Mo-Mamo Karerwa

Mo-Mamo Karerwa is a Burundian educator, school administrator, and politician. Trained as a teacher, when ethnic violence broke out in 1993, she founded the Magarama II Peace Primary School. The curricula of the school, which taught students from the age two through sixth grade, followed the government mandated courses for half of the day and taught conflict resolution and how to live in peace for the remainder of the school day. She developed a curriculum which taught children's rights and examined Burundian history and culture as a path to a peaceful future. The curriculum was adopted by sixteen schools in the Gitega Province and she was appointed as the primary school teacher representative to the Provincial Education Council in 2003. Quotes “School is the right path that leads to success.” Burundi National Assembly, Journal “Peace and security are the driving force of development.” Burundi National Assembly, Journal] “Let ill-intentioned people spread rumours while you devote yourselves actively to work.” Burundi National Assembly “Mr Speaker, we have to be serious on this issue. The one who did this wants to divide us we do not want that.” : East African Legislative Assembly “I am a member of the regional affairs committee and I did not miss any meeting discussing this report.” : East African Legislative Assembly External links Category:Women from Burundi Category:Anti-apartheid activists Category:African National Congress politicians