Educational opportunities for disadvantaged school students in Rwanda: Registered Charity 1176583
We are delighted that Daniel Nteziyaremye has joined us as a trustee. Daniel is a Rwandan Quaker peacebuilder. He is currently the National Program Field Coordinator for Turning The Tide, a social justice and peacebuilding programme. He also serves as
Plans are progressing for our next workshop. We are aiming for early April, sometime in the Easter holidays and prior to the genocide commemoration.
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We asked our students for feedback and were delighted with their comments. Some examples…
Earlier in the year, a survey was sent out to Forward Africa Education Trust (FAET) students. Their responses have been processed into the following report. We asked the students questions on topics relating to the pandemic, the issues that were
This August we held our first workshop with 21 students attending at The Friends Peace Garden in Kigali, Rwanda. A massive thank you to Daniel, Rachael, Annette and Jeremiah for planning, facilitating and delivery.
This last year was challenging! COVID 19 had a major impact on our students but with encouragement from our local partners and a food distribution programme to avert hunger, all returned to school after a six-month lay-off.
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It’s amazing how resilient our teenagers are! Not only do they have to deal with the daily ups and downs of surviving on limited means, when a global pandemic comes along they have to use all their resourcefulness to continue
Marie Grace, Student nurse
COVID has delayed my nurse training at university, but when I qualify I will try to be a good nurse who will work with empathy, skills of problem-solving, commitment to patient advocacy, open-mindedness and …
Read moreControlling the spread of the virus has been a key priority within Rwanda. Schools and universities remain closed with students struck at home with limited access to e-learning. We continue with our feeding programme (thanks to generous support) and anticipate …
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Cynthia pictured with her food delivery. Their cupboard was bare as her mother who worked as a casual cleaner and washed
