Sponsored Children in Rwanda

History of the children sponsored by City of Joy

Recent Student Sponsorships

1. Name ; Rosine Uwimpuhwe ( 12 years girl)

Sponsor: Myers
Birth day: 2000 (don’t know for sure the birth day)
Grade: P.3 Mwanabili primary school
Father: Emmanuel Kayitare
Mother: Jeanne D’Arc Mukandanga
She was born in a family of 8 children and last born, some her sisters got married in different parts of the country she doesn’t have an idea of where they live, others she heard that they live in Kigali working, Father abandoned them saying that he is going to Kigali to work for money but he never come back, the mother married with another man who does care of her, sometimes they send her to the grandmother 70 years old to ask for school supplies, and the little she get is just for survival. One of the things she is interested in, she likes to study, hand ball/ tennis, she is able to read and write Kinyarwanda and little a bit of English, she also like read some books and Kinyarwanda Bible.
One of the challenges Rosine is experiencing is where to get school uniforms, supplies and medical Insurance because her grandmother could not afford the expenses.


2. Name: Mariam Imuduhaye

Sponsor: Finnertys
Birth day: 2005 (no one knows for sure the date of her birth day) You can pick a day and celebrate it.
Grade: Primary 1 (first grade)
Father: Ephrone
Mother:
Mariam is an orphan, her mother died in2005 and adopted by Beatrice Nyarambabazi a 51 years old, this came into her mind when she was at funeral service they introduced that any good Samaritan to take the baby, even people related to her were not willing to volunteer because Mariam was too little, 2 brothers were taken to the grandmother 70 years old and she live with asthma ( breathing problems) the lady was not very sure to whether children are in school or not, but she promised to gather detailed information concerning the family.

Beatrice doesn’t have any husband and the information is hidden.



3. Name: Genevieve Mumporeze

Sponsor: Millers
Birth day: 1992 Rutete cell, mukingo Sector (don’t know for sure the date of her birth day)
Grade: Senior.1 (seventh grade)Nyarutivu secondary school, Mukingo Sector
Her father died in the 1994 Genocide, mother did not take care of her she got married by a second after the death of her father, she has 2 brothers who born from the step mother, The 1st Born 17 years old joined the national university of Rwanda Butare since last year and the second one completed high school in some schools in Nyanza but there is no way for him to complete his Education.

Genevieve lives with her aunt Rachel a 51 years old and her husband 69 years disabled, they actually live near by the school. Other than Genevieve they have 3 children supporting in education :- Joseph 16 years old senior 1 student at nyarutovu secondary school, Petronia 13 years p. 5 Nyarutovu and Claude p.2 in same school, this have limited support for their children complete school, Eg. Uniforms, exercise books, medical insurance etc. particularly Genevieve fail to acquire basic necessities (For personal use) . Before during her holiday, she had been working as a house keeper and stop when school starts, so some people avoided her because they knew that as the school starts she will go back to school, this time she is depending on family friends to get little support for education, she declared that current semester 10 exercise books will be required, a pair of school uniform, 5 pens and mutuelle de santé. She is dreaming one time to join a university.