PROVIDING SHELTERS TO 100 WIDOWS IN BUGANDA

                                                                THEY STILL NEED A SHELTER

There is NO way to promote peace, reconciliation, education, development, safety, health in and among the families who do not have shelter/home. A home is one of the most important things which contribute to the good living of a human being; that’s why at JRMD, building homes for the survivors of the war and needy families, is one of the strategies to promote and achieve peace, and give  a family a voice and right place in the society. Building shelters for the survivors of the war  and needy families in  Burundi,  helps reduce the expansion of AIDS and the mortality, occasioned by the present conditions of living of thousands of widows and needy families in Burundi. 

From these pictures,  you can see how is the condition of living of those widows and orphans that JRMD is serving in the area. Your help would enable JRMD provide shelters to 100 widow families and orphans. So far, we have built 3 houses for 3 widow families of the 100 homes we plan to build in Buganda.  97  widow families and orphans, still need shelters, where they can live in security and peacefully.

Providing shelters to widows, orphans and needy families will help reduce the expansion of AIDS and the mortality, occasioned by the present conditions of living of thousands of widows and needy families in Burundi. 

With the help of JRMD Home Building Team,  86 of 100 widow and orphan families have already made enough bricks to build their houses.  As soon, as funds to purchase construction materials are raised, with the help of JRMD home building team, the work of roofing houses already built at the stage of roofing will begin.

Until our project is fully funded, we will be sending you regular reports about our work. You'll know what your donation has helped fund, what accomplishments we have achieved and what our current needs are. Donation can be made through the following link: http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/providing-shelters-to-100-widows-in-buganda/

Prosper Ndabishuriye

General Coordinator and Founder

                                         GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WITHIN AND BEYOND

Compassion is not about words, Compassion is action; it is about caring for those in need and suffering. Compassion is feeling with someone and not feeling for someone. When you feel with some one,   you identify yourself with that person. Because, when you feel with, it means that you also feel the pain as much as if it was on you. And with Compassion you just don’t feel, you also get a strong desire to do something, something that would make the pain go or lessen the pain, and more often the desire is so strong that you end up trying as much as you would have tried for your own self. And you may even become restless when you can’t do much about it. It’s more saying sorry, you can’t get the satisfaction of just saying “sorry” or “I will pray for you”.  The way I understand Compassion, it’s to be human. A human being feels pain and feels for others too. Compassion is selfless act, it makes you see others; you just don’t think that as long as you are fine then everything is good for every one.

Compassion is about action; it is about caring for one another; it is about understanding; it is about identifying yourself with those in need and suffering; it is about solidarity;  it is about helping  find the solutions for those who are waiting for a help  and assistance.  This  is exactly what we have been doing for the last 20 years for  those in need, for the homeless and hopeless people in Burundi.

As you can see from these pictures, the construction of 3 houses for 3 widow families who are the beneficiaries have been completed.  These three widow families together with their children are very grateful to JRMD and  those who contributed financially so that they can have their own Permanente homes, where they can live with their children.

Niyokindi is one of the three widow families, she  said: “ As we did not have our own house, after my husband died, me and my three children became homeless  and  lost totally my hope to have   one day a house in which me and my children  can live in together. Having this house is a miracle to me. I am very thankful to those who helped me to have this nice home. May God bless them”.

With the help of JRMD Home Building Team  81 of 100 widow and orphan families have already made enough bricks to build their houses.  As soon, as funds to purchase construction materials are raised, with the help of JRMD home building team, the work of roofing houses already built at the stage of roofing will begin.

I am very grateful  to our donors and friends, and friends of friends who continue  to help JRMD continue provide shelter to the widow and orphan families in Burundi. If one person was to try do this work alone, it would be impossible. This is only possible by joining hands together with friends, and friends of friends  to build a society and the world we want that each one of us is longing to belong to and live in.

