Thinking and Speaking a better world

An action without thought is blind and a thought without an action is empty” Kwame Nkrumah

WHAT WE DO

Kigali Debate League

Consistent and challenging platform for debate in Rwanda. Students meet every month to compete with one aim : to be the champions. The best teams are invited for the Tournament of the Champions.
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East Africa Debate League

This platform would provide the skills and knowledge to the young people of East Africa to be able to participate in solving their own problems through debates.
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Public Debates

Discussions on an issue that has two sides, uses argument and evidence, and engages an audience, It promotes the visibility, It attracts new debaters and It motivates the current debaters.
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Debate Camps

Intensive debate training where students are also trained on Advocacy, Leadership, Self-esteem and confidence, Conflict management, Team-building, Poverty reduction theories.
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iDebate Rwanda
Speaking and thinking a better world.
iDebate Rwanda is a local charity that enables debate training and a platform for public debate in East Africa.
Film courtesy of Speaking Pictures – produced and directed by Alec Rossiter.
Special thanks to:
The Central London Debating Society
Goethe Institute
Gashora Girls Academy

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iDebate by the numbers

People on Team
Schools
Debate Competitions
Students
Expat Trainers
Annual Debate Camps
Debate Coaches
Vision
Mission

Schools we work with:
Each Academic Year, we host approximately 7 competitions and the best teams in those competitions are invited for the Tournament of the Champions in order to crown the Best Debating Team in the country. Currently, the following school are the ones participating:
  • Lycée Notre Dame De Citeaux
  • Lycée de Kigali
  • Riviera High School
  • Liquidnet Family High SchooL
  • IFAK
  • Gashora Girls Academy
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Testimonials

  • “…the camp was set up to allow our students to develop critical thinking skills and learn how to structure and make great arguments.”

    Jean Michel Habineza
    Intl Coordinator, IDEBATE

  • “I liked most the experienced coaches that led our way to understanding the real art of debate, people that really loved what they were doing”

    Derrick Murekezi
    Graduate, Lycée de Kigali

  • “I enjoyed having professional trainers that helped us to reach where we wanted to be and what we wanted to become”

    Berabose Joyce Aline
    Student,Martyrs Secondary School

  • “Burya ubujiji buba mumutwe… poverty is in the head …”

    Ivan Magwene
    Student,Lycée de Kigali

  • “I enjoyed facing the challenges and fears and finally found ourselves doing and thinking beyond what we thought we could by simply following the clear methods of our trainer.”

    Nkubito Jessica
    Student,Lycée de Kigali

  • “Dedicated coaches, a wonderful staff, and ambitious debaters on the lookout for an opportunity to change the world, THAT made the camp the most beautiful thing ever”

    Intwali Murangira Bruce
    Student,APE Rugunga

Partners & Sponsors

We are so thankful for the different people that believe in us, they give us the courage to continue
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