Housing to Empower Rwanda's Future Leaders
Housing and Healthcare for students in Rwanda
Summary
Housing is one of the most important components of Orphans of Rwanda’s scholarship program for orphans and socially vulnerable young people. This project supports the
costs of two ORI student houses.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Orphans of Rwanda (ORI) provides 160 motivated and talented Rwandans with the opportunity to attend university and become Rwanda’s future leaders. ORI-sponsored student houses are where our students develop the relationships that enable them to thrive both academically and personally. One student recently said that ORI’s greatest gift to him was the chance to live with his housemates, who call each other brothers. This project will support the costs for two of our current student houses.
Activities
Fund two student houses in Kigali, thereby providing group housing for 14 Orphans of Rwanda students for one year.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $6,500
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $700
Total Funding Goal: $7,200
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.orphansofrwanda.org)
- ORI Students Featured in Miller-McCune Cover Story (http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture_society/simply-rwandan-1001)
- Article on Orphans of Rwanda in NY Times Online (http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/rwanda-15-years-on/)
- Video about ORI's students (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XADJG_XPgLA)
- Josh Ruxin's blog on ORI (http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/03/orphans-of-rwanda/)
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
ORI’s scholarship program aims to empower Rwanda’s most talented orphans and socially vulnerable young people to become the leaders they hope to be. It is our expectation that our students will become leaders in every sphere of Rwandan society.
Project Message
"I know the ORI team well and we have built a collaboration based on the shared belief that high-quality education and health care can help Rwanda transform its future."
- Dr. Paul Farmer, Founder of Partners In Health
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Michael Brotchner
Executive Director
Orphans of Rwanda, Inc.
330 Seventh Ave., 21st Floor
New York, New York 10001
United States
917-558-9019
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Orphans of Rwanda
16 Highland Street
Cambridge,
MA
2138
United States
917-558-9019
http://www.orphansofrwanda.org
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Rwanda
and can also be found under 
Education.
For more information about Rwanda, read the Human Development Report on Rwanda or the Wikipedia entry for Rwanda.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 5, 2008
Latest Update from the Field
Please help ORI win the GlobalGiving Challenge
By Michael Brotchner - Executive Director, August 07, 2009 11:36 AM
Muraho from Kigali! I have some great news to share: thanks to your efforts, ORI is currently in 3rd place in the “Alive and Learning Challenge.” We have received more donations than anyone in the competition and we’re about halfway towards our goal.
But we still need your help! We’re $1,458 short of the level we need to reach by August 14 in order to qualify for bonuses from GlobalGiving. Remember: a gift as little as $10 will have a direct impact on our students’ lives by funding an ORI group house for one day.
The other exciting news is that we have another university graduate as of yesterday: Gilbert Nshimiyimana. I attended his defense of his dissertation at the Universite Libre de Kigali and he passed with flying colors. Many ORI students were in attendance to support him.
Finally, read my latest blog (below) about how an ORI student had the honor of meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame.
Please help us win the challenge so that ORI students like Gilbert have the opportunity to show the world what they can do! Murakoze!
-- Michael
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