Housing to Empower Rwanda's Future Leaders

Summary

Housing is one of the most important components of Orphans of Rwanda’s scholarship program for orphans and socially vulnerable young people. This project supports the costs of two ORI student houses. progress report read updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of £4,445 was raised for this project.

Received £4,445 from 117 donations from people around the world like:

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Orphans of Rwanda (ORI) provides 160 motivated and talented Rwandans with the opportunity to attend university and become Rwanda’s future leaders. ORI-sponsored student houses are where our students develop the relationships that enable them to thrive both academically and personally. One student recently said that ORI’s greatest gift to him was the chance to live with his housemates, who call each other brothers. This project will support the costs for two of our current student houses.

Activities

Fund two student houses in Kigali, thereby providing group housing for 14 Orphans of Rwanda students for one year.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £4,445

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled £4,445. The original project funding goal was £4,572.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

ORI’s scholarship program aims to empower Rwanda’s most talented orphans and socially vulnerable young people to become the leaders they hope to be. It is our expectation that our students will become leaders in every sphere of Rwandan society.

Project Message

"I know the ORI team well and we have built a collaboration based on the shared belief that high-quality education and health care can help Rwanda transform its future."
- Dr. Paul Farmer, Founder of Partners In Health

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Michael Brotchner,
Executive Director
Orphans of Rwanda, Inc.
330 Seventh Ave., 21st Floor
New York, New York 10001
United States
917-558-9019
Email:

Project Sponsor

Stephanie Fischer

Organisation

Orphans of Rwanda
16 Highland Street
Cambridge, MA 2138
United States
917-558-9019
http://www.orphansofrwanda.org

Learn more about Orphans of Rwanda and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Rwanda and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Rwanda, read the Human Development Report on Rwanda or the Wikipedia entry for Rwanda.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 10, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 05, 2008.

Latest Update from the Field

Please help ORI win the GlobalGiving Challenge

By Michael Brotchner - Executive Director, August 07, 2009 11:36 AM

Dear ORI Supporters:

Muraho from Kigali! I have some great news to share: thanks to your efforts, ORI is currently in 3rd place in the “Alive and Learning Challenge.” We have received more donations than anyone in the competition and we’re about halfway towards our goal.

But we still need your help! We’re $1,458 short of the level we need to reach by August 14 in order to qualify for bonuses from GlobalGiving. Remember: a gift as little as $10 will have a direct impact on our students’ lives by funding an ORI group house for one day.

The other exciting news is that we have another university graduate as of yesterday: Gilbert Nshimiyimana. I attended his defense of his dissertation at the Universite Libre de Kigali and he passed with flying colors. Many ORI students were in attendance to support him.

Finally, read my latest blog (below) about how an ORI student had the honor of meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame.

Please help us win the challenge so that ORI students like Gilbert have the opportunity to show the world what they can do! Murakoze!

-- Michael

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