Newsletter 11 - December 2011

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Newsletter 11 - December 2011

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Newsletter No. 11, December 2011

Dear Visitor,

It’s over!... “What’s over?” you’re wondering...
The school year is over!

Unlike in Europe, in Rwanda the school year lasts from mid-January until the end of November. And you are probably interested to know how we celebrated? Well, you can read all about it if you visit our web site and read all the new articles that we have published during the past month.

You can also read about our volunteers’ activities, and how Kivumu has grown even dearer to their hearts. However, we would like to put a special emphasis on articles about the help we’ve been receiving from selfless people who live in all parts of the world.

As the year nears its end, we impatiently and joyfully await the holidays of Christ’s birth. We all rejoice in Christmas - the feast that marks Jesus’ coming to Earth and the day when God made himself man.

Dear friends, we wish you a Merry and Blessed Christmas, and a Happy, Healthy and Successful New Year! May you spend the holidays with family, friends and neighbors, enjoy yourselves, and dedicate yourselves to those whom you love.

On Technology and Trade Shows

On Technology and Trade Shows With the lack of consistently available power we turned our attention to a new project of installing a school wide audio system for music and announcements. The project called for a centralized audio solution that broadcast sound to self-powered speakers in each classroom. After another trip to Kigali and significant help from Salomon...

Victor & Monique

Victor & Monique This time I want to tell you about a wonderful couple from Canada, who has been unselfishly helping us for years, making it possible for the children of our parish to live a better life. Their names are Victor and Monique. He’s eighty-seven, and she’s seventy-seven. Despite their age, they still commit a huge amount of their time...

The School Year is over – The Children Have Earned a Break

The School Year is over – The Children Have Earned a Break What tremendous joy there was on the last day of school! Especially for those who successfully completed their programs. Those who did not ‘fare’ so well in their studies will have to wait a little longer for their holidays… they have to ‘warm their chairs up a bit longer’ and pass all the subjects. Of course, we are here to help them so...

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Thank you, dear friends!

If you are able, please donate for helping to educate the children at our Center

Rwanda is small country with population of 11 million. Because of this, often there is no opportunity to buy land on which to build a school. And if there is any land available, the price is very high compared with the Rwandan standards. The price for our new school is around 70.000 Euros. We need help to do this and we invite you to donate for our new school. More info...

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Father Vjeko Ćurić

He didn’t flee like the other foreigners. He stayed at the side of his parishioners. When refugees from Kigali came pouring here, Vjeko hired staff to prepare them food. He was the only one who concerned himself with the refugees, taking care of them until the very end of the tragedy that befell Rwanda. Read more...

Kivumu Parish

Kivumu Parish is relatively a small with about 60km2 with Christian Population 30,000 within its borders. The area is overpopulated especially if everybody has to live his/her own garden. An estimate of 40-50% of the population can not afford to provide daily meals to their families. Read more...

Small Christian Communities

As a parish we prefer the small Christian Community method. In these groups people learn to help one another. It is actually referred to as Church in the neighborhood where people pray and work together. We put a lot of effort to see that these structures function and are fruitful to them. Read more...