Transforming Communities through Discipleship, Partnership, Service and Development
The Day Program for boys currently living on the streets continues on Sunday mornings. Art and Taekwondo have been added to the program. The last Sunday in March, a program was held and all the family members were invited. Report cards were announced and rewarded. 36 boys, in addition to the Peace House residents, are… Read More
During the month of February the community health and development team began setting plans for our work in the sector of Bugesera. On February 22 and 23 Chrisostome Nshimiyimana organized an initial training session at the Juru Sector CENTRE DE SANTE. We invited the Umudugudu leaders and/or their development or healthcare coordinators to spend some… Read More
February was once again a good month for the ATN-Taekwondo Sport Program as we continued to develop this sport in Rwanda. We were able to officially hire Placide Bagabo, the Secretary General of the Rwanda Taekwondo Federation to work full time for the federation. We were able to continue with the Taekwondo Peace Corps program… Read More
Charles Mapendo and Heath Amos taught a 2.5 hr course to the English teachers at Good Shepherd Academy. A dozen teachers and staff were present as we presented our curriculum and demonstrated how to use Lessons A to J followed by a question and answer time. It is planned for about 150 students to use… Read More
During the Month of January 2012 the community health team continued to follow up with the director of the Nyamata Hospital and the leaders of the Bugesera district in an attempt to begin community health services in Bugesera and medical education services in the Nyamata hospital. We were informed by the director of the hospital… Read More
In January, 2012, Martin Koonce took two of Rwanda’s top Taekwondo competitors to Cairo Egypt for the 2012 London Olympics Qualification Tournament. Irenee Bagire and Placide Bagabo traveled to Cairo with Coach Koonce to represent Rwanda as all the nations of Africa assembled to compete for eight spots in the Olympics for men and eight… Read More
To enhance the quality of the Day Program provided each Sunday, Taekwondo and art have been added. Martin Koonce, the Rwandan national Taekwondo coach is teaching approximately 40 boys the discipline and skills of the sport. His wife, Louise Koonce, is teaching art. The boys have responded well to the more structured approach to the… Read More
The boys at Peace House are raising rabbits as an income generating project, but also to teach them the responsibility of working and taking care of things. They started with seven rabbits and there are already 40. The boys gather food for the rabbits each day and clean their cages.
In 2010, three ATN Volunteers attended Literacy International’s Literacy Institute in Tulsa, OK. They were trained how to use LI’s Firm Foundation Literacy materials to teach others how to read and write their heart language. These materials, developed in dozens of languages, all use the same method and technique. Thus, once a teacher learns the… Read More
This month ATN began experimenting with an alternative fuel method that could possibly replace charcoal as a main fuel source. Research was done to find an appropriate press model and style of briquette that would be best for Rwanda. Three press models were made, all from local supplies. First was a single lever that produced… Read More
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