Newsletter 12 - January 2012

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Newsletter 12 - January 2012

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Newsletter No. 12, January 2012

Dear Visitor,

We hope you enjoyed your Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Here it was also more relaxed than usual because school was out, but a lot of work was done nonetheless.

During the school break we were visited by Jayne Carlielle and Al Webb from Canada, who gave an English language course for our teachers.

We, on the other hand, were busy doing carpentry work. While the students were resting, we made them new desks and chairs, and we also started the biogas plant.

With the start of the new school year we were in for a pleasant surprise. We have a record number of students! How many? Read it on our website...

A Record Number of Students in the New School Year

New School Year Oh, events like these always make me happy, because it is incredible to see how this village has developed during the past few years. I remember the first week of school several years ago. Back then, no one noticed that something important was going on. Twenty-something enthusiastic or curious individuals would come to school...

My Third Trip to Father Vjeko Centre

Jayne Carlielle As part of our visit, we were able to offer our time and English teaching skills to 30 teachers from the CFJ and surrounding primary schools. We encouraged the teachers to immerse themselves in English through a series of lessons that included songs, chants, communicative games, reading, writing and, of course...

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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...

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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...

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