Twenty PICO staff, leaders and friends shared the incredible experience of learning from the staff, leaders and people of PICO Rwanda in early July. Click here to view slideshows, pictures and reflections from some of the participants. Each of us…
People energized by the need for education of their children have nearly completed building a new school. For many years, children had to travel a long distance to other villages to go to school. Even then, they were not always…
The roof is on the first new house in Nyange! Using roofing tiles and bricks made with their own labor, the Nyange community has completed construction of a new house for Dorsela, a widow with HIV/AIDS. Using the roofing tiles…
More than three tons of beans and corn have been collected and stored for market in off season when prices may be twice as high. This means that more than 100 subsistence farmers in Mumeya may double their income. The…
Although twenty years have passed since Rwanda’s genocide, Rwandans are still strongly affected by this tragedy. Immediately following the 100 days of rampant slaughter, Pastor John was asked by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide translation…
A new women’s group in Kigali is forming, building on the success of the women’s group formed at Regina Pacis Parish in Kigali. This new group of sixty women are seeking freedom from sexual exploitation, and have asked Pastor John…
A delegation of 15-20 PICO colleagues and friends will head to Rwanda from August 5 to 12 to see firsthand the organizing underway in Nyange, Mumeya and Kigali. The purpose of the visit is to strengthen ties, learning and build…
At the urging of Mumeya leaders, Sano James, Director General for Ministry of Energy, Water and Resources, approved funding to bring water to the Mumeya clinic and surrounding villages. People from the five villages surrounding Mumeya have pledged labor and…
Nyange leaders, mostly women, have cleared the land, made bricks, and baked roofing tiles for construction of a new home for one of Nyange’s poorest villagers, Dorosela. She is a widowed member of the group who suffers from HIV/AIDS. Because…
At the invitation of Regina Pacis’ Fr. Conselateur and with leadership training by PICO-Rwanda, very poor women in Kigali have organized for self-employment through a co-op. Cooperative Abanyamugisha (which means blessed ones) is an organization of 110 women who have…
