{"id":126249,"date":"2026-06-19T12:51:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/?p=126249"},"modified":"2026-06-19T12:50:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:50:33","slug":"appointment-of-the-new-coordinator-of-the-rwanda-delegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/appointment-of-the-new-coordinator-of-the-rwanda-delegation\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointment of the New Coordinator of the Rwanda Delegation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brother Armin Luistro, Superior General of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, has recently appointed <\/span>Brother Ferdinand Biziyaremye<\/b> as Coordinator of the Lasallian Delegation of Rwanda for a three-year term, from August 1, 2026, to July 31, 2029.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brother Ferdinand has a distinctly international profile and extensive experience in the leadership of the Lasallian educational mission in Africa. He has served for many years within the Lasallian Region of Africa-Madagascar (RELAF) and was Director of the Regional Community of Abidjan (C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire), a key center for the formation and animation of the Region.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the international level, he served as a member of the International Council for Association and the Lasallian Educational Mission (CIAMEL) until 2023. He was also a member of the preparatory commission for the III AIMEL (International Assembly for the Lasallian Educational Mission), helping to shape the Institute\u2019s global strategic directions regarding service to the poor, vocation culture, and governance. This work culminated in the publication of the <\/span>Final Report of the III AIMEL<\/span><\/i> in July 2023. He also served as Regional Coordinator within the Secretariat for Association and the Lasallian Educational Mission at the continental level.<\/span><\/p>\n

The appointment of Brother Ferdinand as Coordinator of the Rwanda Delegation continues the work carried out by his predecessor, Brother Jean Bosco Bigirimana. It responds to the need to promote and strengthen collaboration \u201ctogether and by association\u201d among the Brothers and the many lay partners (teachers, educators, and families), while further developing the Rwandan structures in accordance with the Institute\u2019s educational and spiritual standards.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

Educational Works<\/b><\/h2><\/div>

The Lasallian presence in Rwanda dates back to 1953, when the first Brothers arrived from Belgium (although the Delegation itself was not officially established until 1972). Today, it is part of the RELAF Region. It includes approximately 40 Brothers actively serving in the country, supported by more than 150 collaborators and lay partners.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Rwanda Delegation also oversees six communities and several works that serve more than 2,700 beneficiaries (children and young people). Among its educational works are:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • La Salle Academy (Byumba):<\/b> One of the most established Lasallian institutions in the northern part of the country, focused on educational excellence and formation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The La Salle Center for street children <\/b>in Butare, which provides non-formal education programs and stands as an excellent example of \u201cfree educational service to the poor\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>

    The New Frontier: Kigali<\/b><\/h2><\/div>

    In linea con l’invito del Capitolo Generale ad andare verso le \u201cnuove frontiere\u201d della povert\u00e0 educativa e urbana, la Delegazione ha recentemente espanso la sua presenza istituendo una nuova comunit\u00e0 e la <\/span>Kigali De La Salle School<\/span><\/i> nella capitale (settembre 2022). L’opera (che accoglie sezioni di scuola materna ed elementare) \u00e8 nata proprio per rispondere alla forte domanda educativa delle famiglie della zona, integrando perfettamente la collaborazione tra Fratelli e personale laico.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    A proposito dell\u2019inaugurazione di questa struttura Fr. Ferdinand ha fortemente evidenziato l’importanza della collaborazione tra i religiosi, le autorit\u00e0 ecclesiastiche locali e i partner laici. Ha descritto la presenza lasalliana come una \u201ccomunit\u00e0 ospitale dove la fraternit\u00e0 \u00e8 al cuore di tutte le attivit\u00e0\u201d, sottolineando che ogni traguardo scolastico o pastorale \u00e8 il frutto di un cammino fatto \u201cinsieme e per associazione\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Fr. Ferdinand inoltre \u00e8 da sempre attento ai talenti dei giovani. Infatti ha pi\u00f9 volte ribadito l’idea lasalliana che ogni bambino e ogni studente rappresenti un dono prezioso per la societ\u00e0.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Per Fratel Ferdinand, il compito principale dei coordinatori e degli educatori in Ruanda deve essere quello di \u201cmettere anima e corpo per far fiorire e crescere i talenti nascosti in ogni ragazzo\u201d. Gi\u00e0 in passato, commentando le attivit\u00e0 della Delegazione del Ruanda durante periodi complessi (come la gestione dell’istruzione e del supporto sociale durante l’emergenza legata al Covid-19), aveva lodato la capacit\u00e0 delle istituzioni locali di non lasciare indietro nessuno, in particolare i bambini di strada e le fasce pi\u00f9 vulnerabili della popolazione.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Tutta la famiglia lasalliana augura a Fr. Ferdinand un ottimo e felice lavoro.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":126247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3367,3462,3301],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-relaf-en","category-superior-general-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126250,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126249\/revisions\/126250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}