Grace Rwanda Society was founded in response to the events in Rwanda of 1994. In 100 days between April 6th to July 4th, genocide claimed the lives of approximately one million people in Rwanda. Grace Rwanda Society’s response is a commitment to supporting education for Rwanda’s young people. We believe that with education, Rwanda’s young people will continue to educate themselves and others, helping to create and sustain peace in Rwanda and in the world. Our core values are compassion, accountability, respect, and empowerment.
GraceRwanda was featured on Global National News on July 16, 2010. Watch the segment.
Board members receive warm welcome at Rwinkwavu School
The schoolchildren are singing, dancing and drumming with all their hearts. Hundreds of villagers, their energy palpable, encircle their three visitors in jubilant celebration, even encouraging the “Muzungus” (westerners) to join them in dance. Gratitude for their new school cannot be contained.
More than 600 students were part of the celebration—with music, dancing and speeches–at the March 26 official announcement of Grace Rwanda’s partnership with the Rwinkwavu School. “Each speaker was so grateful for what Grace Rwanda has done,” says Franco Bordignon, Grace Rwanda’s vice chair. “I didn’t think we had done that much, but that’s not the way they saw it.”
Sunday June 27, 2010.
You are invited to an afternoon with speaker Carl Wilkens — A humanitarian aid worker in Rwanda since 1990, Carl Wilkens was the only American to remain in the country during the 1994 genocide. Each day he braved the deadly streets to bring food, water and medicine to orphans trapped around Kigali. His experiences have been featured in the New York Times, the PBS Frontline documentary “Ghosts of Rwanda,” and the National Public Radio documentary “The Few Who Stayed: Defying Genocide.”
Time: Sunday June 27, 2010 @ 2PM – 5PM
Location: St. Helen’s Church, 3871 Pandora St., Burnaby, BC (View Map)
There will be an opportunity to purchase Rwandan crafts, teas, coffees and fabrics.
Download PDF Invitation.
Grace Rwanda Spring 2010 Newsletter. Click to download.
Grace Rwanda Fall 2009 Newsletter. Click to download.
