ASPIRE DEBATE RWANDA

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[Samuel Nduwayezu @samnduwa]

Happy umuganura!

Mureke inzoga(ibyuma) murye amagi😉

@RwandaHealth @RwandaLocalGov @harerimana_tito

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#FriendsofNature

[David Toovey @DavidToovey]

"I live in Rubavu and it often floods near our homes. My idea is to create a digital early warning system for flooding so we can be ready and protect ourselves."

- Kentia Ishimwe, Gisenyi GS Environment Club Vice President

#GreenRwanda🇷🇼🌿 | #FriendsOfNature

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#FriendsofNature

[UNICEF Rwanda @unicefrw]

Yesterday, with @AspireDebateR, we convened policymakers, partners & youth-led organizations to move youth engagement from symbolic to real leadership. Our Deputy Rep: climate change is a rights & equity issue hitting families hardest. Adolescents must lead resilient communities.

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#friendsofnature

[Di @DianeIngabire3]

@unicefrw @AspireDebateR @DominicRwanda 8 months with Friends of Nature, and I’m in awe.
The climate knowledge the adolescents have gained, the confidence they’ve found, and their drive to take and lead climate action is inspirational.
Let’s stay #FriendsofNature

[Di @DianeIngabire3]

@unicefrw @AspireDebateR @DominicRwanda 8 months with Friends of Nature, and I’m in awe.
The climate knowledge the adolescents have gained, the confidence they’ve found, and their drive to take and lead climate action is inspirational.
Let’s stay #FriendsofNature

[Makerere Debating Union @makdebateunion]

A massive congratulations to Makerere University team @Cynthiaethel19  and @Joshua_lawel   for taking home 1st place at EAUDC 2026.
You all spoke with incredible eloquence, sharp logic, and complete confidence under pressure. The university is incredibly proud of you.🥳🥳

[UNICEF Rwanda @unicefrw]

Yesterday, with @AspireDebateR, we convened policymakers, partners & youth-led organizations to move youth engagement from symbolic to real leadership. Our Deputy Rep: climate change is a rights & equity issue hitting families hardest. Adolescents must lead resilient communities.

[David Toovey @DavidToovey]

"I live in Rubavu and it often floods near our homes. My idea is to create a digital early warning system for flooding so we can be ready and protect ourselves."

- Kentia Ishimwe, Gisenyi GS Environment Club Vice President

#GreenRwanda🇷🇼🌿 | #FriendsOfNature

[ASPIRE DEBATE RWANDA @AspireDebateR]

🚨HAPPENING NOW🚨

The #FriendsOfNature Conference 2026 is live at Movenpick Hotel, Kigali.

Young voices. Institutional leaders. One conversation about climate.

Follow along🧵

#ADR #ClimateActionRwanda #YouthLead #Rwanda

[ASPIRE DEBATE RWANDA @AspireDebateR]

@DominicRwanda @unicefrw Ishimwe Agatesi Kentia

17 years old.

Vice President, Enviro Club — Ecole des Sciences de Gisenyi.

Friends of Nature student.
She is not the future of climate leadership.
She is the present. 🌍💚

[ASPIRE DEBATE RWANDA @AspireDebateR]

Tomorrow at Movenpick Hotel, Kigali. 🌍💚

The #FriendsOfNature Conference 2026 — hosted by @AspireDebateRw with @UNICEFRwanda & @REMA_Rwanda.

Theme: "Enabling genuine young people's influence across formal climate processes."

Meet the Speakers:

[ASPIRE DEBATE RWANDA @AspireDebateR]

Dominic Muntanga, @DominicRwanda — Deputy Representative Programmes @unicefrw

He brings institutional weight to the question of how young people's voices find their way into the rooms where climate decisions are made.

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@DominicRwanda @unicefrw Paul Chukwuma

Policy Officer, Green Protector & Communications Coordinator, Loss and Damage Youth Coalition
COP27. COP28. COP29. COP30. UNEA. Africa Climate Week.

Today he tells us what it actually takes to make a young voice count in a formal climate process. 💚

[ASPIRE DEBATE RWANDA @AspireDebateR]

@DominicRwanda @unicefrw Juliet Kabera

Director General — @REMA_Rwanda

She helped ban plastic bags in Rwanda in 2008

She sat on the Montreal Protocol Executive Committee in 2019/2020.

She is building Rwanda's environmental systems from the inside.

Now she speaks to the generation that will run them

[ASPIRE DEBATE RWANDA @AspireDebateR]

@DavidToovey @unicefrw @REMA_Rwanda Happening now with our panelist on stage discussing : Transforming adolescents into active local community climate action leaders. @REMA_Rwanda @unicefrw @GreenProtectors @RwandaYouthArts @EnvironmentRw @DavidToovey

[ASPIRE DEBATE RWANDA @AspireDebateR]

@DavidToovey @unicefrw @REMA_Rwanda Happening now with our panelist on stage discussing : Transforming adolescents into active local community climate action leaders. @REMA_Rwanda @unicefrw @GreenProtectors @RwandaYouthArts @EnvironmentRw @DavidToovey

[David Toovey @DavidToovey]

Happening now in Kigali.

#GreenRwanda🇷🇼🌿

[Redempter Batete Ruzindana @redempter]

Stay tuned👌

[ASPIRE DEBATE RWANDA @AspireDebateR]

Give young people a microphone, and they will change the world. 🎙️✨

Swipe through to see our Friends of Nature facilitators in action, supporting, guiding, and listening as these incredible young leaders step up to speak on climate action.

#FriendsOfNature #YouthClimateAction

[ASPIRE DEBATE RWANDA @AspireDebateR]

Behind every great milestone is a dedicated village. 🌍✨

#FriendsOfNature was made possible by the incredible #facilitators, #mentors, #judges, and #teachers who poured their hearts into guiding the next generation.

#Community #Mentorship #PublicSpeaking #Youth #climate