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Rugaba is a word in Kirundi, the local Burundian language, for God the Provider (Jehovah Jireh).

Rugaba's Children Group Home is an AIDS orphans home headed by Diane, the oldest of 4 siblings. She had just finished High school when her mother, the only parent left, passed away from AIDS in a local hospital. Hungry but filled by God's passion for the least privileged, these children willingly opened their one room house to more orphans.

The Vision
The vision of Rugaba's children is

1) to build a bigger orphanage on the ground of their one bedroom house
2) to reach out to other children in the community who are still waiting for a safe haven, and to integrate them into their orphanage.

Their needs:
love - education - nutrition - medical care - clothing

How can you help Rugaba's Children?

- Pray for them
- Partner financially with AMAHORO INTERNATIONAL (AMI) by making a tax deductible donation to AMI. Long-term and one time donations are welcome.
- Help us connect to other organizations that help projects like Rugaba's Children Group Home

New outhouse sponsored by AMI

Rugaba's Children home without roof

Rugaba's children with new outhouse

Rugaba's children

A story of compassion

Martin never knew his parents. He grew up in a home and, at the age of 16, was thrown out to make room for smaller children. He became homeless. Rugaba's children orphanage opened its doors to him.

Accomplishments

Through fundraising efforts in 2006,
Amahoro International was able to provide

1) An extension of the waterline from the community to the orphans house
2) A new toilet/outhouse as addition to the existing structure
3) Ongoing counseling and supply of daily needs
4) 2 shipments of Bibles

Facts about AIDS in Burundi

13 years of civil war in Burundi have claimed more than 500,000 lives, but AIDS and related diseases impact the Burundian society in even more devastating ways. 150,000 people in Burundi are currently living with the HIV virus, in 2006 alone 13,000 people have died from HIV and 120,000 children in Burundi are HIV orphans.

Please support Rugaba's Children!

Rugaba's children say:
"We are alive today only because of Christ's love, compassion and the prayer of the saints."

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