We are so excited to announce that we have added the Kigali Kids Club at our Iris Kigali Center in Rwanda to Community Sponsorship!
What This Means:
You can now make a difference with the children of Kigali. Once a week, our Iris Kigali Center in Rwanda hosts a weekly kids club for the local children in their community.
How Do WE Help?
They provide a warm meal, Bibles, art supplies, and additional resources for families. The program serves the most underprivileged children in their community and is a safe place for children living on the streets to come and receive care and attention.
The Kigali Kids Club provides children with a place to receive love and physical care while allowing them to just be kids and play! They focus on teaching empathy for others, responsibility, and Biblical foundations. They also provide trauma care and counseling as needed. Above all, they give children the opportunity to know Jesus and receive His life-transforming love! The goal of the Kigali Children's Center is to see those who have been abandoned in a country with a traumatic history brought into a family. We know it is God’s heart to see these children lifted to maturity in a safe place where they will grow to become self-sustaining adults, empowered to impact others for Jesus and transform generations to come. Currently this program is serving 100 children!
How Can You Help?
Here's the direct link to sponsor the program: https://stopfortheone.reachapp.co/sponsorships/kigali-kids-club
What Makes the Kigali Kids Club different?
One thing that makes our Iris Kigali Center so unique is the story of the Director's Alexis and Kaysha. They are newly married and Alexis is Rwandan. During the genocide against the Tutsi tribe in Rwanda in 1994, Alexis lost most of his family members, leaving him orphaned at the age of 13. He survived through the mercy of one woman who kept him hidden in her home. At the time, the loss, trauma, and grief affected Alexis to the point of drugging himself in order to sleep. By the grace of God, he was found by a ‘Good Samaritan’, who took him from the street and returned him to school. His life and future was changed by the kindness of God through one person who stopped to take time for him. Since then, Alexis has given his life to the ministry of Jesus and wishes to see many people changed by the healing power of God through love.
Their dream is for children who have experienced similar hardships and trauma to come into the healing reality of family. God’s heart for those who were once far off, is to be healed through receiving a Spirit of adoption found in the person of Jesus, someone who stops, sees, and offers open arms of safety.
We believe in healing for the mind, body, soul and spirit. The mission of the Kigali Children’s Center is to give children individualized spiritual care as well as meeting their physical needs that will provide a self-sustaining future when they would otherwise be facing many challenges. This kind of healing will impact not only one life, but also future generations to come.
You can learn more about Alexis and Kaysha’s journey on their blog at https://kayshadawn.com/
Learn about more of our sponsorship programs here.
