Rebuilding a hopeful future for Rwandan orphans

Summary

This project enables orphaned Rwandan youth to heal, thrive, and maximize their potential through a communal living environment , quality high-school and vocational education, and expert medical care. progress report read updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Rwanda is striving to renew itself in the traumatic wake of its devastating genocide and the challenges posed by debilitating poverty and HIV/AIDS. The Agahozo Shalom Youth Village (ASYV) will address critical needs in Rwanda through innovative educational methodologies that will heal and nurture, creating a cadre of Rwandan youth who have the skills and passion to rebuild their lives and effect real change in their own communities, country, and beyond.

Activities

Communal involvement will cultivate a strong sense of self and of social justice. The medical clinic will tend to their physical wellbeing. The high-quality high school will provide the springboard to shape their futures and that of their country.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £4,673
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £41,947
Total Funding Goal: £46,620

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

ASYV is a development project that will serve as an agent of change in a devastated country by bringing innovative approaches and expertise to Rwanda in a variety of fields and through healing, educating and empowering 500 orphans each year.

Project Message

"As President Kagame said when we met with him, 'there isn't much we can do about the past, but we can change the future' and this is what ASYV is all about."
- Anne Heyman, Founder of ASYV

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Rachel Olstein,
Director of Volunteer Services
711 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017
United States
212-885-0898
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organisation

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
711 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017
United States
212.885.0839
http://www.jdc.org/

Learn more about The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 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 July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 29, 2008.

Latest Update from the Field

Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village Update - July 2010

By Rachel Olstein Kaplan - Director of Volunteer Services, July 06, 2010 01:34 PM

The 250 students at Agahozo-Shalom are more than half way through the academic year. The past few months have been filled with exciting events at the village and throughout the country. In May, the village celebrated National Women's Day and then marked Earth week with lectures and events about environmentalism.

In June, a group of 21 Tufts University Students spend 10 days volunteering at the village. They joiined the Agahozo-Shalom students in their tikkun olam service projects, helping the local community in community service by building homes, working in the medical clinic nearby and teaching at the local elementary school.

Tufts' support enabled Agahozo-Shalom to finish construction on playing fields and stadium seating in time to host the National Soccer Team at the end of June.

Construction is also underway on our new science center and health and wellness center, both of which will be open in December when our new class of 125 students joins the ASYV community.

Pictures:

ASYV and Tufts students do Tikkun Olam (JPG)

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