre youth group INTWARI of Esperance. INTWARI was founded by Esperance long-time member and writer Marcel Muhire who wanted to introduce theatre culture to the

youth of Kimisagara while incorporating plays that deal with issues that concern the Rwandan society. The group who was on tour with the Jumelage Rhénanie-Palatinat Rwanda last year played sketches about corruption related subjects to engage the communities in the fight against corruption. These sketches are usually used by Transparency International Rwanda to engage the civil society in the fight against corruption and other related injustices.

During this week, Transparency International Rwanda got the opportunity to interact with Rwandan citizens by allowing them to ask questions about all injustices and corruption that they normally encounter in the daily lives.

Article courtesy of: tirwanda.org / Philipp Günther

Transparency International Rwanda & Intwari collaborate

Esperance‘s theatre group INTWARI perfom on TI Rwanda‘s “Anti-Corruption Week“:


Passy Uwitonze (left), Noella Uwera (center) and Dossy Uwase (right), actors of INTWARI



As 2012 was one of our most succesful year yet we are excited for the upcoming activities of 2013:

2013 - Our story continuesNew season at Esperance‘s Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre:

Activities Yearly time frame (months)

GBV Debates

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Cineduc methodol-ogy training

Language courses x

Holiday Games

Talent Development Programs

“Wash Your Hands”- Methodology

Workshops on Drug Abuse

“Youth Friendly Ser-vices”

Parent consultations

Call for proposal participation

Environmental Pro-tection Sensibiliza-tion

Capacity Building Workshops

First Aid Training

Gender Based Violence Debates:Esperance‘s approach to fight GBV is to raise awareness in the local community. The debate method provides a wide space for expressing ideas and concerns that can provide long term solutions.

Cineduc methodology training:This methodology applies the use of cinema to further education and critical thinking. The films are shown on a regular schedule and are followed by an audience discussion. It gives new perspectives to local children while engaging in an entertaining medium.

Language courses:The aim of this program is to improve the level of language comprehension for Esperance volunteers and to provide lessons to the students of Groupe Scolaire Kimisagara P5 and P6, as English is now being used as the instruction language. Other international language classes given by international Esperance volunteers include German and French.

Holiday Games:To provide effective local sports development for children in Rwanda, an adequate participation in physical activities is much needed. To achieve this goal, various implementations are organized by Esperance itself or local partners. Talent Development Programs:Football is and has always been the common denominator for all our activities. The talent development program aims to provide skilled football training for the local kids implemented by qualified coaches.

“Wash Your Hands”- Methodology:“Wash Your Hands” is a campaign initiated by the NGO Wash United works to end the global sanitation and hygiene crisis. The workshops will be conducted by our volunteers in local partner schools to change attitudes and behaviors on these neglected issues like protozoa bacteria.

Workshops on Drug Abuse:Drug abuse has been rampant among Rwandan youth and is one of the main causes of domestic violence. Statistics indicate that more than half the youth use drug substances on a regular

basis. Different initiatives and joint actions will be organized with partners against drug abuse in schools and in the community.

“Youth Friendly Services”:Esperance wants to provide services that are accessible and appropriate for adolescents. These programs have been in place for a long time and are constantly improved to be more effective and affordable. We try to meet the individual needs of young people, who in return recommend these services to friends and the local youth.

Parent consultations:Consultations with the parents of our participants are a reliable tool to convince them to support their children in the involvement with Esperance.

Call for proposal participation:Long-term sustainability of activities and programs depend on continuous funding. Different proposals and offers are being to pitched partners and circulated in our sponsor network. We plan to participate in at least eight call for proposals.

Environmental Protection Sensibilization:Despite recent advances in environmental protection, Rwanda still faces many challenges in raising environmental awareness. Traditional, cultural, poverty and lack of adequate behavior change strategy exert a strong influence. Esperance tries to change the lack of knowledge, skills and capacities to fully act on changing local population mindset and practices.

Capacity Building WorkshopsUsing social media, publishing newsletters, magazines and reports require a certain set of knowledge in specific programs. Our volunteers will be trained and updated on software that enables them to design specific assignments.

First Aid Training:Although first aid can save lives, only few Rwandans have the necessary skills. The training will be offered to Esperance members by the Rwanda Red Cross. The RRC is a known and trusted organization, especially in Rwanda where it was one of few organizations that stayed during the genocide.

