The 2021 Spring & Summer newsletter is here! Ubuntu Community Organization opened their new brightly-painted office in Githurai, Kenya. Ubuntu’s leader, Lilian (in the polka-dotted shirt) has enlisted volunteers to support women in the community. This will also be a place where people can use the internet and access low-interest loans. In this newsletter we feature: Zoom Trainings for SIA Grassroots Partners A Tragedy That Changed My Life - by Fulgence Ndagijimana, SIA Grant

A grant update by Rev. Fulgence Ndagijimana, after his visit to the Flaming Chalice cafe in Rwanda It is 7pm in Gikondo, Rwanda and the small café run by Burundian refugees is very busy. Two dozen people are seated in groups, chatting together. They seem to know one another, and they say hi as they pass one another. This evening, four people are serving. Isabelle is at the counter and she receives money as the men bring their orders and take the drinks and the brochette (piec

Grant update from Fulgence Ndagijimana, Flaming Chalice International Grant Name: Flaming Chalice Refugee Café 1. The purpose of our grant is: To support Burundian refugees in Rwanda to set up a café 2. Who has benefited from this project? Twelve people have DIRECTLY benefitted from the project because they work on the project and get an income at the end of every month. Thirty children and dependents have benefited indirectly.  Approximately 100 people shop from those places

The 2018 Fall & Winter newsletter is here! You can view a PDF version here and hard copies are in the mail this week! Elvis Nikiza helps run the snack bar in Kigali, Rwanda. It is a community hub for Burundian refugees in the city. In this newsletter we feature: New micro-loan program for women in Kenya Training 40 women to be bee-keepers in Uganda Supporting Burundian refugees to open a cafe and community center in Rwanda Updates from Visionary Women’s Centre and Matungu Com