Until our project is fully funded, we will be sending you regular reports about our work. You'll know what your donation has helped fund, what accomplishments we have achieved and what our current needs are. Donation can be made through the following link: http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/providing-shelters-to-100-widows-in-buganda/

Prosper Ndabishuriye

General Coordinator and Founder

                                    Giving Hope to a wounded Community

During the ethnic war that lasted 15 years in Burundi, resulting the killing of a half million people, including men, women, children and old people and destruction of 60% around of houses in the whole country, left homeless the survivors of the war. Building shelters for widows and needy families, survivors of the war in the Buganda Commune, it helps reduce the expansion of HIV- AIDS and the mortality occasioned by the present conditions of their living.

As you can see from the pictures, 3 houses for 3 widow families have been roofed, but to complete the construction of these 3 houses, we still need around $650 to purchase 6 doors, 12 windows and 9 boxes of cement to stucco them.  With the  help of JRMD home building team, 75 of 100 widow and orphan families have already made enough bricks to build their houses  and 52 of the 100 homes to be built there are at the stage of roofing. These 3 widow families are now living in those uncompleted homes. One widow  is also trying to care for her father, as you can see from the pictures.

As soon, as funds to purchase construction materials are raised, with the help of JRMD home building team, the work of roofing houses already built at the stage of roofing will begin.

I am very thankful to our donors and friends, and friends of friends who are making their donations to help JRMD continue provide shelter to the widow and orphan families in Burundi. If one person was to try do this work alone, it would be impossible. This is only possible by joining hands together to build a society and the world we want that each one of us is longing to belong to and live in.

Until our project is fully funded, we will be sending you regular reports about our work. You'll know what your donation has helped fund, what accomplishments we have achieved and what our current needs are.

I know the economy is tough, so thank you so much  for continuing to invest your hard-earned money on our cause. Please consider telling your friends and family about Wednesday, February 12^th matching donations day. Donations made through GlobalGiving on February 12^th will be matched at 30% for up to $1,000 per donor and per project . There is $75,000 available in matching grants, and GlobalGiving will be offering a  $1,000  bonus award for the most individual donors as well as a $1,000 bonus award for the most money raised. Matching begins at 9 am EST  or 6 am Pacific Time and lasts until funds run out or 11:59 pm EST/ 8:59 pm Pacific Time. Donation can be made through the following link: http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/providing-shelters-to-100-widows-in-buganda/

I am very thankful and appreciative to GlobalGiving for giving JRMD and Donors an opportunity to help and serve the community in Burundi.

Prosper Ndabishuriye

General Coordinator and Founder

                                  Buganda home building project Report

There is NO way to promote peace, reconciliation, education, development, safety, health in and among the families who do not have shelter/home. A home is one of the most important things which contribute to the good living of a human being; that’s why at JRMD, building homes for the survivors of the war in Burundi and needy families, is one of the strategies to promote and achieve peace in a wounded  nation and community by ethnic war and poverty.

The house that we build for a family,  has 45 square meters (485 square feet). This house can/does accommodate a family of 7 to 10 people. It has 2 doors, 4 windows, a sitting room and 2 bedrooms.  We stucco/plaster the house with cement, to protect the house from rainwater. To build one home it costs $998.

As you can see from the pictures, with the  help of JRMD home building team, 68 of 100 families made by  widows and needy families in Buganda village, have already made enough bricks to build a house  and 45 of the 100 homes to be built there are at the stage of roofing.

As soon, as funds to purchase construction materials are raised, with the help of JRMD home building team, the work of roofing houses already built at the stage of roofing will start.  Until this time I am writing this report, only $10  has been donate for this project,  within a period of 3 month the project has been posted.

With Gifts for Good Campaign that will run November 20 – December 31, 2013 - Year-End  Campaign starting December 1^st - December 31^st, 2913, when  GlobalGiving will be offering NINE bonus awards to the projects that raise the most money from their supporters in GlobalGiving’s first-ever Year-End Campaign and Recurring Donation Match - During the last 12 days of the year, when GlobalGiving will be offering a one-time 100% match on all new recurring donations up to $200 per donor,  December 20 - December 31, 2013, we hope to raise enough money to finish the construction of 100 houses  to be built for 100 widow and needy families, in Buganda village.

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