Tuesday 23 June 2009

Hope centre - Kids move in:

First three homes are now occupied:

The sight of happy smiling faces on the Hope Centre kids makes all the hard work, so far, so much worth it. When we first met Pastor Leonard and the kids in 2006 we could not have hoped for such a wonderful outcome for them. These kids had been traumatised by war and left destitute and for many without any family as a result.

Our first offer was to send some money to get them mattresses to sleep on at night and then Mission International managed to fund a fairly regular food programme for the children. It was when a large donation of £30,000 arrived at Mission International's base in Scotland that a much more advanced project was initiated.

Here some of the kids enjoy their new surroundings, now called the Hope Centre, sitting outside of one of the homes in Mutimbuzi.





Sitting around the dinner table will be very much a first for these kids. Life from now on will be full of new experiences.


We are very grateful to Charles & Val Carr and their family for their selfless commitment to this project, leaving their home, family and friends to spend 10 months in Burundi in order that this project could reach the stage that it has. The Carrs are now back in the UK but the project continues. Four of the six homes will soon be complete and so funding is still needed to complete the last two homes.

The Next Phase:

The next phase of this project is to put in place a skills centre for the local refugee returnee community. We hope also to put in place a medical centre which will service the many who have no access to medical services.

Getting involved:

If you can support this project financially please use the options at the top right of this page.

To see a weekly update of the project from day one until now go to the Hope Centre website www.HopeCentreBurundi.com