Newsletter 17 - June 2012

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Newsletter 17 - June 2012

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Newsletter No. 17, June 2012

Dear Visitor,

Have you seen how far we have gone with the building of our high school? We have been so busy with the construction that we completely forgot that we owe you the newsletter for this month. That’s why we’re a bit late.

Do pay a visit to our website, because there is more interesting news. Among other things, there are the testimonies of our students at Padri Vjeko Center vocational school. Their stories will bring at least a bit of the spirit and atmosphere of this African country into your homes...

School construction is proceeding at full speed

School construction Several days ago I bragged about the foundations being all done, and look where we are now! Our workers really mean business. They work like clockwork. If it isn’t raining, they don’t stop from dawn till dusk. They just take a lunch break, rest a bit after they’ve eaten, and then go back to the construction site again...

Students' testimonies

Students' testimonies This time I will let the students of our Padri Vjeko Center vocational school speak for themselves. They are the best proof of what education means to the children of Rwanda. Their stories and testimonies will bring at least a little bit of the spirit and the atmosphere of this African country into your homes as well...

A Surveyor in Rwanda

A Surveyor in Rwanda - Žana Hrkač As a member of the Surveyor Society of Herceg-Bosna, during my trip to Rwanda I was also curious about survey work in that country. I found out that, essentially, there are hardly any differences from European, i.e. Croatian, measurement and surveying methods, except that we are technologically more advanced...

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The school is taking shape...

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...