In partnership with
In 2012: Quest4Change kindly received a grant of ÂŁ5,000 from the Trinity Church in Wimbledon, London. This grant was given as a strong contribution towards the purchase of land for Ubaka U Rwanda to build a new home for children who have been orphaned or abandoned in Kigali. The full amount was raised in 2012 and the building work will start soon. Quest4Change intend to send volunteers to Rwanda in 2014 to assist with the construction.
The Problems:
Our Objectives:
Rwanda lost approximately a tenth of its population to its genocide in 1994, resulting in many children being orphaned or abandoned as offspring of rapes. The lingering effects of this can be seen in subsequent generations of children living on the streets. In 2003, an ex-street child named Evode Usabyamahoro started an initiative to help boys living on the street. Through local donations he was able to rent a small house in Kigali, Ubaka U Rwanda, where 30 boys now live.
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We are working with Ubaka U Rwanda to provide a home for children who have been orphaned or abandoned in Kigali.
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Crowded living conditions and inadequate toilet facilities means we are raising the funds to build of an adequately sized new home, as well as land to be farmed in order to produce food and income for the home, ultimately making it self-sustaining.
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