Rwanda Open Summit
An invitation from Stephen Harris
When I first participated on a service-learning trip to Rwanda, I was immediately overwhelmed by both the need and the potential that lies within this nation. As an educator I was immediately asking the question “what could we do?”
What can be done to improve learning and life outcomes for young people in regional and rural areas of developing nations?
SCIL is facilitating a ‘collision of minds’ - an Open Summit that aims to create strategic directions for enabling 21st Century learning opportunities for students in regional areas of developing nations. The Summit will be held in Musanze, in Northern Rwanda, about 90 minutes north of the capital, Kigali.
This is no small task. With entrepreneurial thinkers, action-oriented people and those with a commitment to serving this generation we hope to create sustainable and economic options for improving infrastructure associated with school and schooling. Along with international participants, the summit has the support of the Director-General for Education in Rwanda and the Kigali Institute of Education. It will also draw on the experience and wisdom of local principals and school leaders.
Stephen