Mar
9
To mark the 15th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda students at Hampton School would like to ask you ‘Why should we remember?’ the terrible events in Rwanda in 1994 that claimed the lives of more than 1 million Tutsis in 100 days of killing.
The students aim to collect as many responses as possible and will pass each one onto survivors of the genocide to prove that they are not forgotten. Our aim is to collect 10,000 answers … one for every hundred men, women and children who were murdered in 1994.
The project will result in a sequel to the short book published by the… Read more
Oct
13
Flip Flop Shoebox Appeal
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Bring a little smile to a face!
Hope Survivors Foundation is planning Flip Flop Shoebox Appeal this year to send Christmas packages to Rwanda. It is a fun way to help very poor children to experience a little joy in their lives.
Rwanda, a small country in central Africa is a developing nation. Many citizens live below the poverty line.
Around 360,000 people predominantly women and children, survived the genocide in Rwanda. The majority of these widows and orphans now live in desperate poverty and lack of proper shelter, education and the means to earn money to buy basic necessities such as medicine and food.… Read more