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How SheCreates Is Helping Divine Grow Her Fashion Business

At 28, Divine Munezero, founder of Ntagwabira Fashion Limited, based in Gisozi, Kigali, is turning her passion for fashion into a growing business. After completing high school in 2017, she pursued a one-year sewing course and also worked as a model. However, her love...

Meet SheCreates’ Mutoni Raissa: From a Struggling Business to a Stronger Future

Twenty-five-year-old Mutoni Raissa is building a future through Fresh Root Produce, a  business based at Kimironko Market, where she sells fresh fruit. A 2024 graduate of Construction Engineering, Mutoni did not begin her entrepreneurial journey with everything...

EmpowerHer Alumni and Current Fellows Come Together to Connect and Learn

On September 13, Friends Career Center brought together 31 EmpowerHer alumni and current cohort members for a networking session focused on experience-sharing, personal growth, and self-discipline. The gathering brought together women at different stages of the...

FCC Launches a Climate Awareness Campaign

Throughout September, Friends Career Center ran a four-week online climate awareness campaign through its EcoFriends programme, themed "Climate Change Starts With Us: Young People Turning Everyday Actions Into Real Solutions." Delivered across FCC's social media...

Twenty Women, Twenty Businesses: SheCreates Program Nears Its Final Stage

In the third quarter of 2026, the first cohort of the SheCreates, Empowering Young Women Entrepreneurs Fellowship reached the final stage of the program. Launched in October 2025, SheCreates is a 12-month initiative implemented by Friends Career Center (FCC) in...

Friends Career Center Welcomes 8 more students to the 2026 EmpowerHer Cohort

In the third quarter of 2026, Friends Career Center (FCC) welcomed eight more young women into Cohort 3 of the EmpowerHer Program, continuing its commitment to supporting young single mothers and vulnerable young women through practical skills development and pathways...

Friends Career Center Launches its 5th Mentorship Cohort

In the third quarter of 2026, Friends Career Center (FCC) welcomed nine young people into Cohort 5 of the Mentorship Program carried out in partnership with Forward Africa Education Trust (FAET). The cohort will run for three months and conclude at the end of October...

From Vision to Venture: Rachel’s Journey with SheCreates Program

At 25 years old, Niyonagize Rachel is turning her passion for technology and entrepreneurship into a growing business. Her curiosity about technology began at an early age, when she was fascinated by devices such as phones and radios. Today, she enjoys researching...

Meet Vanessa Mutoni – FCC’s EmpowerHer Fellow

From overcoming personal setbacks to pursuing a career in hospitality, 24-year-old Vanessa Mutoni’s journey reflects resilience, determination, and the power of never giving up on a dream. A mother of two from Nyanza District. Her education was interrupted in Senior...

Meet Christella Niyonkuru – FCC’s EmpowerHer Fellow

Niyonkuru Christella's story is one of resilience. Born in Bugesera District, Christella is now twenty years old. From early childhood, school was never a given for her, it was something she had to fight for, growing up in a family facing real financial hardship. She...
Friends Career Center Launches its 5th Mentorship Cohort

Friends Career Center Launches its 5th Mentorship Cohort

In the third quarter of 2026, Friends Career Center (FCC) welcomed nine young people into Cohort 5 of the Mentorship Program carried out in partnership with Forward Africa Education Trust (FAET). The cohort will run for three months and conclude at the end of October...

Meet Vanessa Mutoni – FCC’s EmpowerHer Fellow

Meet Vanessa Mutoni – FCC’s EmpowerHer Fellow

From overcoming personal setbacks to pursuing a career in hospitality, 24-year-old Vanessa Mutoni’s journey reflects resilience, determination, and the power of never giving up on a dream. A mother of two from Nyanza District. Her education was interrupted in Senior...

Meet Christella Niyonkuru – FCC’s EmpowerHer Fellow

Meet Christella Niyonkuru – FCC’s EmpowerHer Fellow

Niyonkuru Christella's story is one of resilience. Born in Bugesera District, Christella is now twenty years old. From early childhood, school was never a given for her, it was something she had to fight for, growing up in a family facing real financial hardship. She...

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Bridging the gap: Sandrine Ishimwe of FCC

‘FCC has engaged over 1,000 young people across Rwanda and Canada.’

Empowering East African Youth to Build a Better Future

Doing Public Health Differently

Mastercard Foundation Scholar alumna Joyeuse Senga, MSc’23, helps rural Rwandan youth and those living with HIV to believe in their future – and then go after it.

The Friends Career Centre: From Rwanda to Canada

This post is inspired by two insightful conversations between Joyeuse Senga and Evrard Gatana, founders of The Friends Career Center, and staff from CYM (Canadian Yearly Meeting).

Prize Recipients of the McGill Dobson Cup

The McGill Dobson Bootcamp and Cup Competition, powered by National Bank, is an experiential learning opportunity and pitch competition for start-ups founded by members of the McGill community.

To End the AIDS Epidemic by 2030

Ubugeni Bwomora –  Art that Heals, a Call for Collaborative Initiatives Led by Youth Living with HIV.

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