AE Rwanda

johnkalenzi-web Team Leader: John Kalenzi

Location: Kigali

Primary Activities: Evangelism and Discipleship, Leadership Training, HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care, Skills Training for Street Children and Former Prostitutes, Micro-Credit for Small Business Development, Sponsorship for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Water and Sanitation

Contact Information:

BP 1435
Kigali
Rwanda
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Center for Champions

The Center for Champions in Rwanda began as a partnership between AE Rwanda and First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue, Washington, to provide a hope and future for Rwandan street kids. The facility was completed in 2008, with the first group of street kids enrolling in May 2008. As of December 2009, there are about 175 kids living at the Center. They study a “Catch Up” curriculum, which provides basic education through the sixth grade. While the kids range in age from 10 to 22, frequently a 10-year-old will be at the same desk as a 20-year-old, depending on their educational needs. A few of the more advanced kids go to secondary school off campus. The kids have sports, spiritual direction, food, a home, community nurture and safety not available on the streets. The School has the capacity to house 300 residential kids, and take another 300 impoverished kids from the community who could live at home, if funding were available.

Watch the video below to witness the impact this transformational project is making in the lives of hundreds of young people in Rwanda. (Click on "Center for Champions" title above if video does not appear below.) And, if you are interested in sponsoring a student, please click here, scroll down to Center for Champions Sponsorship and complete the form.

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Aid and Development

Media

Journey of Hope | Center for Champions | Rwanda | 12 Min Version from Corban Cooper on Vimeo.

You Can Give a Child a Home this Christmas

Sadi Karangwa's T-shirt says, “Born in the USA.” But of course he wasn’t born in the USA. He was born in Africa. And that wasn’t his choice.

But it meant that he lost his father when he was just a little boy to a disease that could have been treated here in America. It also meant that his mom couldn’t earn enough money to feed him, his brother and two sisters. So Sadi was constantly hungry. There was no money for him to go to school. And so he ended up living on the streets, dressed in ragged clothing, going to sleep cold and shivering, afraid of being beat up by older street kids or abusive adults.

But then new hope came to Sadi! Friends like you took this little boy to heart and gave generously so that he could have just a few of the blessings that would’ve been his if he had been born in the USA. Your support enabled AE to share the love of Jesus with Sadi by inviting him off the streets to live in a new home where he’s surrounded by care. He also has a warm bed and a pillow.

Sadly, the streets of Africa are filled with little kids like Sadi who want the same thing he craves – a “normal” life where they have enough food, a place to sleep... and a family. They especially want this at Christmastime.

And the good news is that you can help other young children like Sadi who are still living on the streets of Africa this Christmas... by helping us offer them a home, an education and a faith in Jesus.

With your help, we can give young African children like Sadi a new life of hope... by surrounding them with love, giving them healthy food and an education and introducing them to Jesus Christ. Please won’t you return the most generous gift you can right now to give hopeless kids like Sadi the help they need?