Students from Green Hills Academy visited Rwanda Meteorology Agency

A group of 128 students who do Geography at Green Hills Academy on this Thursday 22^nd October visited Rwanda Meteorology Agency headquarter in Gitega Sector, Nyarugenge District.

The aim of the visit is to get opportunity to visit the weather stations at Meteo Rwanda and gain an understanding of how and why weather elements are measured and recorded.

At Meteo Rwanda, the students toured the weather station and forecasting division whereby they managed to see how the weather prediction is done and tips on how to set a weather station.

The students raised a couple of questions on Meteo Rwanda products and their impact on Rwanda Citizens.

Mr Mbati MUGUNGA MATHIEU, a senior forecaster at Meteo Rwanda has told them that the products of Meteo Rwanda help different institutions in their planning. He highlighted that the Agricultural sector use Meteo Rwanda products for planning of agricultural seasons. 

Senior Forecaster MBATI MATHIEU MUGUNGA explaining to the Students some of Meteo Rwanda Products

He added that those in infrastructure sector use Meteo Rwanda products for better planning while dealing with different constructions and so on. 

Ms Jacqueline UWIMANA a teacher at Green Hills Academy who was leading the team described the trip as helpful because students managed to see and touch on equipment they have been learning in theories without practical part.

“The trip was helpful. The students had in their mind pictures of different equipment that are used in weather forecasting but now they have seen them and they have learned a lot on their operations” said UWIMANA.

Ms UWIMANA added that the students witnessed why sometimes Meteo Rwanda predicts the rain but it do not rain. They learned that there are many factors that might cause the rain not to rain including those Meteo Rwanda do not have control over.

The student from Green Hills Academy comes following others from Bumbogo Secondary School and APAGIE MUSHA in only one Month.

Services of Meteo Rwanda are used both in planning for agricultural activities, disaster management. The researchers s and Academicians use them also as education materials.