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RCEF is Building Safe and Secure Housing


RCEF is Building Safe and Secure Housing

Rwanda Children Educational Foundation is pleased to announce the start of phase one of a building project in Bugesera District nearby […]





Rotary Donates Face Masks to RCEF


Rotary Donates Face Masks to RCEF

The Lakes Region Rotary has donated masks to Rwanda Children Educational Foundation. These masks will benefit our children and their […]





RCEF Families Receive Food before Covid Shutdown


RCEF Families Receive Food before Covid Shutdown

RCEF Families Receive Emergency Food Before Shutdown This past Thursday, a two-week shut down for the Rwanda people started. There […]





Rotary Honors Jeanine!


Rotary Honors Jeanine!

Rotary honors Jeanine with the Paul Harris Fellow recognition. On Wednesday, June 23rd, Jeanine Mukarubega, Executive Director of Rwanda Children […]





RCEF Senior Succeeds


RCEF Senior Succeeds

Rwanda Children Educational Foundation’s Senior, Evode, and his team won first place in an Economic Competition. His team was excited […]





RCEF Mothers Open New Sewing Business


RCEF Mothers Open New Sewing Business

  The Rwanda Children Educational Foundation’s second sewing class ended in March 2020 just asCovid-19 threatened Rwanda. The pandemic slowed […]





RCEF Students say “Thank You” to their Sponsors


RCEF Students say “Thank You” to their Sponsors

The students put on their best clothes and were excited to make the trip to the RCEF Office in the […]





RCEF Issues 35 Micro-Credit Loans to Mothers


RCEF Issues 35 Micro-Credit Loans to Mothers

Rwanda Children Educational Foundation – Mothers receive business loans. RCEF conducted 35 loans this week through its Rotary Global Grant. […]





The Blessing of Multiplication


The Blessing of Multiplication

Rwanda Children Educational Foundation – The Blessing of Multiplication Rwanda Children Educational Foundation sponsors vulnerable children and families in distress. […]





Celebrate Aline’s Success!


Celebrate Aline’s Success!

Rwanda Children Educational Foundation is very proud of Aline Mugwaneza. Aline has worked hard in high school and has been […]





Time to Celebrate!


Time to Celebrate!

Rotory presents gift to RCEF Director to start a sewing business.





Christmas in Rwanda was Different this Year!


Christmas in Rwanda was Different this Year!

            Rwanda Children Educational Foundation gave out food to the families for Christmas. Since 2013, […]





Rwanda Children Return to School


Rwanda Children Return to School

Rwanda Children Educational Foundation’s students return to school after a pause in the academic year because of Covid 19. Our […]





Yard Sale to Benefit RCEF’s Commitment to Vulnerable Children


Yard Sale to Benefit RCEF’s Commitment to Vulnerable Children

Yard Sale Date: Saturday, September 5th At 136 Old Prescott Hill Road Laconia, NH Time:  8:00 am – Noon To […]





RCEF Director is in Rwanda


RCEF Director is in Rwanda

Rwanda Children Education Foundation Executive Director, Jeanine Mukarubega, is in Rwanda now to check on our children, their families and […]





RCEF Parents Say “THANK YOU”


RCEF Parents Say “THANK YOU”

The Relief Fund distributions aide to Rwanda Children Educational Foundation families during the floods and Covid-19.  Your gifts to this […]





See How RCEF has Grown


See How RCEF has Grown

Rwanda Children Educational Foundation started with our Executive Director, Jeanine Mukarubega’s heart to help the very poor children of Rwanda. […]





RCEF Mothers Improve Their Businesses with Rotary Micro-Loans


RCEF Mothers Improve Their Businesses with Rotary Micro-Loans

Rwanda Children Educational Foundation staff continues to visit and encourage the parents who have taken loans from the Rotary Global […]





Micro-Financing Progresses During Covide-19


Micro-Financing Progresses During Covide-19

During this past year, Rwanda Children Educational Foundation has given 62 Micro Loans through a Rotary Grant. The RCEF Staff […]





