About OFYER

Sport - Education - Discipline

OFYER is a Non-Governmental Organization created in 2010, registered in 2022 by Rwanda Governance Board (RGB) with operation certificate number 1075/RGB/NGO/OC/07/2022. The certificate is issued to operate its activities in Rwamagana District and anywhere necessary in Rwanda.

Mission

OFYER is aimed at well-being of the community in supporting the development of youth's cognitive and social skills using sports, leisure, and education, promoting environmental protection, contribution to HIV and drug abuse prevention, and promotion youth with disabilities.

Vision

To prepare youth (boys and girls) of all backgrounds for careers in sports, culture, and environmental protection, free of HIV and drug abuse, and providing quality sports education.

What you can

Our team

Emmanuel NTAKIRUTIMANA

Founder and Executive Director of OFYER

Dieudonne NDIKUMANA

Advisor of Executive Director of OFYER

RUGAMBA Robert

Program Manager at OFYER

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Olivier Hagenimana

Monitoring and evaluation in charge at OFYER

He is a data manager at a healthcare facility in Musanze, Rwanda. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Public Health Project Management and an A1 Diploma in Mathematics and Physics with Education. He has had various professional training on the collection, analysis, and management of quality health data, as well as the monitoring and evaluation of health services, and worked with various health institutions in Rwanda. Before his current role, Olivier worked as a facilitator of Mathematics and Physics for over 8 years. He is also an alumnus of the 2018 Teaching and Achievement Program in the United States of America.

About Our Representative

Career

2010

Bachelor's degree holder in sciences with education
University of Rwanda

Since his graduation, he is working as sciences and adaptive sports teacher in the school for visual impaired since 2011 till now.

During his teaching career, he become initiated to coaching in para sports and special education needs. He attended different local and international trainings for professional development.

2017

He attended The Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) is an intensive non-credit, non-degree, six-week professional development program at a U.S. university at Appalachian States University, September – November,2017. It is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

2020

he attended and completed an international coaching course in sports for the disabled people where he got a diploma in coaching from International University of Leipzig, Germany.

In the community, 2010 he founded an NGO entitled Organization For Youth Empowerment Rwanda(OFYER) which has got legal operational certificate by Rwanda Governance Board (RGB). By now he is an executive Director of the above organization.

He got different awards in career of education and sports.

2022

He participated in Regional Sport Training in Lilongwe, Malawi, which is an initiative under the NPC Development Programme that is supported by the IPC’s worldwide partnership with Toyota.,2022.

He worked also as a volunteer in VSO, he was in charge special needs education in Gicumbi District, from 2022 till 2023.

He is also one of executive committee of IJABO RYAWE RWANDA (Member of FERWAFA), football academies Forum since 2022 till now. He is the commissioner of conflict resolution.