On Tuesday July 23 the Rotary Club of Jenkintown presented a check for $2,000 to “Arise Rwanda Ministries (ARM)”. ARM’s mission is to transform communities through education, clean water and microfinance. Rwanda frequently conjures up memories of the 1994 Genocide where over one million people were systematically killed. The horror of that Genocide has been replaced by a strong, uncorrupted government fully supported by all the people. The reconciliation of the people of Rwanda is one of the greatest stories of forgiveness in modern history. Arise Rwanda Ministries (ARM), founded in 2011, plays a major role in the reconciliation and recovery processes taking place in Rwanda.
In 2012 ARM built four wells each of which brings clean water to 600 people. ARM has also started a preschool with 180 children, many of whom receive their only daily meal at the school. One of ARM’s more unique projects is called “Have a Cow”. Cows, critical to a family’s prosperity, were slaughtered along with people during the Genocide and have been slow to return to rural areas . Last year 10 families received a cow from ARM.
Jenkintown Rotary was able to raise its donation to ARM this year to $2,000 because of the success of the Club’s recent “Ride for a Reason” event co-sponsored with the Abington YMCA. Jenkintown Rotary meets for lunch on Tuesdays at 12:15 p.m. in Muyskens Hall at Grace Presbyterian Church in Jenkintown. More information about ARM can be found at www.ariserwanda.com.
In 2012 ARM built four wells each of which brings clean water to 600 people. ARM has also started a preschool with 180 children, many of whom receive their only daily meal at the school. One of ARM’s more unique projects is called “Have a Cow”. Cows, critical to a family’s prosperity, were slaughtered along with people during the Genocide and have been slow to return to rural areas . Last year 10 families received a cow from ARM.
Jenkintown Rotary was able to raise its donation to ARM this year to $2,000 because of the success of the Club’s recent “Ride for a Reason” event co-sponsored with the Abington YMCA. Jenkintown Rotary meets for lunch on Tuesdays at 12:15 p.m. in Muyskens Hall at Grace Presbyterian Church in Jenkintown. More information about ARM can be found at www.ariserwanda.com.
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