The 13th graduation at Urukundo Learning Center was a joyous event attended by many. We honored kindergarten, Primary 6 and Tom Nunnally Sewing Center graduates. Our graduates number 125 in kindergarten, 81 in P6 and 27 in the Sewing Center.
Honored guests: Musabwe Aimable, who is the Cyeza Sector executive secretary, and Mugabo Gilbert, who is the Muhanga District vice mayor.
Urukundo Foundation administrative staff and spouses, left to right: Felix and his wife, HR Juliette; National Board President Oswald and his wife Felecie; Executive Director Jean Marie; and Executive Secretary Eric.
Primary 6 graduates wore green and black.
The kindergarten graduates from the preschool wore blue and gold.
Claude and Lucky today. Claude finished secondary school. Lucky has one year to go. He lost a year due to his school closing for Covid.
These are the kindergarten students in Graduation 13.
Even in preschool, our students visualize a bright future. Here are some of our kindergarten graduates.
He dreams of being an astronaut.
A doctor is his vision.
Flying as a pilot is where it’s at when you are 6 years old.
Baseball is his goal.
Constructing buildings for Rwanda is in the future.
All have hopes and dreams. We hope to make their dreams real.
The Tom Nunnally Sewing Center graduates wore blue and white.
Urukundo students modeled some of the outfits sewing students made.
Pretty in purple
Strutting her stuff
She will be a model or an actress.
Musabwa Aimable, right, Executive Secretary of the Cyeza Sector, awarded a sewing machine to the best student, Mukamugemo Francoise, left.
The award of a sewing machine is a tradition established by Forest Hills Rotary in Pennsylvania, USA, to honor Tom Nunnally, a member of their club and a patron of Urukundo Foundation, who left us way too soon.
Forest Hills Rotary also gave a startup gift for every graduate. Urukundo has continued this memorial to honor Tom.
On the runway, sewing students modeled clothing that they designed and made.
All of the graduates paraded on the street in front of the Urukundo campus.
Opening student parade. In sync, marching to open the event.
I was honored to be a speaker. My talk emphasized, “Education is the light to a brighter future.”
Urukundo’s chorus and band
Urukundo’s dancers, girls and boys
Urukundo’s karate presentation
13th graduation for the school but 7th for Primary 6.
Graduating P6 dancers
P6 valedictorian Iradukunda Clarisse
An outstanding academic student received an award gift. Student Hakizimana Kevin Promese and his father.
Closing our graduation ceremony with cake