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Narendra Modi donates 200 cows for economic development project of Rwanda
Narendra Modi on Tuesday visited a village in Rwanda and donated 200 cows for an economic development project of the East African nation.
Transforming lives in rural areas! More images of cow donation function under Rwanda’s Girinka programme. Rwandan President @PaulKagame joined PM @narendramodi at the event. pic.twitter.com/xlVGYmrXNT
— Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) July 24, 2018
Girinka is a social protection scheme of the Rwandan government personally overseen by President Paul Kagame.The poorest families are gifted dairy cows by the government and the first female calf born of the cow is gifted to the neighbour, thus promoting brotherhood and solidarity in the community.
Earlier in the day, Modi visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial that honours the memory of over one million Tutsis killed by the then Hutu majority government in 1994.
Modi reached Rwanda on Monday on the first leg of his five-day, three-nation tour of Africa that will also take him to Uganda and South Africa.
Beginning the day on a poignant note! PM @narendramodi visits the Genocide Memorial Centre in #Kigali. The Memorial honours the victims of the worst excesses of violence. It is also symbolic of the admirable and exemplary process of reconciliation Rwanda has embarked upon. pic.twitter.com/Hsd9uax259
— Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) July 24, 2018
Following delegation-level talks with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, India and Rwanda signed eight agreements, including in the areas of defence, agriculture and dairy production, trade and leather and allied sectors.Modi also announced that India will open a new High Commission in Rwanda in what can be seen as yet another manifestation of India’s increasing engagements with Africa.
India’s current High Commissioner to Rwanda has residence in Uganda. Modi’s visit is the first ever Prime Ministerial visit from India to Rwanda.
