Rwanda, officially known as the Republic of Rwanda is a small landlocked country in the Great lakes region of east-central Africa with a population of 8 million people. It is bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. It has a fertile and hilly terrain and is called the Land of a Thousand Hills. It has one of the densest populations in Africa.

By now you have heard about Rwanda:

• The 1994 genocide, the most intensive killing campaigns in history.
• The nearly one million people who were slaughtered in just 100 days.
• The spread of AIDS because of genocidal rape
• The street children and orphans
• The 41 percent of illiterate women

Now we had an opportunity to ask for forgiveness and administer justice.

Leah’s Sisters is partnering with the Rwandan government:
Who gave us fifty acres of prime property in the “Beverly Hills” part of the capital city, Kigali for the purpose of developing a Center for the women of Rwanda.

So far we have completed the first phase of the Jireh Project:

• With a four hundred seat auditorium for seminars
• An Aids care clinic
• Classrooms for training in:

—Literacy —Computers —Hairdressing
—Sewing —Baking/Cooking Classes

We are now in the process of identifying and training a first rate staff of educated advisors, directors and teachers who will raise up their own. The goal is to teach the Rwandan women how to read and write, how to use a computer, how to choose an occupation, and help provide them with the tools to return to their community and lead their nation into economic stability. We envision hundreds of micro businesses spreading through Rwanda through one of it’s main national treasures…the Rwandan woman.

According to the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, the biggest challenge facing Rwanda today is social economic development. He states, “we have, through reconciliation, achieved stability and a united nation. We have been democratizing Rwanda ...but that alone is not enough. You have to start working on the daily lives of people and improving their living standards. So this is the main problem—you have to deal with the poverty and attack it. “

You can be a part of this incredibly exciting adventure of watching this key nation rise up out of the ashes of its past.