Church leaders training 2021
From the Chairman of the board
I would like to start by wishing all of us a productive end of the year 2021, particularly our donors, board members who have all worked tirelessly to see that we stay the course. In previous newsletters, we briefly reflected on the corona restrictions that were all in place at the time. It is obvious that the Corona situation slowed down many of our projects. However, at A Cup for Humanity, we have not been idle: we continued to train nine young ladies in our sewing atelier in Kigali, we have worked on an ongoing project of creating a state of art vocational school in Rwanda, and we have worked on our website, and we are looking forward to launching peacebuilding training for local pastors. At this moment all the documents for the vocational school are being prepared for collaboration between ACfH and the Ministry of Education of Rwanda and we are happy to have launched our first peace-building training for pastors in Rwanda.
Aad van den Bos
EDUCATION
A Cup for Humanity is working around the clock to start a state of art vocational school in Kigali Rwanda. The aim of the project is to develop entrepreneurial skills and attitudes for low skilled Rwandans by providing short course basic skills training that matches the labour market thus addressing one of the main reasons for high unemployment and low productivity. By establishing a vocational training centre in the city of Kigali the supply of adequate labour force will be addressed in the following manufacturing industries with potential for growth, namely: food processing, garment manufacturing, construction, information technology, air conditioning and refrigeration training system, electrical wiring system, hydraulic and fluid power training, mechanical dries and lubrification training. The school will provide tailored training in both basic and advanced techniques. In the short run, this will boost jobs creation, innovation and ultimately mitigate the challenges associated with youth unemployment. In the long run, it will enable knowledge and technology transfers thus increasing productivity. The project relies on a partnership between the private and public sector to ensure the long term sustainability of the school/training centre. A Cup for humanity will work together with the state (the Rwandan government) and non-state partners to ensure that the school achieve the following roles:
- To provide market-related skills to young Rwandans
- To develop entrepreneurial skills and attitudes of vulnerable women by Providing short course basic skills training according to demands by labour market
- Stimulate entrepreneurship, access to finance and business development by increasing off-farm employment, productivity and new job creation driven by the private sector.
- To provide vocational training and retraining to unemployed populations to improve or re-shape their skills according to demands of the labour market and thus increase their employability; and
- To serve as a site for practical training and skills development of technical high school students.
- To contribute to universal education goals.
A Cup for Humanity Collaboration with local churches
From its existence, A Cup for Humanity believes that working together is key to sustainability. At present we are happy to collaborate with Christ Gospel Church of Rwanda in launching peacebuilding training for pastors. The church will provide buildings while A Cup for Humanity will design and implement the training and take care of financial related costs. That is providing training materials and lunch for trainees.
NEW: Peacebuilding training for local pastors in Rwanda
Peacebuilding training in a post-conflict society such as Rwanda is key to social transformation. Also, developing non-violent generations is at the core of our mission. It is in this framework that A Cup for Humanity is happy to train local church leaders in the areas of peace and reconciliation. Our first training took place on the 23rd of October 2021 at the Ruhuha area, Bugesera district in eastern Rwanda. Ruhuha is not far away from the Ntarama genocide memorial site in human remains for 5000 victims of the 1994 genocide rest. Bringing together more than 30 leaders from different churches around the area was meant to open a platform whereby participants start thinking together on how to build a sustainable reconcilable and peaceful society. The training focused on peacebuilding and reconciliation. We are happy to see that leaders were open to talking about the past and decided to work together for a common future. A Cup for Humanity plans to go throughout the country providing the same training. We expect our trainees to train their parishioners who will keep the torch for peace shining in their respective communities. Churches that are interested in hosting the training can contact us via our official email account is info@acupforhumanity.org or at mutampauls@gmail.com
Volunteering Vacancy: Communication assistant
We live in a digital world where global visibility matters more than before. Therefore, A Cup for Humanity is looking for a communication assistant (volunteer). The main responsibilities will include among others: advising the board on how to make the organisation more visible, managing our social media platforms, creating innovative strategies for communication, ensuring that our partners are well informed and attracting new ones. Please if you are interested you may contact us via our official email account which is info@acupforhumanity.org or at mutamapauls@gmail.com
EVENTS
Save the Date
- Graduation ceremony for our first sewing atelier class ( 18 December 2021)