“Water is life!” has been the mantra for Mumeya leaders as they sustained a five year effort that finally brought water to their health clinic, disease prevention center, community school and 30,000 people in the 10 surrounding villages. As with…
For five years, women in Nyange have made bricks and roofing tiles by hand to build homes for the poorest widows in their village. With the help of the Engineers without Borders Club at Santa Clara University, they now have…
Mumeya is the founding member of PICO-Rwanda. This year, leaders brought electricity and water to their clinic, disease prevention center, community school and 30,000 people in the 10 surrounding villages. Now they are organizing youth and adults who need…
The women of Nyange have built three homes for the neediest in their community, using bricks and roofing tiles made by hand. Now they have a clay mixer and tile press designed by Engineers without Borders students from Santa Clara…
Rusumo is the newest member of the PICO-Rwanda family. Their highest need is a health clinic. They negotiated with the government to secure land and gathered 14 tons of stones for the clinic foundation. Thanks to the generous support of…
When a Santa Clara student asked women leaders, “When was Nyange at its best?”, they all said ”right now”, because their tile-making cooperative is providing them with their first opportunity for a new life. With training and support of PICO Rwanda,…
The Women’s Cooperative in Nyange is building a new home for Epiphany, who is living with her two children in another family's home. Epiphany's husband disappeared during the 1994 genocide and her children are 22 and 26. This is the third…
PICO Rwanda leaders in Rusumo have decided to add five more rooms to their health clinic. Leaders are organizing hundreds of volunteers to work on construction with supervision by government engineers. People are collecting money, carrying water from the river,…
PICO Rwanda leaders in Nyange have negotiated with government officials to provide land where they plan to construct a tile-making kiln. Now they are preparing for a second visit by Santa Clara University student engineers who will work with them…
In June, Pr. John visited more than 20 groups in the US to share his work in empowering communities and strengthening congregations in Rwanda. We are grateful to the pastors, congregations and friends who welcomed Pr. John into their churches…
