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Prosper Ndabishuriye

Prosper Ndabishuriye, was born on April 24, 1957; he is General Coordinator and Founder of Jeunesse en Reconstruction du Monde en Destruction(JRMD) - Youth in Reconstruction of a World in Destruction (YRWD). 

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IWACU KAZOZA SCHOOL

CHANGING LIVES OF UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN IN BURUNDI

In a remote part of the little known country of Burundi a school by the name of Iwacu Kazoza is changing the lives of some 500 students each year who would either have no education or have to walk hours to the nearest school. Chief of Ruhagarika Village where the school is located, Mr. 

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Home Building Project

As you know, Peace Education is not possible for people who do not have a place to live. There is NO way to promote peace, reconciliation, education, development, safety, and health among families who do not have a home.

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Supplying Water To Iwacu Kazoza School And The Surrounding Community

The key strategy to achieving this goal is to train people in the village/community to make bio-sand water filters and teach them sanitation and hygiene, with the help of our BioSand Water Filter Making and Training Mobile Team. 

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GIVING HOPE TO A HOPELESS WOMAN AND YOUNG MAN THROUGH MICRO FINANCE PROJECT

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Burundian Women Head to Saudi Arabia to Work as Domestic Workers

Since a decade ago, with the emergence of Arab countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and other Arab countries in Asia, during these days, we are seeing women’s mass and young men leaving Burundi to go to the above mentioned countries, looking for job opportunities where they risk their lives. Those women are being recruited by different people and gathered in different centers where they spend between one and two months for instructions before they are taken in those Arab countries, taking advantage of their poverty and the consequence of the socio-economic crisis that Burundi has experienced since decades.

We are all aware of the testimonies from these women who have barely and hardly escaped from the nightmares they go through for years. But also testimonies from those who are still in the same difficult situation in the Arab countries. It is alleged that once upon their arrival in the Arab countries for the promised employment their passports are detained and their means of communication. What they go through there is far from what they were promised or told. They work in awful conditions mistreated without healthcare or assistance, with very low salary and no freedom. Their rights are practically taken away from and denied. And the worst thing is that they cannot leave whenever they want to because they don’t have their passports anymore. The local police is rarely very little help to them.

These women often leave behind broken families at home. And in most cases, these families have spent most of their life savings to finance the process hoping for a better future.

On the religion matter, the consequences are as important as any other. It’s alleged that these women must comply to all the Islam rules and culture. Often obliged and forced to apostasy. Those who try to stay true to their religion are not without consequences as they are severely punished and persecuted.

These women are devastated and traumatized to a point that they do not know their true identities anymore. In the past, hundreds of Burundian women have been trafficked by cartels to work in housekeeping jobs in Arab countries - with some saying they endured extreme domestic violence. Even when they are ill they are forced to work.

It has never been easy dealing with such regional and global issues. But issues such as these should be tackled from the roots. Meaning the root countries of the victims because that’s where it all begins. Where they get the information, training and recruitments. Working on preventing the plague, those who are already there in those Arab countries should not be forgotten.

Today, in our church tens of women and young men left the church to go to Saudi Arabia looking for job opportunities in exchange of losing their rights and must comply to all the Islam rules and culture. The worst thing is that they cannot leave whenever they want to because they don’t have their passports anymore. Currently in our church more than a hundred of women and young men are looking for the same opportunity to leave the church and the country to go to Arab Countries.

To reduce this women’s mass and young men leaving Burundi to go to Arab countries where they are taken as slaves and maltreated, we need to set up a Micro Finance Project by giving them a loan which will allow them to do small businesses.

Our Objectives: `

- Create an environment which will help the beneficiaries fight poverty and improve the conditions of their living

- Help them become independent and self-sufficient as they were before the crisis

- Reintegrate them in a new way of living which gives hope for tomorrow

- Enabling them to care for themselves and their families

Expected Results:

- They will become independent and self-sufficient as they were before the crisis

- They will be reintegrate in a new way of living which gives hope for tomorrow

- Their way of living will be improved and will be able to feed their families, pay medication, school fees and school material for their children

- A number of women’s and young men to leave Burundi to go to Arab Countries will be reduced

To Start this Project, we need $25,000. This amount will enable us to give a loan to 150 women and young men to start small businesses in our church and surrounding community.

To donate now click on the following link: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/providing-education-to-450-youths-in-ruhagarika/

(Global Giving is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, making your donation fully tax deductible ) or make check to FSN/JRMD 7019 47th Ave SW

Unit 5 Seattle, WA 97136


You can help us reduce this women’s mass and young men leaving Burundi to go to Arab countries where they are taken as slaves and maltreated.

Prosper Ndabishuriye

General Coordinator and Founder

A JOURNEY OF 27 YEARS

27 YEARS OF SHOWING AND SHARING COMPASSION IN ACTION

We started this journey of showing and sharing our solidarity and Compassion in Action in 1994, during the time when Hutu and Tutsi were killing each other and could not live together as they used to be  before the war escalated; with the objective to promote peace and reconciliation in a divided nation, through sharing Christ’s Love and Compassion in Action.

For the last 27 years, JRMD, with its Partners and friends and friends of friends, changed the face of millions of Burundians; giving hope and smiles to Burundi. With donations from our partners and friends, and friends of friends we have accomplished the following:

  • We promoted peace and reconciliation all over the country of Burundi in a divided nation and community.
  • We organized a historical Youth Congress which gathered over 1,000 delegates from different countries of Africa.
  • We organized three day youth activities in which over 5,000 young people participated actively to clean the City of Bujumbura.
  • We built 3,271 houses for 3,271 families, living in different locations and provinces of Burundi.
  • We sponsored thousands of children with school materials who could not go to school.
  • Conferences and workshops related to peace-building and reconciliation were organized for church leaders and lay people.
  • We built an additional 40 houses for 40 families, in 40 days with funds raised in 40 days.
  • We built 150 houses for 150 families in 15 days.

  • Many other different projects were undertaken, such as Goat Project, Women Farming Project, Micro-lending Project, Africa America Exchange Project, etc.

  • We built Iwacu Kazoza School at Ruhagarika Village, in Cibitoke province and an orphanage is currently under construction.

  • During our Journey of 27 years, thousands of people realized and believed that Jesus-Christ is the foundation of peace and reconciliation.

The work of bringing healing and hope  to a wounded community, through sharing Christ’s Love and Compassion continues. This is being done by joining hands together with our partners and friends, and friends of friends.

To donate, please  make a check to: FSN/JRMD, then mail it to 7019 47th Ave SW Unit 5, Seattle, WA 98136 or click on the following link: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/providing-education-to-450-youths-in-ruhagarika/

Your donation will make a huge difference in the lives of Burundian communities.

Prosper Ndabishuriye
General Coordinator and Founder.

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If you prefer, tax deductible donations may be made by check payable to:
St Mark’s Episcopal Church/JRMD
c/o Mike Seymour
PO Box 761
Port Royal, SC 29935-0761
All proceeds will go to benefit the school.

Burundi-Africa:
Prosper Ndabishuriye
General Coordinator and Founder
JRMD/YRWD
B.P. 2366
BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI

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Telephone:
(257)75 920 609
Telephone in USA:
+1-425-750-1296
Email:
info@jrmd.org 
ndapros@yahoo.fr

USA:
JRMD/YRWD
c/o Kathy Hazen
7019 47th Ave SW
Unit 5
Seattle, WA 98136

USA Contact person:
Kathy Hazen
Telephone:
(206) 852-0098