An education initiative to improve
learning opportunities for the children of Rwanda
Education is the key to unlock the future of a generation of Rwandan orphans.
In 2008 a shipping container will leave the Crisis Response International in Kansas City filled with educational supplies for the preschool, primary, and vocational schools in Samuduha, Kigali, Rwanda. Some of the items will include classroom materials, student school supplies, furnishings, copier/printer(s), computer(s), digital equipment, and carpentry, masonry, and electrical tools. The container will be filled with both donated and financed items, and there will be collections of donated items at locations throughout the Midwest early next year.
For information or to be included in future updates of the Kigali Kids Project, please email: kigalikids@weinternational.org
Consider Kigali Kids for your Christmas giving and gifting this year
This Christmas season the Kigali Kids Project is offering
handmade Christmas cards from Cards from Africa –
a fair trade paper arts business that employs
orphaned street children in Kigali, Rwanda.
These special cards include a beautiful Gift Insert that identifies
the recipient and a financial contribution made in their name.
Kigali Kids Project Christmas Cards are available in
$20, $50, and $100 denominations.
A card from the Kigali Kids Project is the perfect solution
for both year-end giving and Christmas gifting.
Contributions to WE International on behalf of the
Kigali Kids Project are tax-deductible.
Checks and Credit Cards are Accepted
For information on locations to purchase the cards, or to be included in future updates of the Kigali Kids Project, please email: kigalikids@weinternational.org
The Project is a cooperative effort of WE International,
Crisis Response International, and Youth With A Mission Rwanda.
Choose from four distinct handmade card styles –
Christmas Tree
Peace
Away in A Manger
Angels
About the Cards from Africa greeting cards –
“Lovingly handmade in Rwanda using recycled paper.
This card has been carefully crafted by
a young person who is the head of their family
because their parents died.
They depend on selling these cards to provide food, education,
medicine and clothes for themselves and their younger brothers and sisters. You are not only receiving a highly sophisticated piece of creativity,
but the person who bought this card for you
has directly helped orphaned youth in Rwanda
in a dignifying manner, because we practice fair trade principles.
What’s more, we’ve incorporated into this card hand-made paper from office waste, making it environmentally friendly. How cool is that?
To make a friend of yours feel good, buy one for them online at
www.cardsfromafrica.com”
For Corporations of Conscience
As A Business Gift –
“We have determined this holiday season to recognize you,
our valued customers and business associates,
with a unique gift to empower a young generation in Rwanda, Africa.
This gift in your name will fund a preschool, primary,
and vocational school in the capital city of Kigali.
Sure beats mixed nuts and calendars, doesn’t it?
Here’s to a successful year in our nation of limitless possibilities!
Happy Holidays,
Your Business Name
email kigalikids@weinternational.org for assistance composing your unique message
As Quoted in
Giving - How Each of Us Can Change the World
by Bill Clinton -
“My gift is nothing.
I can have everything I need with less than one percent of my wealth.
I was born in the right country at the right time, and my work is
disproportionately rewarded compared to teachers and soldiers.
I'm just giving back surplus claims that have no value to me
but can do a lot for others. The people I really admire are the small donors
who give up a movie or a restaurant meal to help needy people”.
Warren Buffet on giving $30 billion to the Gates Foundation.