Floods and the Need for Food and Housing


Floods and the Need for Food and Housing

Rwanda Children Educational Foundation helps during floods. May is still the rainy season, and Rwanda has seen three more days […]





RCEF Relief Aid at Work in Rwanda


RCEF Relief Aid at Work in Rwanda

  Rwanda Children Educational Foundation provided Relief Aid to flood victims and to relieve hunger due to the Coronavirus stay-at-home […]





RCEF Food Distribution Continues


RCEF Food Distribution Continues

Rwanda Children Educational Foundation continued to help its families with a second day of food money. Last Friday we gave […]





RCEF Distributes More Food


RCEF Distributes More Food

The following note came from the our Kigali Office: “After one month, RCEF has distributed food for the families, It […]





Rwanda, Pandemic & Food For Our Families


Rwanda, Pandemic & Food For Our Families

Samuel lives with his Aunt in Kigali. His family cannot afford to keep him with them. His parents have 10 […]





TOGETHER WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE


TOGETHER WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Rwanda Children Education Foundation Update: We’ve already added 20 more students in 2020. These students receive an education, their families […]





RCEF Helps 17 Families Recover from Flood


RCEF Helps 17 Families Recover from Flood

The Rwanda Children Educational Foundation staff in Kigali, Rwanda, have been very busy this past week helping the RCEF families […]





Floods in Kigali Destroy 17 RCEF Families Homes


Floods in Kigali Destroy 17 RCEF Families Homes

Rwanda Children Educational Foundation Kigali office has sent an SOS message to our friends in the USA. The homes of […]





Five New Sponsors – Five More Children Can Attend School in 2020


Five New Sponsors – Five More Children Can Attend School in 2020

Rwanda Children Educational Foundation is pleased that five children have been sponsored in recent weeks. The students above are now […]





Christmas Party for the RCEF Students


Christmas Party for the RCEF Students

Rwanda Children Educational Foundation held a Christmas Celebration for its students this past week. The children enjoyed the party that […]





Emelyne Placed #1 out of 48 Students in her 4th Grade Class


Emelyne Placed #1 out of 48 Students in her 4th Grade Class

During our recent visit to Rwanda, the RCEF team visited Emelyne and her mother. We congratulated Emelyne for her good […]





A Gift of Supplemental Food in Time for Christmas


A Gift of Supplemental Food in Time for Christmas

Rwanda Children Educational Foundation passed out supplemental food of beans and flour to our children’s parents. The RCEF staff took […]





Home Turns into a Business


Home Turns into a Business

RCEF visited Celine’s home. She is home on school break. Celine’s parents turn their home into a restaurant to serve […]





Neighborhood Leader


Neighborhood Leader

RCEF visited a very special mother in the poor section of Kigali. She sells charcoal and oversees other women who […]





Water Project


Water Project

This week the RCEF team met with the Gasabo District Mayor and Engineer to discuss a much needed water project. […]





We Visited Two Micro-Finances Businesses.


We Visited Two Micro-Finances Businesses.

Our visit to the flour factory was exciting. We walked in to see 12 men grinding and packing flour in […]





Kigali Genocide Museum


Kigali Genocide Museum

The RCEF Team visited the Kigali Genocide Museum today. Amazing but sad. This little girl was killed by Machete.





RCEF went to church today in Kigali, Rwanda.


RCEF went to church today in Kigali, Rwanda.

Alan Graustein preached on the God of all Comfort, Hope and Grace. This Church is where Jeanine Mukarubega grew up. […]





USA Team Visits RCEF Kigali Office


USA Team Visits RCEF Kigali Office

Today the USA team visited the RCEF Office to deliver gifts for our children. We had the pleasure of seeing […]





Thank You Interlakes Interact Club


Thank You Interlakes Interact Club

Thank you Interlakes Interact Club for your donation of $625 toward the sponsorship of Samuel Mugabo. This donation will be […]





New Handmade Designs From Rwanda


New Handmade Designs From Rwanda

The RCEF staff is off to Rwanda for a visit November 6 through the 21st. We have pre-ordered merchandise from […]





Tubahaye ikaze!


