By Hazabintwali Charles | Executive Director
Les Enfants de Dieu is so praised to updates each of you who trust and contribute to this noble course. You are aware from our last report that we changed the program and recently changed the GlobalGiving project in order to share the right way we are going to continue contributing into former street children and youth.
Covid-19 pandemic challenge
2020 was a challenging year to the entire world because of the Covid-19 pandemic affected lives of all people including Les Enfants de Dieu and globalgiving family. In Rwanda it was somehow controlled and reduces excessive spread by government interventions and decisions but that also caused the shock to the normal life of people including Les Enfants de Dieu and its beneficiaries. We thank you strongly all people who stand and stayed with EDD in this process of continuing to support the former street children education in this new move.
Education sponsorship and follow up
250 former street children who are still pursuing their studies at different levels where 73% of students are still in Primary levels, 25% students are in high or secondary school studies and 4% students are in vocational training studies. After the closer of all schools happened in middle of March 2020 because of Covid-19 pandemic, some of school levels resumed their studies early and middle of November 2020.
This Covid -19 brought the challenges into EDD education sponsorship work as it happens into other program worldwide. Students faced the challenges in their studies after staying long without a school because of this pandemic, where many of them didn't want to back in school routine and habits, it required extra efforts and thank that most of them went back to schools. Students of primary 1 up to Primary 3 schools didn’t start yet and will start in January 2021 if covid-19 pandemic allows. Ministry in charge will confirm and start.
Education sponsorship went hand in hand with follow up of all reintegrated students and make sure they are safe and stayed in their families.
Baptist story:
I am Baptist, after being reintegrated 2016; my mum left me and stayed alone since then. I was not sure I f I could continue my studies but I did my best to find a way to survive in holidays then go to school in boarding which gave me a chance to study hard while i am in boarding school . I am in S5 (Secondary or High), early September, I heard that EDD closed the rehabilitation program and sacked my energy where from the same day I decided to stop my studies, i spent some days thinking about it with no answer to that till I decided to start new journey of strangle without informing anybody as I was desperate .After three weeks, I decided to massage a former staff and inform him my decision not expecting to back in school. He passed a number to Charles then received a call directly and told me to come to EDD.
I was surprised because with my thinking I didn’t think if EDD has someone there , the next day i went to EDD and was told to go back to school as soon as possible and I received all in need to study . I thank EDD and everyone who support in order to make this work continue. I am promising to continue my studies and succeed. I have a year and half before I complete my studies. I thank everyone who invested in me.
Thank you guys for the support given to the students how went back in school recently. We believe that it is possible to change life of others as long as we put our ties together. GlobalGiving gave us a friendly platform and let’s take this advantage in changing the world weather is small or big contribution but it become valuable after put together from all people donated through this platform.
Thank you so much!
By Nzaramba Thaddee | Partnership coordinator
By Thaddee Nzaramba | Partnership coordinator
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