We are celebrating Itafari’s closing with 21 DAYS OF ITAFARI! This is our final fundraiser! Now through December 31st I will be sharing stories and personal images of a determined people and a beautiful country rebuilding after a nationwide genocide. The community is committed to rebuilding and sustaining growth for years to come, from building […]
CONTINUE READING →Give Hope during the Final Stretch! Imagine the excitement of a child entering a brand new school. Their future will be brighter and full of opportunity. Itafari’s project to build a high school in Rwanda is becoming a reality! Join us for the final few months of finishing what we began eight years ago. […]
CONTINUE READING →I want to share this article written by my intern, Melissa Ingabire. She has been with me since June, and has helped us with both organizing of the Itafari office, and my personal office, and supporting us in our great work. Reflections by Melissa Ingabire, Itafari Intern 2014 “Itafari is a […]
CONTINUE READING →ITAFARI FOUNDATION’S ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY IN RWANDA: CAN YOU HELP US? Each year Itafari holds an annual holiday party for the children in our child sponsorship program. Currently we have 196 children in the program and only 186 sponsored. We believe that every child deserves a gift for the holidays. This party will be for […]
CONTINUE READING →“KORA IBYIZA BURI MUNSI” (Do good every day) we have an opportunity for you! You Are invited to: Lunch for Good
CONTINUE READING →In November of 2012, I travelled to Rwanda with Vicky Trabosh, my dearest friend of 37 years, to see the land and meet the people that have become so much a part of her heart. And now I understand. While I have journeyed to many places in the world, I had never been to Africa. […]
CONTINUE READING →I have never had anything beyond my family call to me as passionately as this country and its people. This trip will be filled with many activities: Reviewing the progress of Kigali Parents Secondary School building that has continued with our great fundraiser in June which raised $50,000 Connecting with the children we sponsor – […]
CONTINUE READING →When the stock market went wild in the world last September, I was in a hotel room in Kigali. What little access I had to TV gave me dire predictions of an international financial meltdown. Fifteen minutes, twice a day, from CNN World and the BBC was more than enough news a year ago. A […]
CONTINUE READING →You too can build itafari by itafari! Click here to sponsor a brick that will be engraved with your name. When is a brick not just a brick? When it becomes a powerful symbol of possibility. When the word itafari spoken in Rwanda brings with it awareness: Of hope. Of strength. Of change. When the […]
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