rwandaburundi.blogg.se - We write about Child Sponsorship and community projects that the Salvation Army in Rwanda and Burundi run. We give you glimpses of what is happening, what we as the "Sponsorship Team" are doing and try to give a fair picture through experiences, stories from our faculty and staff and some interviews with our beloved children!

Rwanda preschools

Rwanda and Burundi Command have 9 Preschools running. 5 Preschools are sponsored from their institutional support and 4 Preschools are not sponsored but supported by small donations from our donors from SAWSO,AUS,USC and USE territories. There are two Preschools that have just started and these are Batsinda and Taba preschools respectively. But the main Sponsored Preschools are sponsored by AUS territory,Netherlands,Sweden/Latvia

The two pictures are Rwimiyaga Preschool sponsored by the Netherlands territory. The first picture is food given to them and the second picture the children are happy playing on their swings bought from the just gifts money and what is seen behind them is the kitchen where they prepare their porridge.

The Second pictures are Gituro /Nyagatare Preschool enjoying the visit of sponsorship secretary to their preschool major violet Nyongesa.They are receiving food staff.

5 and 6 pictures are for Rutobwe preschool. They have 61 children attending the preschool and one classroom which was donated by Mrs. Barbra and is not enough because the law of the government requires 35 children per class.

7 and 8 Pictures are Children from Catherine booth preschool kayenzi singing to the Sponsorship Secretary major Violet Nyongesa who made a visit to their Preschool

This is Rubuye Preschool Listening as their teachers teach

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FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS TO 9 PRESCHOOLS FRM 24TH - 30TH JAN,2018

Children receiving food now. You can see how they are happy.

This is the Salvation hall for Rubuye Preschool where the Children also are learning from. They have 80 Children attending the preschool with two classes. One learning from the office and the other one from the hall, With 2 teachers .

The Children are ready to receive the sponsorship secretary Major Violet Nyongesa

Now talking to the children before giving them food stuffs from our Donors,AUS Territory.

Food being removed from the truck at Bitare preschool.

The Children are very happy and just wished the porridge could be prepared.

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RUTOBWR PRESCHOOL CHRISTMAS PARTY

The Party celebration mood after being given their $100 from USC territory from SAWSO

The Children happy holding their drinks and biscuits and thanking God for the Sponsors who have made them celebrate Christmas.

They are now sharing the food together and they feel happy to be in the salvation army.

Parents trying to serve the children and the Parents plus their teachers.

The parents are ready to celebrate with the children as we can see, they are eating together with the children. Thanks to our donors who have made our Children put a smile on their faces. god bless you all

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PRESCHOOLS WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS

The Schools Administrators and teachers ready for the workshop that took place on 18.01.2018 at CHQ at 8.30 a.m. and ended up at 2.30 p.m. It was o one day workshop for all the 9 Preschools in Rwanda and Burundi Command informing them about the closure of this Projects and what their sustainability is towards the Projects.

Singing as they wait to welcome the GS who was starting with the Bible word and later teach about the contacts and administrations

Fs teaching about Preschools Finance and self support and many of them had a lot of questions to ask about the self support.

The Administrators and teachers taking their ten o'clock tea before they can continue with the workshop.

The Sponsorship Secretary and Education Coordinator also taught them concerning the schools and Sponsorship money

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UPDATES FOR OUR PRESCHHOLS

This is Bitare preschool situated in bitare village having 33 Children attending the Preschool and it's run by the parents who thought it wise to have a preschool there since the children were going far which was dangerous to them. Sponsorship secretary Major Violet Nyonesa together with lt. Yvonne with the children and their teacher

The Children are happy ause whenever they see the Sponsorship they know something has come and its true we took them food from the donations from AUS since they are none Sponsored

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RUBUYE PRESCHOOL NEWS REPORT 2017

RUBUYE PRESCHOOL

Started with parents. And the parents committee is put in place to monitor the running of the school.

The school has 80 Children attending the Preschool from 43 last year

• The Preschool is not sponsored but the TSA support in small things like when the donations come. We buy them materials, such as learning materials tables and chairs for both children and the teachers.

The school is really struggling on their own to pay the two teachers, but its not easy.

• Sometimes the teachers do not get all their salaries.

From the donations sent to us

• Rubuye Preschool is able to take porridge at school and sit on good nice chairs and tables.

