One of the major problems in Rwanda is the aftermath of the genocide which left
around one hundred thousand children working on the land to achieve some form
of living without adults around them to guide and assist or free them up so
they can attend any form of education, so vital to their future and it is estimated that one out of every five children in Rwanda is either an
orphan or has been abandoned, one of the world's highest percentages of
orphans. Compounding
this is the half million girls who were systematically raped pushing up levels
of AIDS infection cascading down to their
infected newborns.
Child sponsor programs in Rwanda work
with these orphaned or abandoned children, promoting access to education in a
country which has one of the lowest secondary education attendance in the
world (35.87 % in 2018), addressing food insecurity and safe water issues as well as addressing
the deep psychological issues of parents to today's children given 60% of them stated that they do not care if they ever grew up because of the
traumas of the genocide past. You
can make a difference when you sponsor a child in Rwanda.
Child Sponsor Rwanda: The Lighthouse Project
In a shameless bit of self-promotion, read this novel by the African Volunteer Network team about volunteering in Uganda. "Well worth the read especially for those working with non-profits abroad. In fact, it should be required reading."
When you sponsor a child in Rwanda you not only help families with school fees, school uniform and scholastic materials but sponsorship also covers basic medical needs that fall outside of government-sponsored insurance given the child you sponsor greater access to health care.
When you sponsor a child with Rwanda Children, their team members spend more than 70 hours weekly with each sponsored child, enabling them to be nurtured in a loving, Christian environment. They also provide sponsored children's parents with vocational training opportunities to help them climb out of poverty.
As a sponsor, there is a real connection between you and the child you sponsor; they will know your name, write to you and benefit directly from your monthly sponsorship. Many of these children don't have parents, some were killed in the genocide or have died of AIDS. These children are starving for love. So when someone they don't know, in another country, takes an interest to help them go to school and have food and medical care, that person becomes special to them and in a way you become an extended family.
Sponsor a child with Ubaka U Rwanda and guarantee that a boy will never be hungry again. You will not only benefit the child himself but also their surrounding community and provide a child with a real future through their education and allow them to participate in skill-based leisure activities and later complete an apprenticeship.
In another of our African country profiles, find out all about Rwanda in a series of information articles, latest daily news, videos, and images together with volunteering and child sponsorship opportunities.