Grace Rwanda, through PREFER, has supplied GS Cyuve and GS Karinzi,
secondary schools in the Cyuve Sector that will be accepting grades S 4, 5 & 6
for the first time, with the following supplies:
2 wooden bookcases with locking doors
1 television set
1 DVD/cd player
1 stereo player with speakers
Teacher manuals w/cd lessons
Student text books
Total per school
$1000.00usd
We took both head masters to Kigali to purchase their supplies. They were
both so very excited to have this opportunity to stock their schools with better
books and equipment than they had ever hoped for.
Making change in Rwanda
By Manisha Krishnan, North Shore News June 8, 2011
When bad things happen, the natural human instinct is to try to forget about them.
But sometimes, it can be crucial to remember, so that history doesn’t repeat itself. In the case of the Rwandan Genocide, the latter is true.
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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.”
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