Art for Gorillas

Category: Art of Conservation (AoC) | Date: May 30 2009 | By: Julie

We’re pleased to introduce Innocent, our newest AoC staff member. Below, Innocent shares his previous experiences and I think you’ll agree his skills are an important addition to the project.

My name is Innocent UWIZEYE. I was born on January 15th, 1981 in Rutsiro District, Kivumu Sector. I completed my secondary studies in Literature at Groupe Scolaire Notre Dame d’Afrique (GSNDA) de Nyundo in 2002. After one-year experience in teaching French at Ecole d’Art de Nyundo, I started my undergraduate studies at INES-RUHENGERI and obtained my Bachelor’s Degree with distinction in Translation and Interpreting in May 2008. From June 2008 to April 2009, I was recruited as an English teacher by Collège Saint Wenceslas/APEFOC. I am currently acting as a teacher and translator for Art of Conservation.

Feeling at home in the classroom, Innocent engages our students in discussion.

As far as professional experience is concerned, I conducted a two-month internship in the Translation Unit of the Office of the Prime Minister-Kigali. Additionally, I got many opportunities to act as a translator for tourists on visit to Volcanoes National Park. Thanks to these tourists’ visits, I got interested in conservation. That is why it gives me a great pleasure to work for AoC.

Innocent encourages the children to share what the word “peace” means to them through pictures, written word, and finally dialogue. (Please click here for our blog on the International Peace Marathon.)

Innocent participates in games with our students and Simpson College student volunteers. (Please click here for US Student Volunteers bring Music and Dance to Rwandan Classrooms.)

Murekaza Neza, Innocent!