𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬—𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐲.

❤️🇷🇼 Nearly 40 RAS students, from fourth grade through university, joined us at the Center for a day intentionally built around connection. 🎨 Through icebreakers, LEGO, origami, puzzles, games, and conversation, our students and guests quickly connected. Christy designed and led the activities, while Idrissa—our first college graduate and one of our earliest students—stepped in to translate and support others. #Teamwork 🙌🏾 📸 By the end, no one seemed ready to leave. Students and guests lingered for photos, laughter, and more conversation. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥. ☕ We capped the day with our first 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚, joined by @cisco employees around the world and special guest Fran Katsoudas, @Cisco’s Executive Vice President and Chief People, Policy & Purpose Officer. Fran shared powerful lessons on resilience, leadership, knowing your values, taking ownership of your future, and using success to create opportunities for others. Our students also had the opportunity to ask her questions directly. ⚡ Even a brief power outage couldn’t stop the momentum—we adapted and kept going. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. ❤️🇷🇼 #RiseAbove #RisingAbovetheStorms #Rwanda #Education #Cisco #Community