Jean de Dieu Karera / Philipp Günther


Rwanda has been a member of the Commonwealth since 2009, becoming only the second country after Mozambique which was not formerly a British colony to be admitted to the group. While the Commonwealth is mostly concerned with economic relations of the member states, an important goal of the Commonwealth Secretariat is a framework and guideline on Sport for Development and Peace (SDP).

While in other Commonwealth member countries an active SDP network already exists, Rwanda is still in the building phase with the Ministry of Sports and Culture (MINISPOC). The goal of the Secretariat in Rwanda is first establish a general framework for its SDP branch that will assist the government to develop policies for Sport for Development and Peace. Furthermore it then seeks to create an extensive network of organizations involved in the field of SDP.

Esperance has been an exemplar NGO for a long time in the field of education and development through the multiple means of sport in Rwanda and the Great Lakes Region, as remarked by the current Hon. Minister of Sports and Culture Mitali Protais. Because of those experiences,

Oliver Dudfield, Sports Development Adviser to the Central Commonwealth Secretariat in London visited the Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre at November 27th.

With his four-man delegation from the local Commonwealth Office in Kigali, he took a tour through the newly built centre and watched a game of Football Amahoro, that was performed by Esperance volunteers and INTWARI members. The Football Amahoro methodology uses different streetfootball approaches and combines it with Rwandan themes. Esperance has been using said method very successfully for nonviolent resolutions and has carried out many workshops and trainings in Rwanda‘s rural areas as well in the Great Lakes Region, that are still affected by ethnic conflicts.

After the Football Amahoro game the delegation held talks with representatives and staff of Esperance to discuss the draft of the framework and guidelines that will be presented to MINISPOC sometime this year to mark the beginning of a tangible SDP network in Rwanda.

Philipp Günther

Commonwealth Rwanda visits Esperance for SDP framework

Commonwealth Secretariat discussing guidelines for Rwandan SDP approach:


Oliver Dudfield (3rd from left) discusses with Victor Sewabana, manager of the Kimisagara FFH centre

The Commonwealth SDP delegation watches a match Footbal Amahoro

During the annual Christmas school holidays, from November 2012 - January 2013, Esperance launched a special general knowledge for course for kids. The goal of the program was to engage the local students of Kimisagara in interesting and fun challenges. Furthermore it was an efficient tool to strengthen the kids‘ English abilities.

Every week Esperance longtime volunteer David Hagenimana organized a course of “Genies en Herbe” at the Groupe Scolaire Kimisagara that includes a quiz concerning different topics. Around 30 children from the local community are attending while school was out until January. “Genies en herbe“ is a general knowledge competition involving two teams that are made

up of four players each. Players need to respond, as quickly as possible by pressing a button

During the game the facilitator asks questions divided by topics and categories. The response format differs according to responding category. Each answer is usually worth ten points. Sometimes there might be a penalty of ten points if the player attempts to answer before the end of the question or the answer is incorrectly. One or two judges normally verify the accuracy of the answers. Two students, one designated for each team, compile points for the teams.

David Hagenimana

“Genies en Herbe” - new school holiday course

General knowledge quiz gives local youth new opportunities in school holidays:


David Hagenimana teaches the local students of Kimisagara in general knowledge during the school holidays

On January 4, Esperance and all of its volunteers and participants celebrated the different programs that benefited the Groupe Scolaire Kimisagara school children throughout the last two months.

Over the extended Christmas school holidays in Rwanda, Esperance employed different activities and programs for the local school children of Kimisagara. Esperance volunteers gave extended football training for boys and girls teams while the ‘International Learning Cooperation’ combined English learning with life skill lessons.

There were also new additional English advancement programs for primary school children given by German and Austrian volunteers Julia Streiffeler and Fabian Hofstätter. Furthermore, our volunteer David Hagenimana made a weekly general knowledge quiz “Genies en Herbe”, in Kinyarwanda and English.

The celebration that took place on the first Friday of 2013, also marked the beginning of a new season for Esperance and its diverse activities that were celebrated throughout the day. While for the school kids of Kimisagara the Christmas school holidays were over, the programs that were carried by Esperance throughout November and December will continue on a new modified schedule.

