RWANDA
2006 YEAR IN REVIEW
UPDATE: FTN blessed Rwanda with 136,552 pounds of pasta, cereal, fortified rice/soy protein meals and vitamins worth $365,803.
REBUILDING RWANDA
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For 100 days in 1994, genocide erupted in Rwanda with one ethnic group attempting to dominate the other. Nearly one million Rwandans were massacred. Twelve years later, the country is still trying to recover from the aftermath. With your help, Feeding The Nations (FTN) has been a part of that redevelopment, providing valuable food and supplies to those still hurting.
FTN started distributing food in collaboration with Authentic World Ministries located in Kilgali. Since May of this year, FTN has supplied two containers of dehydrated rice/vegetable meals, one container of multi-vitamins and spaghetti, and a container of
Mighty Bytes cereal.
After some delay with customs, the necessary items were distributed to four areas of Rwanda:
District of Kirehe
The district hosts thousands of refugees from Tanzania who fled to Rwanda beginning in March 2006. They had been expelled and robbed of their belongings and sought shelter in Rwanda.
District of Bugesera
Food was distributed to the region of Bugesera that has suffered starvation for the last four years. There are 17,882 people in the area with 457 orphans and children acting as heads of families. Poor families have adopted 667 orphans of genocide and 1080 children suffer malnutrition.
District of Kicukiro
Children in the poorest area of Kicukiro, Ngoma Cell, received the items. The region houses about 200 orphans and children who are heads of families.
District of Nyarugenge
The area is home to many Twa people who are of pygmy origin. The Twa live difficult lives in miserable circumstances.
In total, most of the beneficiaries were displaced children and poor families. Local authorities of each region welcomed the supplies as part of the country's attempt to rebuild and move forward.
Thank you for your support that has made this effort possible. Because of you, the orphans and poor families of Rwanda are being nourished.