Brief report
on the visit of Vice-President of FIDE and President of ACC to RWANDA
Prepared by Kevin Ganza
Prepared by Kevin Ganza
Over the last
week, Rwanda Chess Federation was honored by the visit of the Vice-President of
FIDE and Chairman of the FIDE-CiS programme, Mr. Ali Nihat Yazici, and the
President of the African Chess Confederation, Mr. Lakhdar Mazouz. They arrived
in Kigali on 12th March 2014
around 1:20am.
On schedule,
they were to meet with different Rwanda government Officials to discuss on the
development of Chess in Rwanda in general and the introduction of the Chess in
School programme.
Day 1 (12th March):
Mr. Yazici and
Mr. Mazouz met with the President of the Rwanda
National Olympic and Sports Committee, Mr. Robert Bayigamba. Their
discussions focused on the development of the chess game in Rwanda, on the
success story of the Turkish Chess Federation and how Rwanda could succeed as
well. The meeting took place on the Amahoro National Stadium at the RNOSC
offices from 2:00pm to 2:40pm.
From Left to
Right: Mr. Martin (technical Director,
RNOSC); Mr. Kevin (Vice-President, FERWADE); Mr. Ali Nihat Yazici
(Vice-President, FIDE), Mr. Robert Bayigamba (President, RNOSC); Mr. Lakhdar
Mazouz (President, ACC); Mr. Johnson Rutayisire (technical Director, FERWADE)
and Mr. Elie (Vice-President, RNOSR)
After the visit
at the Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee (RNOSC), Mr. Yazici and Mr.
Mazouz visited the Ministry of Education.
They met with the Honorable Minister of Education, Dr. Vincent Biruta. Their
discussions focused on the Chess in School programme and its impact on
performance of learners at school but also one of the ways to boost the
development of chess in Rwanda. The Minister said, it is good programme and
schools should be sensitized to create chess clubs.
This sounded
great although the Chess in School programme is not implemented through chess
clubs but is part of the education curriculum. On this, the Minister said that
due to the Rwandan education curriculum is too rigid, and the programme could
not just be included, but this could still be a subject for discussion, view
the impact of Chess in education. Their meeting ended around 3:50pm.
Mr. Lakhdar Mazouz and Dr. Vincent Biruta, the Minister of Education
Dr. Vincent Biruta, Mr. Isaac, the Advisor to the Minister and Mr. Ali
Nihat Yazici
After the visit
at the Ministry of Education, Mr. Yazici and Mr. Mazouz visited the Genocide Memorial Site at Gisozi; a
time to witness what Rwanda went through in 1994.
Mr. Yazici and
Mr. Mazouz later on in the evening met the Executive Committee of the Rwandan
Chess Federation; a nice time of sharing and having a common understanding on future
activities and collaboration towards the development of chess in Rwanda. The
Executive committee was composed of Mr Kevin Ganza (vice-President), Mr Johnson
Rutayisire (Technical Director), Alain Patience Niyibizi (Secretary General)
and Murara Maxence (advisor to the Executive Committee).
Day 2 (13th March):
On the second
day of their visit, Mr. Yazici and Mr. Mazouz visited the Ministry of Sports and Culture where they met the Permanent
Secretary, Mr. Edouard Kalisa. Their discussions were focused on the
development of Chess, opportunity of creating a chess center and introducing
the chess in school programme. Mr. Yazici thanked the PS for the support they
gave to the Federation for participating in the Olympiad 2012. Mr. Kalisa said that
with limited budget they have, they manage to share it among all the
federations so that they are able to improve in their respective sports.
In the
afternoon, Mr. Yazici and Mr. Mazouz visited one school in the Eastern
Province, the Agahozo Shalom Youth
Village. A village created by Mrs. Anne Heyman for vulnerable young boys
and girls.
They played
chess with boys and girls of the village and discussed on the benefits of chess
in education and in the real life.
Mr.
Yazici and Mr. Mazouz with some of the young boys and girls of Agahozo Shalom
Youth Village
On the rightside of Mr. Mazouz is the
Director of informal Education, Ndikubwabo Jean Marie Vianney, of Agahozo
Shalom Youth Village.
Mr. Yazici and
Mr. Mazouz left Kigali on 14th March around 9:00am to continue their
visit in Kampala.
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