THE PRODUCTIVE FRIENDLY FOOTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL GAMES BETWEEN RULI HIGHER INSTITUTE OF HEALTH (RHIH) AND UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA, COLLEGE OF MEDECINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES (UR_CMHS)

On this Friday, 18th February 2022, Ruli Higher Institute of Health (RHIH) has played a friendly football and volleyball games with University of Rwanda, College of Medicine and Health Sciences (UR_CMHS). The game has been organized by two Universities in cadre of implementing the Rwanda universities sport association vision and mission as well as its strategic plan.  The sport took place at Gasabo District, Remera Sector in Ground of University of Rwanda-College of Medicine and Health sciences (UR-CMHS)/ Remera Campus, in Former Kigali Institute of Education (KIE).

The games took place at Remera Football and Volley Ball ground. The leisure start  at 14h00 with Volleyball( RHIH win  2Sets  out of one  of UR-CMHS  and Football was the next to follow from  16h15 till 18h00(2Goals of UR out of Zero of RHIH).

RHIH Volleyball Team versus   UR-CMHS Team at Ground of Remera Campus
RHIH Football Team versus UR-CMHS Team at Ground of Remera Campus

The football and Volley ball teams as well as Fun from RHIH staff and Students were headed by Dr. DUSHIMIYIMANA Innocent (Fr.), (Vice-Chancellor of RHIH).

In fact, the Government of Rwanda through the Ministry of sport and culture in Rwanda acknowledges sports as one of the best communal transition along with advancement of the country. Sport is well known for its great benefits that include good health, fitness and still makes a lot of wealth to the people and the country at large. Also the sport helps the nations to unite as one family and to keep peace and harmony for their development in all aspects. Rwanda for such a long time has been known as the sporting nation due to the effort done by the government to provide and support sport and this is in various categories which include sports for women, sports for the disabled as well as sports in different cultural disciples that has promoted the country.

The Guest of honor was UR-CMHS coordinator who appreciated the welcome of RHIH in responding to their invitation and accept to participate in the Game.  He continued by explaining the purpose of the event.

Post matches, the Vice Chancellor of RHIH delivered a public talk on thanking the University of Rwanda and appreciated the matches that took place. He addressed that “ the match is for only creating the friendship between schools and their members , to know each other and to know what principally the schools teaches and how it can be important to all of us through  sharing our current achievement. He ended by welcoming University of Rwanda to come to play at Ruli in Gakenke”.

The present participants suggested to keep the spirit of organizing the same sport and its empowerment in all aspects and extend the sports to other campus as well as in Private Higher Learning institutions operating in Rwanda.

The event has been ended by welcoming and reception of participants that take place at Saint Paul /Kigali.