Tubahaye ikaze!

Welcome to the online home of the Rwanda Children Educational Foundation! Our vision is to help vulnerable Rwandan children  and equip […]





Visiting Three Businesses


Visiting Three Businesses

The Rwanda Children Educational Foundation Staff visited the Rotary Micro Credit loan recipients to observe their businesses and the mothers […]





Celine’s Parent’s New Business Prospers


Celine’s Parent’s New Business Prospers

Celine is an 11th grade student in a boarding school. RCEF has sponsored her for several years. Because Celine is […]





RCEF Helps Families to Start Business


RCEF Helps Families to Start Business

RCEF helps families to start businesses and become self-sufficient. RCEF was awarded the Rotary Global Grant for Micro-Credit. This enables […]





Ambiance Gets a Sponsor


Ambiance Gets a Sponsor

Rwanda Children Education Foundation is working hard to connect children with sponsors. Ambiance wants to shout out a big “THANK […]





RCEF Is Providing Hope and Help for Ambiance


RCEF Is Providing Hope and Help for Ambiance

The mission of RCEF is to give hope and bright futures to vulnerable children and youth in Rwanda. Ambiance is […]





RCEF is all About Helping Children like Divine


RCEF is all About Helping Children like Divine

Rwanda Children Education Foundation is all about helping children like Divine. Divine’s mother is raising her children alone. The only […]





RCEF Provides Our Families With Supplemental Food


RCEF Provides Our Families With Supplemental Food

Rwanda Children Education Foundation provides our students’ families with supplemental food. Since we serve the children of the extremely poor […]





RCEF Sewing School Graduates Ten Mothers


RCEF Sewing School Graduates Ten Mothers

Rwanda Children Education Foundation Sewing School graduated ten students. In February of 2019, with donated money, RCEF purchased equipment, rented […]





Thank You to the Laconia Rotary Club


Thank You to the Laconia Rotary Club

RCEF spoke at the Laconia Rotary Meeting this week to say “THANK YOU” for the Rotary Global Micro-credit Grant.  This […]





RCEF Secondary Students are Ready to Finish the School Year


RCEF Secondary Students are Ready to Finish the School Year

Rwanda Children Education Foundation’s Secondary Students are getting ready to start the third and final trimester of 2019. They came […]





RCEF Students Start Their Final Trimester


RCEF Students Start Their Final Trimester

RCEF Students start their last trimester of the school year in August. To our precious students we say “finish your […]




RCEF Sewing School Class Near Completion

The first term of RCEF Sewing School is almost completed. Rwanda Children Education Foundation (RCEF) has been conducting a sewing […]





RCEF Mothers Receive Loans to Start Businesses


RCEF Mothers Receive Loans to Start Businesses

Rwanda Children Education Foundation mothers receive loans to start businesses. This past week the parents of our RCEF students received […]





Kelia’s Family Lost a Son/Brother


Kelia’s Family Lost a Son/Brother

Rwanda Children Education Foundation helps. This past April, in between rain storms, Kelia’s 6 year old brother went to the […]





RCEF Wishes Our Mothers a Happy Mothers Day


RCEF Wishes Our Mothers a Happy Mothers Day

Rwanda Children Education Foundation’s mothers are under a lot of pressure to pay their rent and provide food for their […]





Rotary Grant has been Awarded to RCEF


Rotary Grant has been Awarded to RCEF

Rotary Global Micro-Credit Grant has been awarded to Rwanda Children Education Foundation (RCEF). With this Grant RCEF will make loans […]





LCA Students visit Kimihurura Primary School


LCA Students visit Kimihurura Primary School

Laconia Christian Academy Students visit Kimihurura Primary School Today the students from NH got to meet the students at a […]





RCEF Sewing School Receives a Visit from the Laconia Christian Academy Students


RCEF Sewing School Receives a Visit from the Laconia Christian Academy Students

Rwanda Children Education Foundation Sewing School has a visit from the Laconia Christian Academy Students. The students are in Rwanda […]