The Children are too many and the government has given warning not to learn from the TSA hall but to have their own classrooms where the children and the teachers can enjoy while learning

Challenges faced in Rubuye Preschool : Not sponsored, No Classrooms, Teachers sometimes not paid because the parents cannot afford, No Porridge,

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RUBUYE PRESCHOOL NEWS

In 2012, after seeing that there was a challenge of children who were in the community, without any proper care the Salvation Army, Rubuye outpost encouraged the parents to start a preschool using the hall of the Salvation Army. It started with 100 children. It has now 1 teacher. This school is self supporting; there is no other source of income apart from school fees which is very low. This money is used to pay the teacher. They don’t have classrooms, playground, they don’t have feeding programme and some children just come from home without taking anything because of poverty

Rubuye preschool is in the southern Part of Rwanda in Kamonyi District. The area did not have a preschools around since the children were walking long distance to school and very early which is not safe to them. The parents committee is put in place to for see the development of the school and to make sure that the parents are paying school fees for their children so that the teachers can get their salaries.

Rubuye preschool is not sponsored by the salvation Army, but it assists them to get learning materials and other things things like desks and chairs as we did this year from the donations sent to us from AUs territory. we also provided them porridge for one term

the school has 80 Children attending the preschool from 43 children last year. You see the number is really growing tremendously. The school is really struggling on their own to pay the teachers, but it's not easy to them. sometimes the teachers do not get all their salaries but they never stop working. They are committed.

The school is facing challenges of classrooms and the government has given them warning not to use the hall as classroom but have separate place for the children.

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Preschools health Charts materials

Preschools got a donation from AUS for purchasing health charts for teaching the Children . Thanks so much to our donors and may god bless you richly.

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RWANDA AND BURUNDI PRESCHOOLS NEWS

On 10.11.2016 we had Preschools reporting with the Schools Administrators. These were Lt Xavier from Nyagatare Gituro preschool, Corps from John Gowans,Lt Jean Bosco from Rutobwe, Lt Baptist from Runda and Corps leader from Rubirizi Preschool kayonza. We were checking on how the Preschools had done the term Three as compared to other terms. We looked at Finance, Bank slips, bank statements. Narrative report budgets school time table and minutes book. Those checking were Mr. François, Finance Secretary, sponsorship Secretary and education Coordinator. The general secretary was also present for a word of encouragement.

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Feeding Program Burundi

The food was able to feed 70 families from Burundi community.

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RUBUYE PRESCHOOL VISITS

The child without uniform is total orphan no one to take care of him. He depends on the preschool where he gets happiness.

It was wonderful visiting Rubuye Preschool that is none sponsored but only supported by the parents. 03.09.2016 was a good day for me and the Education coordinator plus the section officer to visit Rubuye in order to see what is going on there. But our main aim was to take them Preschool materials e.g. books, pencils, pens and so many other things. It has 44 children attending the Preschool with two teachers. The parents are really struggling to pay the teachers and they pray that one day they will get someone to lean on. We had wonderful time with the children as shown below. There are so many challenges they are facing. Like paying the teachers, no classrooms and the government have warned them not to start the year in the hall. We are praying that they get help from well wishes, The school has nice children and competent teachers

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SHOES DISTRIBUTIONS AND MATERIALS

The shoes were supported from the Waverly temple and we are very grateful since the children and their parents are happy for the Salvation army. And they say thank you and god bless them. even the Learning materials we are grateful

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SHOES DISTRIBUTION AMD PRESCHOOLS MATERIALS AUGUST 2016

VISITS TO 9 PRESCHOOLS:

I have the pleasure to visits 9 Preschools in our Command. These are Rubirizi Preschool sponsored by Sweden/Latvia territory, Rutobwe Preschool Sponsored by AUS territory, Catherine Booth kayenzi sponsored by AUS territory, Nyagatare, Gituro Preschool sponsored by AUS territory, Rwimiyaga Preschool sponsored by Netherlands territory. The five Sponsored preschools. I also visited the none- sponsored preschools. These are; Bitare Preschool, Rubuye Preschool, Rukeri Preschool and Runda Preschool which is sponsored by small donations.

RWIMIYAGA AND NYAGATARE GITURO PRESCHOOLS.

