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looked after by those who have very little themselves. There are currently 17 ex-child soldiers at the school. During a visit to Comfort Community Church and sewing centre at Karambi the chief of Karambi, JeanPierre Mbanza, expressed his gratitude to God for the encouragement from Comfort Rwanda, particularly because of the dicult time they were in (the recent war had made things very dicult there with rebels and soldiers raping and looting and soldiers had even come the previous day, raping and looting). Over time all of their livestock have been stolen and their crops taken. There was no food and water is dicult to get. He said that when they tried to go to the refugee camps for food they were not served because they were not considered to be refugees. Karambi is a settlement of people displaced during previous wars and is home to around 4,150 families. The sewing and craft project is making a big dierence to the women in the area. Not only are they learning new skills and able to make some money to buy food but they are supporting each other emotionally. They have vision to expand but needed more materials. Comfort Rwanda through partnership with churches, especially Elim, and individuals in the UK was able to give nancial support to a number of projects for: rape surgery, a pineapple juicing project for ex-child soldiers at Karambi, the rental of a shop and the purchase of embroidery and nishing machines and to cover a sewing teachers salary a contribution to school teachers salaries seeds and tools so that replanting of elds can begin soon school roo ng materials for Kiziba school equipment for Karambi sewing project purchase of materials for the craft project It is fantastic to be able to help and encourage these lovely people in the Goma area of North Kivu. Every bit makes a dierence. Thank you to those who have given to this area.
In October 2012 when Ekhart, the director of the Ihumure Vocational Training Centre, and his wife, Karin, arrived from Germany there was still much to be done to get the IVTC ready for the new academic year in January. The Living Church also required permission from the Rwandan authorities to use the computers sent by Comfort Rwanda and to start the school. By the start of January permission for the school to start had still not been granted, work on the building was not quite nished and teachers had not been employed. At the end of January, however, many things came together at once: three suitable teachers were found, covering welding, masonry and carpentry, the computers were released and permission was granted from the Workforce Development Authority to start teaching. With a week to make nal preparations and with the help of a cleaning team from the Living Church the IVTC opened its doors to students for the rst time on 4th February 2013. Currently there are around 20 young men, mainly from the Living Church in Gatenga, who are attending the IVTC. It is expected that young men and women from our other partnerships will also be attending courses at the IVTC in the near future. With the arrival of these students it was realised that there are other issues, not just teaching the vocational skills, that will need to be addressed. The teaching language at the school is English and for some this will be a problem unless they also take English lessons. Many of the students are not yet sure which course to study. To deal with this a 2 to 3 week coursewill be taughtcovering all the topics and after that they should be able to choose which course they will follow. Some are nding it dicult to concentrate for a whole morning. Arriving late and absence are also issues which will be addressed. "So there are many reasons why the students should come to the school - IHUMURE Vocational Training Centre, Skills of Life - as they will be learning all of this in a Christian environment."
Positions (voluntary) vacant Christian Training College of Rwanda (CTCR) We are currently looking for someone who would like to help with admin and organisation of the CTCR before the relaunch of the training programme in the summer. Trip AdministrationHelp is required with organising visits to Rwanda. We areespecially looking for someone willing to organise ights.
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Cattle Project
The cattle breeding project is well on the way to welcoming the rst cows.The land which was purchased last year has now been dug over and planted with fodder which seems to be growing well. The next stage is to build a cattle shed and dig a shallow well to secure a water supply for the area. The rst cattle should be on the land by the end of March.
The Guild - Building a Better Rwanda
Since October 2012 individuals from a team of twelve representing Comfort Rwanda have been sharing the vision for The Guild project to Church of Scotland Guilds all over the country including Skye, Nairn, Gretna and the Central Belt. The project is in partnership with Healing and Reconciliation Ministry led by Paul Ndahigwa, in Rwanda.The purpose of the project is to allow genocide perpetrators to build 100 low-cost (1000) homes for survivors as part of the healing and reconciliation process and to help to rebuild fractured communities in Rwamagana and Kayonza. The team have been made very welcome and have been very pleased with the enthusiastic response. At the end of January the amount raised had reached almost 12,600.
Comfort Rwanda has registered with Give As You Live which is a website which gives a donation to Comfort Rwanda whenever you shop online without you having to spend any more.Go to the give as you live website http://www.giveasyoulive.com and follow the instructions making sure you choose Comfort Rwanda as your chosen charity. If Comfort Rwanda recruits 50 new supporters it will receive a 250 bonus gift from Give as you live.