{"id":10,"date":"2020-10-13T10:55:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T07:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grafas.org\/demo01\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-04-18T19:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T19:52:53","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rckv.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10\" class=\"elementor elementor-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8828dd8 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8828dd8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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As the only English speaking club in Rwanda, RCKV boasts a diverse membership, thirteen Paul Harris Fellows, strong committees and a growing membership. The Club has initiated and seen the birth and growth of four Rotaract and three Interact Clubs around Kigali. These active clubs continue to grow in membership and we are proud to guide them along the Rotary path. 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During the course of the last 24 years our club has done numerous other projects.<br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c03edaf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c03edaf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fde9a54 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fde9a54\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e144747 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e144747\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/rckv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/RCKV-Kigali-Public-Library-Rotary-Club-Kigali-Virunga2-scaled-e1702718684109-1024x633.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1280\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aea0132 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aea0132\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f140531 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f140531\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"font-family: var(--global-heading-font-family); color: #242d2d;\">Kigali Public Library<\/h3><p>Rotarians of our club have thought of having a flagship project and the club has sown the seeds of creating a massive public library, which is now standing as Kigali Public Library testimonial to the efforts done by generations of our club members. The dream of KPL conceived by members of the Rotary Club of Kigali Virunga, first and foremost by Rotarian Beth Payne, who came up with the idea to construct a public library based in Kigali to encourage and promote reading culture among fellow Rwandans. Lack of access to accurate information and culture of reading tragically contributed to instigating and executing the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Even after the genocide, the lack of open access to information persisted in Rwanda. No public library had ever existed in the country. Libraries then were and are still institution based.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e1755b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e1755b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67a8693 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67a8693\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our club established the KPL project committee in 2000 which was tasked to fundraise for the project. With the support of the Government of Rwanda, numerous institutional donors, and many individual philanthropists, the committee fundraised about 1.3 million US Dollars for the construction of Rwanda\u2019s first-ever public library, to convert the tools of destruction into tools of construction and development. The KPL foundation stone was laid in 2000 by the Honorable <\/span><b>Prime Minister Bernard Makuza<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The overall project costed 6 million US Dollars and 12 long years to be completed. The rest of the funds for the KPL was contributed by the Government of Rwanda, under the leadership of <\/span><b>His Excellency Paul Kagame<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the mentor of the project who wholeheartedly extended his support for this project. 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