Have you ever wanted to hold a party for 140 children? In a foreign country? With children who speak little English but desperately want to believe in you and how you can help them? Then come to Rwanda and meet our sponsored children! Children of little to no resources, often orphaned, desirous of a better […]
CONTINUE READING →In a world gone slightly mad I find a constant that does not change: hope and healing. Being in Rwanda during the world’s financial crisis is a bit comforting. The worries and fears that are riveting the world, are less so in my work in Rwanda. It’s like being on a vacation, or when I […]
CONTINUE READING →I have never worked in a place where I am as equally passionate about the friendships I have formed and the work I do. That is Rwanda: there is a passion; an intensity; a hope in people that I rarely experience on a daily basis as I do every time I am here. I arrived […]
CONTINUE READING →In just a few days, I leave for my sixth trip to Rwanda in just over three years. My first trip was with World Vision. From that trip came the idea of forming our own foundation which could work with organizations in Rwanda searching for international partners to further their mission and goals of helping […]
CONTINUE READING →It is good to be back in Rwanda. And it only took 53 hours to get here! New record for me. A flight delay at Washington DC Dulles meant that it took an EXTRA 24 hours to reach Kigali. But though I arrived a day late, it was to the smiling faces of those I […]
CONTINUE READING →Safe drinking water is a major problem in Rwanda. Everyone, regardless of age or infirmity, carries water. You see children eight years old carrying five- gallon yellow jerry cans to get water from a well. Water is life, and so many needlessly die from lack of safe drinking water. The chance of me personally dying […]
CONTINUE READING →The clearer you are on what you want, the more coincidence you will have in your life. On the third and last flight of the 10,000-mile journey that would bring me to Kigali, I was seated next to an African man. We were two strangers on a flight that was about one quarter full. I’m […]
CONTINUE READING →Dear Friends & Colleagues, It’s been an amazing 22 months so far for Itafari! We’ve made great progress, raised some serious money, and worked in great programs in Rwanda. I completed my 4th trip in less than 2 years in February and am pleased to report wonderful progress in the following areas: Participation with Kigali […]
CONTINUE READING →Ordinary Women Accomplishing the Extraordinary The drum I beat: We are all ordinary people who can accomplish the extraordinary. I’d like to tell you about some ordinary women accomplishing the extraordinary. My story is about how the world is a better place because of two people and the over 1,400 others they have inspired. During […]
CONTINUE READING →Feeding a Hunger: The Children of the Streets It is good to be back on the streets of Kigali. To recognize shops, feel the pulse of this city, read its newspapers and know that more progress has been made. The government appears more determined than ever to become a vibrant and important part of East […]
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