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Helping the widows and orphans

 

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Learn more about Rwanda:

   
 

Beauty from Ashes
The author of this book, Callum Henderson of Comfort Rwanda outlines the background to the genocide and the church in Rwanda. He then takes the reader through the horror and hope of 1994 and the subsequent years of recovery.

The stories are intensely personal and deeply moving and give an insight, through the lives of those who lived through the genocide, of what life then and now is really like and the difference God is making to survivors. Email us if you want a copy. Cost is $20, which supports the work.

 
 

Choices: on the way to peace
This DVD is a 3 part study - workshop resource on the themes of forgiveness, healing and peace building. "A wise, accessible and practical guide that is deeply grounded in scripture and road tested at the extremeities of human experience, among the survivors of genocide. They show us that forgiveness maybe hard work, but it is never too hard where it locks into divine power." Cost is $25.

The Men who Killed Me
Fifteen years after the Rwandan genocide, The Men Who Killed Me features testimonials from seventeen survivors. Through their narratives and portraits, sixteen women and one man bear witness to the crimes committed against hundreds of thousands of others. Proceeds from this book will go to Mukomeze, a charitable organization establis
hed to improve the lives of girls and women who survived sexual violence in the Rwandan genocide. For more information>
Email us if you are interested in getting a copy. Cost is $35.

 

 

 

 


A Testimony

My name is Ingabire Alice. I am an orphan and I am also the head of my household. I am a member of Solace Ministries. I have one sibling and two other children that I care for. Solace Ministries gave me a cow and I thank God because I feel now that I can have the best future. It is shown me that there is someone who thinks about me and who wants many good things for me. Caring for my cow brings me strength to work so that I can buy more cows myself with the help of God.

The cow that I have received had a calf. I thank God for that because it continues to show me His hand. I sell the milk so that I can buy the food for my cows. I can also buy soap and I drink the milk as well. I thank Solace Ministries and the supporters of solace because you have helped me in many things which I could not do myself. May God bless you because you listened to His voice and were obedient to help the orphans and the widows. God bless you abundantly and answer all of your needs.

 

 
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Support work in Rwanda

Here are some projects and suggested contributions you can make, as a donation or as a gift to your friends or family. Download a card, and send in your donation to help support this important work in Rwanda. These donations will go towards these projects. If you have any questions, please email us. Also, look at the links page where there is more information about what is happening in Rwanda and some wonderful stories about hope and healing. Thankyou

 
     
  Build a home

Building materials and skills for construction are important things to support as the communities of Rwanda rebuild.

> Donation form - send in your donation form

 

 
     
  Support education
An education allows a person to train and take up different types of employment.


> Donation form - send in your donation form

 

 
     

 

 

Buy goat(s) or chicken(s)

The goat is a wonderfully versatile animal with many economic advantages.


> Donation form - send in your donation form

 

 




Plant a field

About 85% of Rwandans are dependent on the seasonal rains producing a harvest to provide food. Solace works to provide food and seeds for the next sowing time.


> Donation form - send in your donation form



Book List

  • “Left to Tell” Immaculee Llibagaiza, Discovering God admidst the Rwandan Holocaust.
  • “Frida – Chosen to Die, Destined to Live” by Frida Gashumba
  • “After the Locusts” by Meg Gillebaud
  • “Rwanda, the Land God Forgot (revival, Genecide and Hope)”
    by Meg Gillebaud
  • “As We Forgive” by Catherine Claire Larson
  • “You Alone May Live” By Mary K Blewitt



DVD Movies

Solace Gospel Choir, “Songs of Solace”. Solace Praise was formed at Solace by a group of orphans. They’ve been singing together for a couple of years and are excited to have recorded a CD with funds supplied by Solace UK. They sing to express their faith and hope.

  • “Shooting Dogs” (Would you risk your life to make a diffenence) A Michael Caton-Jones film
  • “Sometime in April” (The Will to Survive, The Strenagth to Endure, The courage to Face the Truth) A HBO film
  • “As We Forgive” (Can Mercy restore what genocide destrayed?) A Laura Waters Hinson film
  • Ghosts of Rwanda "A documentary" Is a FRONTLINE co- production with the BBC
  • “Rwanda’s Gift to the World”

 

Supporting a child or other projects
For supporting other projects in Rwanda, email Solace Ministries Australia. There are children that need support, the health centre and agricultural projects.

Please contact us and we will give you more information about other opportunities for helping the work in Rwanda continue. Thankyou.

 

 

Mail your support to:

 
  Solace Ministries Australia
PO.BOX 425 Blackburn,
Victoria, 3130
 
 



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or more information email:
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