On
behalf of Kabaya Catholic Christian community, we would like to sincerely thank
all partners, benefactors and members of JYA MBERE foundation who generally participated
in buying the school materials for 35 pupils
in primary studies and particularly in
paying the school fees for 3 orphan Children ( NAYITURIKI Valentine, MANIRIHO
Domina and TUMUSIFU Joice) who are now in boarding schools (Secondary). If
their efforts were not combined, these students wouldn’t have gone to school.
Our
KABAYA catholic Parish is located in Rwanda,
Western Province, NGORORERO District. In ecclesiastical point of view,
it is located in NYUNDO Catholic Diocese.
Inside our parish we have 11 catholic schools which are undercontrolled
by the authority of the parish, but 10 of them are helped by the gouverment of
the Republic of Rwanda. We call them also the schools “Government aided”. One of those 11 is a private school. The
Government of Rwanda helps the Catholic church
education in paying the
salaries of teachers, building some
classrooms and paying other basic school
materials. In the School year 2018, we had 10750 pupils at those schools. Among
the pupils, most of them are very poor and others are orphans.
Since the school year 2013, the JYA MBERE Foundation from
Netherland Country helped a big number of needy, vulnerable and orphans children on those
schools. It offered them different school materials such as school uniforms,
shoes, school bags, mathematical boxes, notebooks, pens … The finalists from
primary schools often claimed that it would be better to continue with the
secondary schools but they had not the possibility for doing it. At this level,
many times, they leave the schools. They
already know that the elementary study is insufficient to have the knowledge of
self-care but without the means, we can not do anything. They are discouraged. And that is
undurstandable because in primary schools, they learn only the basic notions of
writing, reading and couting. They learn
the subjects which help them to take care of themselves at least in secondary
school.
Now the answer to this wish is found. The three best perfomers
are allowed to attend the secondary school. This is a great chance and this
fact will encourage other helped children
to succeed very well. I know well
that the JYA MBERE Foundation spared no effort to do much more than it could
have done. We are very pleased to express our gratirtude that other benefactors
have agreed to sponsor those 3 best winners in secondary schools. Special
gratitude is addressed to Madam NYIRAMPUNGA Beatrice, the Coordinator of JYA
MBERE Foundation. Her valuable effort to seek donors cannot be underestimated.
We
would also like to thank the entire team composed by the committee and all the
members who help the coordinator of JYA MBERE foundation to achieve its
objectives to help the poor.
We
would like to conclude by thanking everyone who contributes at different levels
to the support of these children. Our
thanks are also extended to any person of good will who has kindly helped these
children mentioned above and whose name is not explicitly mentioned on this
page. We thank you all. May Almighty God bless you all.
Done at KABAYA, on 15th
February 2019
Father KUBWIMANA François
The Kabaya Parish Priest
