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| Our new village in 2008 |
Once a mustard seed is sown and someone available waters it, it grows into a surprising giant tree.
Similarly, while 2004-2007 were years of sowing and planting of the RSDA, the following years were for watering and consolidation. Its amazing to see the tremendous change that took place between2007 and 2010 both to the kids in the project and the community.
With God's abundant blessing and people's generosity on our side, the impossible became true. The rapid growth of the organization did not only leave us with an inspiration to improve it but of creating it into a children's new village. And as you look on the picture on the right and below, you will get a sense of what I am talking about . They portray our new Rubanda Solidarity village. We are trying to put up strong structures as our strategy for long term saving and little land maximization. This will enhance our great quest for quality education delivery to kids in Rubanda community. Its also our concern to provide employment and market to the community by building an organization that is community focused, creates employment to the massive unemployed youth and provide market for local products like wood, food, bricks and by-products like charcoal, extra in the community. Knowing quite well that many parents can't afford paying school fees for their children and also that many children are orphans, we are also developing a program of providing parents or guardians with opportunities of paying in kind. This could be in terms of food or labor service to the school to be translated into cash for school fees.
To the youth in particular, we are developing an income generating skills program. This program includes; revolving fund scheme, knitting and sewing, animal and agricultural farming, brick and block making, mushroom growing, extra. We would like to deploy and viable skill at our disposal for be able to assist the massive unemployed youths and mothers who provide over 75 % of household survival incomes with limited or no financial management skills nor ownership. Please look at these pictures below that take you through our new school dormitory construction, a project initiated in 2008 and completed in 2010 with funding partnership from Brasilita and Cuore Amico organizations.
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| 2008:construction of the new dormitory |
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| A2008: dorm walling |
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| 2008 dormitory Basement |
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| 2010 |
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| Parents come to visit their children on a VD 2009 |
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| 2008: Kids enjoy new skills |
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