VEM ALUMNI CONFERENCE ( Karongi, Rwanda, October 10-18,2024).

“On the evening of Friday, October 11, 2024, in Karongi, Bethany Investment Group, in collaboration with the VEM organization, hosted an international conference. The event, titled ‘ALUMNI CONFERENCE:” Learning from Local Peace-building Experience for a Global Peace-building Process in an Intercultural Perspective’‘ brought together participants from diverse nations.

Among the attendees were students who had been sponsored for their studies through the VEM partnership, representing countries such as Tanzania, the DRC, Cameroon, Indonesia, the Philippines, Ethiopia, Germany, and Rwanda.

The conference aimed to draw lessons from regional efforts in reconciliation and tolerance, with the overarching goal of advancing global peace through intercultural cooperation.

The participants were welcomed by the President of EPR, who officially opened the conference. In his speech, he emphasized the importance of collective effort in building peace, highlighting the message that ‘we exist for one another.’ He concluded with the statement, ‘I am because you are.’ He continued by saying that working together is a crucial step towards achieving sustainable peace.