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Ten Young Rwandans Selected As FCC Simmons Grants Fellows
In February, ten exceptional young Quakers were...
Elevate Your Career: 5 Essential Networking Tips
Tip 1: Attend conferences, workshops, and...
Spotlighting Our Mentee Peruth Manirasubiza: Aspiring Future Nurse
Peruth's dream of becoming a nurse is fueled by...
News & Blogs
FCC Wins 3 Awards, Securing Over $10,000 at McGill University’s Dobson Entrepreneurship Competition!
🏆 We are thrilled to announce that Friends Career Center is one of the winners of the McGill Dobson Cup! 🏆 After multiple rounds of pitching, our team has secured an impressive array of accolades, winning 3rd place in the McGill Dobson Cup, 2nd place in...
Breaking New Ground: FCC’s First Workshop in Canada
Mental Health Awareness and Trauma Healing Workshop "Well for Mental Health" is an initiative aimed at training communities in mental health and trauma healing using peer support networks. It involves organizing community workshops, seminars, and events to raise...
Empowering Futures: FAET and FCC Collaborate for a Transformative Workshop in Musanze, Rwanda
The Forward Africa Education Trust (FAET) recently held a two-day training workshop for students and graduates, in collaboration with the Friends Career Center (FCC). This dynamic partnership aimed to introduce participants to the FCC's work, provide career guidance,...
Inspired by Queen Nzinga’s Heroism
Story I. Your Bravery, Your Ability One morning, lying in bed before I got up and started my day, I took my usual five minutes for meditation. At that moment, a huge realization struck me: small actions, over time, can amount to something big. I immediately reached...
Healing Through Art: A Journey of Transformation
Ubugeni Bwomora, meaning "Art That Heals," is a transformative program under Friends Career Career, dedicated to supporting youth living with HIV through art-based therapy. Designed to foster emotional resilience, self-expression, and healing, the initiative provides...
Ubuntu in Action: Empowering Young Adult Friends at the Growing Together Seminar
In October 2024, Friends Career Center (FCC) hosted its annual Growing Together seminar, bringing together young Quakers from Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Inspired by the FWCC World Plenary’s theme, “Living the Spirit of...
Events
Raising Rwanda’s Young Climate Leaders
The world is on fire. And the young people of Rwanda are refusing to watch from the sidelines. On March 8, 2025, at the College of George Fox Kagarama, something shifted. One hundred high school students gathered for a climate change workshop. By the end of the day,...
Features
Empowering East African Youth to Build a Better Future
An Interview with Joyeuse Senga of Friends Career Center
Bridging the gap: Sandrine Ishimwe of FCC
‘FCC has engaged over 1,000 young people across Rwanda and Canada.’
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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