Fundraising

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A New and Safer Play Area for our Kids - In Process

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Thanks to RAISED HANDS FOR AFRICA   Our children are watching a play area being developing for them and are making good use of it already. The mound of dirt under the bars is such fun. You can roll down the hill without getting hurt. The mound of dirt will be gone soon. We will have to think about that.
A good place to play hand games.
Exercise is good. Acrobatics are better.
Wheelbarrow with Soso thinking it might be good for a ride!
Claude standing up on top bars.
Watch Soso progress - he starts the climb.
Soso tries a different approach.
Making connection.
Success. Soso swings.  This little guy is amazing.
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Primary School - First Building

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There will be three classrooms, an outside toilet, a water harvest tank & outside paint.  The extra classroom, rain harvest tank and outside paint were not included in the cost of the first building we constructed for the preschool. These costs were added after construction was finished. The cost will be more than the anticipated cost and that pledged by our friends in Canada. We need additional funds to have the school ready by January 2013. Three classrooms is the requirement of the District.

Plan for our school
Dream along with me and the 6 year olds at Cyakabiri Preschool.   The 6 year olds will graduate from Preschool at the end of the next term if the Primary 1 classroom is ready to receive them. I am not sure the classrooms will be ready as we need assistance to get the school classrooms constructed.  The road giving access to the land is finished and the land is leveled and waiting. 

 

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Community Education

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Women in Rwanda want to learn English!

Urukundo Foundation will sponsor them.

  • Women gather for the first meeting to learn more about ESL classes just for them.
  • This proect is co-sponsored by AKILAH INSITUTE FOR WOMEN.
  • The project is for mother with small children who want to learn English but have no funds for classes or funds for babysitters.
  • The class is free with babysitting available for the small children while the mothers are in class.
  • The new playground at the nursery will be a real blessing for these small children and our kids. 'RAISED HANDS FOR AFRICA', a not for profit in North Carolina, is constructing this play area for our children and children in the community.  This may be the introduction to a day care center for working mothers.  This day care center has been in the vision from the beginning but the time has not been right. 
  • We will need to hire day helpers to care for the children of the mamas in the ESL classes and keep them busy.
  • There is no telling where God is leading us.

If you are looking for a project to support this is a very worthwhile. Your support would be a great gift to many!


 

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Path to Learning

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The Path to Learning continues to grow. Four new stones were added in June with two more on order.
UMW Saint Paul's State College, Pa.
Chanel is Mama's great-granddaughter. This stone is to honor her graduation from High School and start of University.
In Loving Memory.
This stone was a gift from Anita and Hyong Kim, who believe that education is the path to the future.
The children are some of the students who will attend the primary school. 

Ingoboka

Mothers' Day 2012 

I have been around for a lot of Mothers' Days but this one will stand strong in my memory.
Sharing their love for the children of Urukundo and their needs, two wonderful people - Vincent from Rwanda and Carol from the US - expressed in love how hard it is for Urukundo Foundation to meet emergencies when the budget is tight. This discussion took place at Pine Street UMC in Williamsport, PA, USA. Hearts reached out to a Mama with 43 kids, a full heart and a need for emergency help for such unforeseen events. This was the beginning of a Mothers' Day gift called the INGOBOKA FUND.
Please add this word to your dictionary.
My computer dictionary does not tell me what Ingoboka means. It says it is not a word. For me it is the most beautiful word not in the dictionary. 
My heart dictionary tells me it means "peace of mind and strengthening of faith".  
My Kinyarwanda dictionary says INGOBOKA is a very important word. Its meaning is "help where needed."
Yes, that is a very good definition and it fits the purpose of the fund. 
Words cannot express my love and gratitude to those who recognize that unexpected needs arise in every family. When that family consists of 43 live-in kids within a wider local community, those needs are many. The Ingoboka fund is "God's love in action".
Thanks to all who have taken this fund as their service project.
Mama Arlene