IWAWA youth speak out six months after graduating

Two years ago, the Iwawa Rehabilitation and Vocational Skills Development Centre (IRVSDC) was established by the government of Rwanda to impart life skills to street children. Amidst criticism, from foreign media outlets who likened the centre to a prison—‘Alcatraz of Rwanda’ and the ‘Island of no Return”—a lot has changed. 
Some of the youth who graduated from Iwawa at a construction site in Nyamirambo. The New Times /  D.Umutesi
Some of the youth who graduated from Iwawa at a construction site in Nyamirambo. The New Times / D.Umutesi
Doreen Umutesi