Friday 21st March 2014. A day we had planned for months and was in the dark for so long had finally seen the light. We requested this opportunity last year and after several reminders, they finally gave us an opportunity to talk to the students.
Mozilla Rwanda Community, Represented by Ezres Anitah Az +Az, had a talk with the University of Rwanda - College of Science and Technology students. Given the school's schedule, the turn out was amazing. 50+ students showed up.
With our our MISSION, the plan was to recruit FSA's in Kigali and set up an FSA club in the institution.
Az gave her presentation on Mozilla, Mozilla Rwanda and the Firefox Student Ambassador Program and also talked about starting a Firefox Stdent Ambasador Club in the institution.
The presentation included trivia questions about Mozilla and Firefox to see how much the students knew about Mozilla and Firefox. Not many people know about Mozilla or Firefox but many know about Mozilla Firefox browser. They were surprised to find out about Mozilla as an organisation, its products and the Mozilla community. Funny how many think we were recruiting students to work for Mozilla organisation :).
After the presentation, many seemed to be interested and the audience had many questions about the presentation and how they can be part of the community. With the help of their Head of Department, Arthur Joash who is willing to be our contact person (Ambassador) in the institution, we managed to pick a name for the club, and a student rep Adelene. Name picked for the Club is COSTECH FSA Club. Az was tasked to create a club then the students can join online.
After all this, it was time to share the Mozilla gear we received for the event. Students were excited to recieve something after the talk.
None of this would have happened without the help of Hezron Richard & Alex Wafula from Mozilla Kenya and our contact from the institution Arthur Joash, Univeristy of Rwanda COSTECH. Thank you.
