If you travel out to the far western part of Rwanda right on the border of the Congo you will find a great FARMS project. It is in its 5th round of loans and projects included banana plantations, corn, spices. Above my son, Nolan, was petting a goat project in a little village just outside the Congo border. Goats are $50 dollars at the market and this family has turned two goats into 14 goats. It has allowed them to purchase a pig and poultry. The testimony of this family is it has changed their financial future dramatically and allowed them to help their church and people in the community through various ideas and projects they are wanting to complete.
We just finished visiting with another FARMS group in the far northern region of Rwanda. It is literally just a few miles from the Congo as well. The project is only in its first round of loans but again has potato and goat projects. The church there faces a real security threat with the a war raging just over the border. They said they often have Congo refugees fleeing through their land and eating their gardens and animals. Yet despite the challenges they have fully repaid their loan and are trying to figure out how they can provide help and a witness to unsaved refugees and members of their surrounding village.
Stay tuned for more video and pictures.
1 comment:
Loved reading about your trip in the Independent News Herald.
It's nice to see that people from a village like Clarissa care enough to help those so far away, and in such great need.
Rick & Carole
Cannes, France
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