By Briana Giordano | Interim Assistant Director
In October, the Inaugural Annual MindLeaps Scholarship was awarded to one refugee MindLeaps Trainer! This year's receipient is Emmanuel, lead refugee trainer in the Mahama camp in Rwanda. This scholarship will allow Emmanuel to travel to Guinea on his school break in December to be a part of the International Train The Trainer’s program. He will also receive training from Guinean MindLeaps Trainers.
While in Guinea, he will enhance his ability to communicate and teach the MindLeaps curriculum and methodology. Emmanuel will then return to his camp to share his newly acquired knowledge with his peers and community. This will help them develop the necessary skills to gain opportunity for an improved life. Congratulations, Emmanuel! We are so proud of your hard work, and we can't wait to have you at the MindLeaps Center in Guinea!!
Emmanuel's story
Emmanuel was born in Burundi. He and his family fled as refugees, and they have been living in the Mahama Refugee Camp in Rwanda since 2015. Currently he is a student at Paysannat L Secondary School in Mahama where he studies Literature (English), Kiswahili, and French. In 2018, Emmanuel was selected to join the MindLeaps training program where he quickly rose to the top of his cohort for his natural technical dance ability and his exemplary character. Now, he is currently the lead trainer of the Mahama program - not to mention a positive role model for Mahama youth. Emmanuel is passionate about ballet and contemporary dance, and he has the natural physical qualities for a classical dancer, like flexibility, excellent feet, and the ability to be emotive when dancing.
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