The event kicked off at 3 pm with some hundred kids and participants attending the different activities at the Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre. Table tennis and football tournaments were held, both in gender mixed teams to showcase the progress that was made during the intensive holiday training sessions.

New season of activities kicks off with Holiday celebration

Esperance‘s school holidays activities are wrapped up:


The ceremony was moderated by Esperance members Vincent Hakizimana, who also plays for Esperance’s senior football team in the 2nd league, and David Hagenimana, the conductor of the “Genies en Herbe course”.

To celebrate the implementation of the new “Genies en Herbe” class, David Hagenimana and a few fellow volunteers tested five kids teams on general knowledge in English and Kinyarwanda. Furthermore Fabian Hofstätter who taught several English and German classes throughout the holiday period, made a few remarks about his teaching experience with the school children that concluded with an English presentation of his students.

After three hours of all kinds of competitions and activities, Donatien Nsengimana, Legal Representative of Esperance, concluded the event. Members of Esperance gave out FIFA and streetfootballworld merchandise to the winners of different competitions that took and to the most dedicated volunteers that helped to organize the celebration.

In his closing remarks, Donatien Nsengimana said that 2012 was Esperance’s biggest and most successful year yet with opening of the Kimisagara Football for Hope Centre and the constant engagement of the local youth in sport and educational programs. To make 2013 even a better year for the community and the progress of the organization, everybody needs to continue their dedicated effort of making this community a better place and giving the youth the chance to a brighter future.

Philipp Günther


Donatien Nsengimana (right), speaking to participants and volunteers about the progress of Esperance

Part of the celebration included a football tournament with all the junior teams of Esperance

“The Good Cause“ draws many guests to the FFH Centre

Exhibit collaboration between Archis, KD|AP & Esperance:

Setting up “The Good Cause” exhibtion with Archis and Esperance volunteers

The opening night with the Deputy Dutch Ambassa-dor commencing the exhibit

From the November 24 until December 8 2012, Esperance was the site of the second “The Good Cause: The Architecture of Hope” exhibition. On display at the FIFA Football for Hope Centre in Kigali, the work of photographer David Southwood and architect Anne Feenstra was be on display.

The exhibition was a collaboration between the Dutch architecture think tank Archis, and KD|AP, the architectural bureau of Kilian Doherty, the designer of the Kimisagara FFH Centre. The first “The Good Cause” event took place in Montreal in 2011 in cooperation with the Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA). The events are intended to explore the role of architecture in peacetime settings, in contrast with conflict situations. Questions about spatial dynamics in terms of peacekeeping are paramount to “The Good Cause.”

Among the structures around the world intended to prove architecture’s peace-keeping ability are a skate park in Kabul built by Architecture for Humanity, which also built the Kimisagara FFH Centre, and a visitor centre and community hall for

the Pamir-i-Buzurg wildlife reserve in Afghanistan by Dutch architect Anne Feenstra.

The Good Cause tries to broaden discussion about the role of architecture in post-war countries and lays bare the facts of war and peace, using giant maps that chart both wars and peacekeeping missions since the 1940s.

The exhibition was also visited by local youth and school children of Kimisagara who had time to explore architecture in a complete new context. An architecture class of the Kigali Institute of Technology took an extended tour through the exhibit to learn new approaches that can help them in their future projects.

Article courtesy of: archis.org / Philipp Günther


Architecture students of the Kigali Institute of Technology look at exponats with their professor Kilian Doherty

“The Good Cause” exhibition at the opening night on November 24t 2012

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In July 2012 Esperance began a new program for girls focusing on football and English skills. Volunteers Kari Mruz from the US, Julia Streiffeler from Germany and Job Uteretsimfizi from Rwanda work together to run the program for 35 girls ranging from P4 to S2.

In the school holidays the TeacherMate program was intensified to ensure that Girls‘ football team is also fit in English. Each student receives an iPod Touch equipped with TeacherMate English literacy software. This software was developed in the United States and has been used successfully in schools there as well as in Rwanda.

With TeacherMate, the students learn independently using interactive activities and games. Headphones and built-in microphones enable them to listen to stories and instruction, as well as record themselves reading out loud.