The Visits started on 01.09.2016 from chq going to Nyagatare and Rwimiyaga preschools. The journey started at 6.30 a.m and arrived first at Rwimiyaga at 09.00 a.m and we found children waiting for us together with their teachers. And later the section officer and the corps leader came in. I had to speak to the children and the teachers concerning the preschools. When I asked if the children were taking Porridge, the teachers answered me no for two weeks. The corps leader closed the porridge flour in the office and he was not giving out the key because of his personal issues with the section officer.

I had to solve the problem before handing over the School materials which were books, pencils, pens,markers,erasers,plastic cups 48,plastic basin1,jugs 2, drawing books, black board erasers, A4 papers 1 ream, 2 boxes chalks, and other small things. And all this came from the donations sent for gifts.

The place is very dry, for almost one year without rain, no food water and people are running away to look for green pastures. The children are only depending on the porridge given to them for their going. Animals are dying because of lack of water and grass. And even life has really changed for everybody. The school has 58 Children with 2 teachers and 1 cook/cleaner and it’s doing well. On behalf of the children they appreciate so much for th

NYAGATARE <GITURO PRESCOOL.

I arrived there at 10.30 a.m and I got the children learning English. It was wonderful to hear them read the words like jug cup. The section officer was able to introduce me to the children and the teachers and later I had time to speak to the children telling them the purpose of my visit. The Children were very happy to hear that I had brought them materials for learning because some had no book to write and even pens.

The place is the same as that of rwimiyaga, very dry and people are really running from the place to look for food and water for their families. They get water from very far and one Jeri can is 400 rwf. Which is too expensive? Even the section officer has to hire somebody to bring them water because the tank they have has no water and it needs repair before the rain starts.. So life in Nyagatare is very hard.

I had time to hand over the preschool materials to the section officer who is the school administrator. I gave out; exercise books, Drawing books 3 dozens, Pencils 50, pens 10 erasers 6,2 sauce pans,2 basins, 48 plastic cups, 2 jugs,1 football ball, chalks 2 boxes, blackboard dusters, manila papers, Note books for teachers, red pens. The Children are happy playing with the ball, though the son is too hot as seen. Thanks to all our donors for the donations for gifts. They need to have classrooms.

RUBIRIZI PRESCOOL:

The journey started from Chq at 7.00 am on 04.09.2016 accompanied by Section Officer Captain Obed who is the school administrator. Candidate secretary/education Coordinator captain Damascene. And the journey was okay and we arrived at 9.30.a.m.and we got the children and the teachers waiting for us by singing and dancing. Rubirizi preschool is situatedose sponsoring them and making sure they are learning as other preschool.

NYAGATARE <GITURO PRESCOOL.

RUBIRIZI PRESCOOL:

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SPONSORSHIP SECRETARY DESK 18.11.2015

I am Captain Violet Nyongesa Sponsorship Secretary Rwanda and Burundi Command. I am vey happy for the work done in our Preschools. I just want to take this opportunity on behalf of our Leader Officer Commanding Lt.Col Seth Appeateng to appreciate all our donors who have taken their time, money prayer to dedicate them to our preschools. We really appreciate so much for the wonderful work you are doing for our Preschools. On behalf of all our preschools we ay THANKYOU! very much and may God bless you and your families and the entire Salvation Army.

as the Year is ending I just want to wish you a vey wonderful Christmas and happy New year. Always visit our blog.se to see what God is doing in Rwanda Preschools. I am smiling because of what God is doing in our preschools and in our Command. God as you bless others don't forget to bless our donor partners and meet their heart desires. Bless also those dealing with Child sponsorship all over the world.

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RUBIRIZI PRESCHOOL VISITATION 27TH OCTOBER 2015

Visited Rubirizi 27 .10.2015. The Children attending preschool are 53 and 30 will be going to primary. Rubirizi preschool is doing well and the teachers are committed in their work. But challenges that they are facing is that the salary is too small and the cost of living is too expensive. Because they earn 25,000 each which is equivalent to $50. They don't have classrooms, they use the salvation Army as a classroom and learning is not easy. They have divided the hall in two for P1 and P2 concentration not easy. They always pray to get someone who can change their lives by increasing their salaries and even having classrooms. And even to have bonus to appreciate their work. Parents also came to look way forward for the preschool after finishing the preparation of the land where classrooms will be constructed.

The problems facing the preschool is that they don't have playing equipment and the school is just near the road and the children are always playing near there. The children come to school with no proper school shoes, most of them put on plastic sandals. Just see the shoes . If we can get a donation for shoes then we can really appreciate for that so that they look uniform.