Heroin is the foundation of dignity and development

Rwanda's National Heroes' Day was February 1.

We celebrated in the village with some team building games and an inspirational guest speaker from the Rwandan military.  

There is a national theme for the day published.  This year it was:

"Heroism is the foundation of dignity and development"

I don't know…  Is it just me, or does this feel like a slogan right out of 1984?  Thoughtcrime is doubleplus ungood. Heroism is the foundation of dignity and development.  

The slogan was painted on banners around the school. Originally this banner (pictured) read "Heroin is the foundation of dignity and development." which I think we can all agree is not quite right. 

As a fun little exercise, imagine yourself defining the word 'dignity' to a bunch of teenagers.  It's a bit harder than you might think.