TeacherMate has already enjoyed a lot of success in Rwanda. The NGO who manages the program, Open Learning Exchange Rwanda distributed handheld devices to approximately 620 students at Remera Catholic II Primary School in Rwanda. The goal of this project is to provide evidence concerning whether, or not, Rwandan teachers, with the aid of the TeacherMate, can in one school year help their students significantly

increase their basic literacy skills, compared with the conventional methods currently used.

Rwanda is in a particularly favorable position for the TeacherMate pilot project. In 2009 the official language of instruction for schools in Rwanda was changed to English from French and Kinyarwanda.

With the TeacherMate handheld device, students learn basic components of early literacy and numeracy independently. In classrooms and football teams with numerous students TeacherMate devices allow each student to work at their own pace and at their own level of readiness. Should the TeacherMate project succeed in Remera and at Esperance, it could provide valuable lessons for using low-cost technologies for achieving quality literacy and numeracy instruction in Rwanda and worldwide.

As a result of this success OLE is working with Innovations for Learning to expand the TeacherMate program in Africa. There are plans to introduce pilots in Uganda and Ghana in addition to continuing it in Rwanda.

Article courtesy of: ole.org / Julia Streiffeler

OLE Rwanda continues TeacherMate English training

Open Learning Experience intensifies TeacherMate pilot with Esperance‘s Girls Team:

Volunteers Job Uteretsimfizi and Julia Streiffeler execute the TeacherMate project at Esperance

Esperance’s girl team engages in English lessons with OLE TeacherMate program


Since Donatien Nsengimana, Legal Representative of Esperance, founded the senior football team in 2010, it is playing in the 2nd division of FERWAFA, the Rwandan Football Federation.

The squad consists of 30 players between the ages of 17 and 26 years. In the first half of the current 2012/13 season of the National Championship the Esperance team won six matches, two ended drawn and one was lost. The senior team now stands on 2nd in its division.

The team, that trains five times a week at pitches in Nyamirambo and Kimisagara, closely lost the

Esperance‘s senior team aiming for 1st division

After last year‘s 1st division miss and a trainer change the squad is looking ahead:

decisive semi-final of the last season to enter the 1st Rwandan division. The players are not paid, because the objective of this team is to develop the players‘ skills and to prepare them for the 1st division. In the end of 2012 Coach Billy Musakombi left the Esperance team for Rayon Sport FC in the first division, so now it is Donatien Nsgengimana taking over responsibility for the team.

We wish our senior team all the best to fulfill its aims for the ongoing season of 2012/13.

Julia Streiffeler

Esperance‘s senior football team at their local stadium and playing ground in Mumena, Nyamirambo


The 4th edition of the UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp (YLC) kicked off 14 January at the world renowned Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar. The Camp brings together youth aged 18-25 in order to teach them the best practices in using sport as a tool for positive change in their communities.

Our volunteer Noella Uwera attended the camp organized by the UN Office on Sports & Development and Right to Play. Noella has been a member of Esperance since 2007. She will be the second volunteer of Esperance who attends an UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp after our volunteer Vincent Hakizimana went to the second YLC Camp in Germany in July 2012.

The aim of the camp was that the 29 youth from Africa and the Middle East would return to their home countries with a clear vision of how they

can make improvements in their community by harnessing the power of sport. The first Camp of 2013 was returning to its origin with the first edition having been hosted by the Aspire Zone Foundation at the Aspire Dome Sports Complex in Doha last January. The YLC is the initiative of the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke, and his Office, UNOSDP. It was co-organized together with Right To Play, the largest NGO using sport for social change and supported by the Chinese sport equipment manufacturer 361, which provided sports equipment free of charge for the camp participants.

The first day kicked off with a Press Conference attended by Special Adviser Lemke. He was accompanied by British Olympian Lynee Beattie who was representing the FIVB Heroes campaign.

Esperance at the 4th UNOSDP YLC Camp in Doha, Qatar

Noella Uwera of Esperance attended the UNOSDP YLC Camp:

The first day of the 4th UNOSDP YLC Camp in Doha, Qatar with the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke addressing the participants


Said Mr. Lemke: “We have seen time and time again that when young people are given an opportunity to be the catalyst for change, positive changes are possible. I am convinced that today will be the first day of a remarkable journey for these 29 young people”.