Laconia Christian Academy Students Give Generously


Laconia Christian Academy Students Give Generously

Laconia Christian Academy Students have been busy giving. The students spent time repairing a home of an extremely poor family.  […]





Update on the Laconia Christian Academy Students’ Trip in Rwanda


Update on the Laconia Christian Academy Students’ Trip in Rwanda

Laconia Christian Academy Students met Ester, the student they sponsor along with her mother. Students in Rwanda are on trimester […]





RCEF Hosts Laconia Christian Academy Students


RCEF Hosts Laconia Christian Academy Students

Rwanda Children Education Foundation will host the Laconia Christian Academy Service Learning Team from May 12 through May 26 in […]





RCEF Director Flies to Rwanda for a Month’s Visit


RCEF Director Flies to Rwanda for a Month’s Visit

RCEF Director Flies to Rwanda for a Month’s Visit Jeanine Mukarubega, Executive Director of Rwanda Children Education Foundation, leaves for […]





RCEF Sewing School Pauses to Remember the Genocide


RCEF Sewing School Pauses to Remember the Genocide

The Rwanda Children Education Foundation’s Sewing School will take a one-week break to honor the one million people killed in […]





Teta Was Abandoned as a Newborn Baby.


Teta Was Abandoned as a Newborn Baby.

Teta was abandoned as a newborn baby. Teta Nadi is 13 years old and is in the 7th grade at […]





Deborah is Thriving


Deborah is Thriving

Deborah’s mother is unable to care for her. Her father is not known. Deborah lives with her grandmother in a […]





Introducing Three Students


Introducing Three Students

Introducing RCEF Students Nelly is in the 4th grade.  She lives with her mother.  Her father abandoned the family. They […]





Elisa Has a Sponsor!


Elisa Has a Sponsor!

ELISA HAS A SPONSOR!! Elisa was waiting for over a year to be sponsored.  He is so happy to now […]





Update on our Micro-Finance Projects


Update on our Micro-Finance Projects

ADVANCES MADE WITH MICRO-FINANCE Sewing Class: Rwanda Children Education Foundation Staff reports that at the end of the third week […]





Sewing Class Week Two’s Accomplishment


Sewing Class Week Two’s Accomplishment

          Rwanda Children Education Foundation Sewing Class at the end of week two – these parents […]





Sewing Class Week Two’s Accomplishment


Sewing Class Week Two’s Accomplishment

Rwanda Children Education Foundation Sewing Class at the end of week two – these parents are making great progress. Our […]





First Week of Sewing Class Ends with a Gift


First Week of Sewing Class Ends with a Gift

The first week of sewing class for ten mothers of RCEF students ended with a gift of food.  The mothers […]





A New Micro-Finance Sewing Project is Underway!


A New Micro-Finance Sewing Project is Underway!

Micro-Finance Sewing School has started. RCEF Staff, a sewing instructor and ten mothers gathered together Monday morning, February 4th, in […]





Paul’s First Day at School


Paul’s First Day at School

        Paul’s father died from HIV. His mother and brother have HIV, but we are happy to […]





RCEF Students Become Close Friends


RCEF Students Become Close Friends

Some of our students have been involved with Rwanda Children Education Foundation since 2013. They have participated in our activities […]





More Pictures – RCEF Christmas Party


More Pictures – RCEF Christmas Party

The RCEF Christmas Party was a huge success.  We had food, speeches, dancing and a photo shoot. Here are more […]





RCEF Christmas Party – 2018


RCEF Christmas Party – 2018

The RCEF Christmas Party took place the Saturday before Christmas at the Government building in Gasabo District of Kigali.  The […]




RCEF wishes you a Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and a blessed and joy-filled New Year to all. Thank you for joining with us in sponsoring our […]





Parents Gather for Food Distribution


Parents Gather for Food Distribution

Rwanda Children Education Foundation parents gathered at the Kigali Office to receive supplemental food.  This distribution included flour, beans and […]





