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
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Child Sponsor Rwanda: SOS Children's Villages
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Child Sponsor Rwanda: Africa New Life
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Child Sponsor Rwanda: Rwanda Children
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Child Sponsor Rwanda: Rwanda Child
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Child Sponsor Rwanda: Ubaka U Rwanda
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Child Sponsor Rwanda: Rwanda Children
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Child Sponsor Rwanda: Volunteer in Rwanda
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Child Sponsor Rwanda: Rwanda Country Profile
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