Celebrations for the landmark were held at Five to Five Hotel in the Rwandan city of Remera and were attended by a host of NPC officials, members of different local sports federations and National Olympic and Sports Committee (RNOSC) officials.

In his speech, the NPC-Rwanda President Celestin Nzeyimana discussed the organisation's exponential growth in recent years noting that, having started with three clubs, today they have 28 competing in different disciplines across the country.

"Today we are celebrating a big achievement, as a sports organisation that has come a long way," he said.

"I take this opportunity to thank our partners, the staff and everyone who helped us reach this level.

"We want to continue playing a leading role in promoting and developing sports for people with physical and intellectual disabilities."

Jean de Dieu Nkundabera won the country's first and only Olympic and Paralympic medal Athens 2004, where he claimed bronze in the men’s T46 800 metres.

Former NPC President Dominique Bizimana claimed the organisation will continue to empower the disabled people through sports.

"Our main objective is to reach out to people with disabilities and welcome them onto the field of sport," he said.

"We are really impressed by the work that has been done by NPC in the last 15 years.

"We were the first African country to qualify a women's sitting volleyball team for the Paralympic Games."

The Rwandan women sitting volleyball team achieved their biggest milestone thus far by winning the Africa Para volley Championships held in the Rwandan capital of Kigali, qualifying for Rio 2016. 

At Rio 2016 they failed to win a match, finishing bottom of group B.

In 2011, NPC-Rwanda claimed the Sport Accord "Spirit in Sport"award through its development project "Engineering the future and promoting Paralympic Sport in Africa".