RCEF Helps Six Familes – Family #6


RCEF Helps Six Familes – Family #6

Twizere’s family is benefiting by the profit-sharing from RCEF’s very first micro-finance project.  Here is their story: Twizere’s mother is […]





RCEF Helps Six Familes – Family #5’s Story


RCEF Helps Six Familes – Family #5’s Story

Girmata’s family benefits from our micro-finance project of motorcycle taxis. Here is the their story: Girmata’s Mother is a single mom […]





RCEF Helps Yves’ Family


RCEF Helps Yves’ Family

RCEF will be sharing the proceeds from the motorcycle taxi micro-finance project with six families.  Yves’ family is one of […]





Meet Rwanda Family #3


Meet Rwanda Family #3

Chance and his single mother live in a one-room house on the side of a hill in a very poor […]





RCEF Helps Six Familes – Story # 2


RCEF Helps Six Familes – Story # 2

Meet Family #2 being helped by the proceeds from the two motorcycles. Sano Ritha is 9 years old, in grade […]





RCEF Helps Six Families


RCEF Helps Six Families

RCEF has received a gift of two motorcycles from Kingdom Facilitators to benefit six families hard hit by poverty. We […]





A Gift of Two Motorcycles


A Gift of Two Motorcycles

Thank you, Kingdom Facilitators of Bronx, NY, for donating two motorcycles to benefit the single moms of RCEF students. Six […]





Executive Director Visits RCEF Students at Kigali Christian Academy


Executive Director Visits RCEF Students at Kigali Christian Academy

Jeanine Mukarubega, our RCEF Executive Director, is in her second week of her visit to Rwanda.  She visited all ten […]





RCEF Executive Director Meets with Parents


RCEF Executive Director Meets with Parents

Jeanine Mukarubega has been meeting with parents of the Rwanda Children Education Foundation children during this trip. They are discussing […]





What does RCEF do?


What does RCEF do?

Rwanda Children Education Foundation – Provides financial support for school fees for very poor children; provides coaches and mentors for […]





Jeanine Visited Jean de dieu’s Home


Jeanine Visited Jean de dieu’s Home

This week RCEF’s Executive Director Jeanine visited the home and family of Jean de dieu who is one of RCEF’s […]





Judith Finally Meets Her Mother


Judith Finally Meets Her Mother

Judith grew up with no memory of her mother since she left the family when Judith was a baby. The […]





Samuel’s Family Could Not Afford Him


Samuel’s Family Could Not Afford Him

Meet Samuel:  One of nine siblings, and his family lives in severe poverty and hardship.  His parents could not care […]





Health Issues – Report from Doctor


Health Issues – Report from Doctor

RCEF has received more reports from the Doctor who examined our students. Chance and Sadrick have a serious eye disease […]





RCEF Families in Need of Help


RCEF Families in Need of Help

Last week Sano Ritha’s mother came into the RCEF office in Kigali for help. Mother has HIV and was feeling […]





New School Trimester Starts


New School Trimester Starts

Our students have ended their break between trimesters and are starting school again this week. On August 16th the secondary […]





Mother Receives a Gift of Training


Mother Receives a Gift of Training

  During our recent trip to Rwanda, we visited this family’s home. The home had a big red X on […]





A Happy Ending to Shiela’s Story


A Happy Ending to Shiela’s Story

RCEF previously shared Shiela’s story on this blog.  Shiela had no shoes, and she did not want RCEF to visit […]





Visiting Celine at School


Visiting Celine at School

    The RCEF bus traveled down a long, narrow road on the side of a mountian to get to […]





Traveling to Boarding Schools


Traveling to Boarding Schools

We took time to visit a number of our secondary students in boarding schools (grades 7 – 12).  Our very […]





A Visit With Kevin’s Mother


A Visit With Kevin’s Mother

The RCEF team visited Remera Academy where Kevin attends along with 15 other RCEF students. After our visit, Kevin brought […]