Miss Rwanda Meghan and Liliane are heading to Rubavu District today, Wednesday, to spur the youth for farming activities.
Miss Rwanda 2018,
Liliane started a project of calling the youth for farming activities such as
vegetables since last year, her fellow Miss Rwanda 2019 impressed by the
initiative and was interested to work closely with her to help in the
accomplishment of the initiative.
On May 15,
2019, 2019 Miss Rwanda 2019 with Miss Rwanda 2018 went to Rubavu district to
call the youth for farming activities. They aim to meet young people in the
region who live on agricultural activities in order to support their farming
projects.
For farming
activities, Miss Rwanda 2019 encourages the youth to concentrate on cultivation of
vegetable gardens in order to contribute to nutrition sector of the country that
is expected to increase rate of healthy people. The Director of Sunrise School,
based in Musanze District, said that when the Two female crowned Miss Rwanda visited
them few days ago, they helped the youth improve their understanding on farming.
He said, “We
have a lot of cows, so we have reasons to get good nutrition, Miss Rwanda
initiated vegetable garden project in our school, students are excited for this
project and taking care of it, they will be able to learn and love the farming
activities because of encouragement they got from Miss Rwanda,’’ he said,
adding :"This will help us, it will help us in the diet of the children
and that they will be able to provide the necessary materials and provide a
number of facilities that will be used to provide food for the students."
Miss Rwanda 2018
Iradukunda Liliane initiated her project of cultivating gardens of vegetables and
fruits last year. She crossed the country encouraging people to fight malnutrition
through the aforementioned farming mechanism.