Understanding Community Service in Rwanda

Understanding Community service in Rwanda is a study that was carried out in Nyamagabe District. Community service was regarded as a way of punishment for people who committed the crime against humanity. Rather it involves tigistes’ self-discipline and respect. As a result it has the potentials for the offender to make a constructive contribution to the community. As reconstructive measure it exclusively targeted the offenders who committed genocide crimes in Rwanda. The findings established the alternative punishment to imprisonment promotes social and economic welfare environment sustainability though infrastructure development. As a matter of fact the offenders gained professional skills in different fields such as carpentry; masonry excavation work joinery hydraform machine use and weaving. They have built various public offices established terraces schools and markets added value to human and natural resources protected infrastructures and environment self-developed themselves as well as their families. The book establishes that the infrastructure facilities support commodity exchange and communication facilities support commodity exchange.