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Rwanda

Rwanda is one of the smallest countries on the African continent and also the most densely populated. There are about 525 inhabitants per square kilometre! Because of its natural landscape, Rwanda is known as the “land of a thousand hills”, and because of its history, also the “land of a thousand problems”.

Overview:
  • around 14 million inhabitants
  • in 1994, it was the scene of a genocide — in just 100 days, about 1 million people of the Tutsi ethnic group were murdered and 2 million fled the country
  • an agricultural country — about 62% of the working population is employed in farming (coffee, tea, bananas)
In 2024, we organized long-term palliative care for

33

persons in the country
We finance the education of

27

children of employees and deceased patients

29.05.2019

Yet again, your helped make the world a better place! Thanks to you our Rwandan hospice just received a professional lift for the sick, a device that we desperately needed. Until recently, immobile patients had to be handled by our strongest nurses. They would have to constantly help patients get up and change positions. This was hardly an ideal situation, especially since every movement causes the patient pain. We long sought to find a solution that would relieve the sick and make it easier for us to care for the most demanding patients. We were unsuccessful and finally decided that we would have to order the device from Poland.

We haven’t written about our Rwandan hospice in a while. This doesn’t change the fact, however, that we are there every day, thanks to you, providing the best care we can to our twenty patients. We cover the costs of their stay, medicines, meal preparation and staff. Whenever the need arises, we equip the hospice with the necessary equipment. Our aim from the beginning was clear: we want to remind people, whose lives have been turned into living hells through disease or war, that man’s goal is Heaven.

Juvenal was the most excited about the new device. Just before this picture was taken, he became a little camera-shy, although you can still see a twinkle in his eye. He’s incredibly happy that he can now get up even ten times a day with the new device.

Everyone here is incredibly grateful for the new opportunities and would like to thank you for your help! Don’t forget about the hospice in Kabuga and make sure to visit Dobroczynne24.pl, where you can do a good deed for one of our patients or support them in their day-to-day battle with health issues. We have a lot of plans. We would like to help the sisters build out the facility to create a room for physiotherapy. The sisters have already come up with a great plan. Unfortunately, it will cost a lot but with your help, nothing is impossible!

Urgent help for seniors

Let’s save Laudy and Jean from homelessness

Their entire life savings have been wiped out by the economic crisis. They haven’t been able to pay rent for nine months. If the landlord loses patience, they’ll end up on the street - with nowhere to turn. We don’t want them counting down the days until eviction!

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We already have :
6,667 EUR
We need:
6,667 EUR