This is just a small update, but still an important one! After training on children’s rights and child abuse, the percent of parents...
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Jan 16, 2012
Posted by Kamonyi, Rwanda - FH Canada
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Rwanda's History
Rwanda still bears its scars from the 1994 genocide which decimated nearly 800,000 Tutsi people, one of two main tribal groups in Rwanda. During the war, the country lost almost 90% of its intellectual population. Families were destroyed, thousands of women (34% of the female population) were widowed, and over 85,000 children were left orphaned. Countless children remain separated from their parents and live on the streets. A high rate of HIV/AIDS, caused in part by widespread cases of rape and abuse of children and women during the war, has added thousands more orphans to a country which continually struggles to absorb the one million refugees who returned to Rwanda after the genocide.
Rwanda still bears its scars from the 1994 genocide which decimated nearly 800,000 Tutsi people, one of two main tribal groups in Rwanda. During the war, the country lost almost 90% of its intellectual population. Families were destroyed, thousands of women (34% of the female population) were widowed, and over 85,000 children were left orphaned. Countless children remain separated from their parents and live on the streets. A high rate of HIV/AIDS, caused in part by widespread cases of rape and abuse of children and women during the war, has added thousands more orphans to a country which continually struggles to absorb the one million refugees who returned to Rwanda after the genocide.
FH In
Rwanda
FH entered Rwanda in 1995, responding to the humanitarian crisis caused by the
genocide. FH Rwanda began its operations by offering relief and social services
to the millions of Rwandans who were repatriating, many of whom were children
who had been separated from their families, or left orphaned. In 1999 FH Rwanda
transitioned from a relief organization to one focused on sustainable community
development. Beginning with child development programming, FH Rwanda now works
in a variety of sectors.
- Agriculture & Environment: Radical terracing, natural resource management, trainings with community leaders in best practices.
- Child Development & Education: Education support programs, health care, health insurance, nutritional monitoring, parent support groups, parent business associations and trainings, bible and social clubs.
- Economic Development: Small business trainings, cooperative development, financial management trainings, animal distributions and husbandry trainings, veterinary trainings, product diversification and marketing, meat industry development.
- Health & Nutrition: Nutritional supplements and monitoring, nutritional support, care, and training for people living with HIV/AIDS.
- Water & Sanitation: Water treatment and distribution system, hygiene and community sensitization trainings.
Quick Facts (from IRIN, CIA, The World Factbook, UNHCR, UNICEF, and the Official Website of the Republic of Rwanda)
- Women comprise 70% of the adult population.
- Two-thirds of Rwandans live below the poverty line.
- More children are heads of their households in Rwanda than in any other African country.
- Seven out of ten female genocide survivors were living with HIV/AIDS in 2004.
Updates from Kamonyi
When the partnership with Kamonyi began, a number of poverty-related factors kept many children from attending school regularly. Health...
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Jan 11, 2012
Posted by Kamonyi, Rwanda - FH Canada
Slave Lake Alliance Church just sponsored 4 children from Busekera! Excited to walk with these kids and see how we are all changed in ...
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Jan 07, 2012
Posted by Carol Murphy Baker
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