Club Solidarité Collège Saint-Albert will inaugurate the Collège Saint-Albert (CSA) Umurage Foundation on Sunday, November 26, at the Kigali Convention Centre. The launch follows a successful introduction of the book on College Saint-Albert’s history.

The book titled "Le Collège Saint-Albert de Bujumbura, Un Monument de la Solidarite Humaine” reflects a deep sense of love and commitment to helping fellow compatriots in the struggle.

Launched on March 25 last year, the book has five sections that tell the difficulties that the pioneers went through while establishing the school, the journey from DR Congo to Burundi, the transformation, challenges and successes before the liberation struggle.

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During the foundation’s launch, the Constitutive General Assembly Meeting will also be held to elect the board of the foundation.

According to Eugène Gashugi, the chairperson of Club Solidarité Collège Saint-Albert, the main mission of the CSA Umurage Foundation is to set up a secondary school in Rwanda that will preserve and uphold the College Saint-Albert’s legacy of academic excellence, patriotism, sacrifice, solidarity, humanity, and leadership in current and future generations of Rwandans and Africans.

The foundation also seeks to establish an educational programme that will, among other things, help improve the quality of the Rwandan education system. Key subjects will include Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), and a strong emphasis on art, culture, and sports as extracurricular activities.

The school aims to place Rwanda as a competitive player in the global knowledge-based economy through its innovative academic and educational approaches.

"Club Solidarité College Saint-Albert is an association composed of alumni, former academic and administrative staff, and friends of College Saint-Albert. However, the CSA Umurage Foundation will be open to all people who are keen on supporting its mission.”

Collège Saint-Albert from Bujumbura, Burundi was founded by Rwandan refugee students in Belgium, nearly six decades ago on November 15, 1963.

The objective was to provide education for the young Rwandan refugees in Burundi who had fled the anti-Tutsi crisis which started in 1959 with the persecution and killings in Rwanda.