“I really believe that this camp will widen their vision on what they are currently doing and the role that they play in their communities. The new path that many of the previous participants have taken has been remarkable and I expect this group to achieve the same results”, said the lead facilitator of the camp, Mr. Fadi El Yamani from the organization Right To Play.

Over the course of the ten day program, the youth undertook both theoretical and practical trainings from Organizations like Right to Play, The International Paralympic Committee (IPC), Boxgirls International; Sport Federations like the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), and the International Judo Federation (IJF); and a special facilitation by Liverpool Football Club.

Noella Uwera from Esperance said about her experience: “For all the participants it was a great and inspiring time at the YLC. For example, during

the camp, we took part in activities that allowed us to experience what it is like for people with disabilities to play different sports. Furthermore, it was a special opportunity for me to learn more about health initiatives practiced through sport and to socialise with people from all over the world who come from different backgrounds. I bonded with a lot of people at the conference and I hope to stay in contact with them and their organisations.”

This year will also see Camps in Switzerland, Sweden and the Republic of Korea. It is the intention to have a wide geographic distribution of the Camps in the coming years. The YLC initiative is in line with the UN’s strong focus on youth and the UN Secretary-General’s generational opportunity and imperative of working with and for women and young people, which is part of his Five-Year Action Agenda. The YLC aims to strengthen a broad range of leadership, technical and transferable skills of youth and supports them as multipliers for implementing UN goals and cross-cutting issues in local communities. In order to promote diversity and ensure inclusion, the all Camps ensure gender equality amongst the participants and always include persons with disabilities.

Article courtesy of: unosdp.org / Noella Uwera

The participants of the fourth UNOSDP YLC including Noella Uwera from Esperance (center)


Fifty-six streetfootballworld network members have come to Lyon for the second streetfootballworld General Assembly. Hosted by network member Sport dans la Ville at their impressive premises in Lyon, France, the network spent three intensive days working on topics like gender equality, social inclusion and social enterprises, exchanging ideas for the coming years and discussing strategies for better collaboration between network members. Our Legal Representative Donatien Nsengimana attended the Assembly on behalf of Esperance.

The General Assembly is the supreme organ of the streetfootballworld network and consists of all members. It meets every two years to approve the strategy for network activities and to elect a network board. Above all it is one of the greatest opportunities for network members to meet up, to see old friends, and to develop new initiatives. Several network members were invited to share their expertise on selected topics with their colleagues. The workshops gave network members not only the opportunity to understand the work in other parts of the world better, but were also used to work on strategies for the

coming years. Steffi Biester of KICKFAIR, Sarah Murray of Women Win and streetfootballworld‘s regional consultant for East Africa Sarah Forde presented the results of the process on mapping the network’s set-up in terms of gender equality and opportunities for girls’ involvement.

The working group developed a first draft of a strategy for the coming years to improve the representation of girls and women in leadership positions, and to support network members in including girls better in their programmes. The network will follow a very special approach to tackling challenges in gender equality, including boys and men actively in the process to improve the situation for women and girls in society. Network members from all over the world also got an update on the activities of streetfootballworld in Brasil, and the preparations for the upcoming Football for Hope events which will be organised by FIFA with the active involvement of streetfootballworld.

Legal Representative of Esperance, Donatien Nsengimana, was very positive about the assembly: “Our organisation has been part of the streetfootballworld network since 2002, but every year I am more impressed with the dedication of the sfw-Team and its members. The General Assembly really is exemplar for the progress of the whole network.”

At the very end of the General Assembly, the results of the elections for the new board were announced. The new board will focus particularly on improving existing governance structures at streetfootballworld. It has been an amazing reunion and another important milestone for the streetfootballworld network.

Article courtesy of: streetfootballworld.org / Jean de Dieu Karera

2nd streetfootballworld General Assembly in Lyon

Annual gathering of the streetfootballworld Network to discuss future strategies:

Representatives of 56 organizations present at the 2nd sfw General Assembly in December


ESPERANCEP.O. Box 4613 KigaliTel : (+250) 788615016Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Director of publicationPhilipp GüntherTel: (+250) 787100682

EditorsDominique UwimanaPhilipp GüntherJulia Streiffeler

Editorial staffVictor SewabanaJean de Dieu KareraDavid Hagenimana

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