By Rich Hurst Lauren Allgood and I were invited into Rwanda’s countryside by my buddy from World Relief, Joie-Claire Mukakabera. First let tell you about Rwanda. Rwanda is covered by grasslands and small farms extending over rolling hills, with areas of rugged mountains that extend southeast from a chain of volcanoes in the northwest. The [...]

By Ryan Spilhaus During our time in Rwanda one of the best experiences was how we were each paired up with a World Relief staff member. My partner, Maurice, is a program director with World Relief’s Mobilize for Life. Mobilize for Life is World Relief’s HIV prevention program. World Relief works closely with local churches [...]

By Allan McCullough So, you’ve been noticing that on this blog we have been sharing our experiences with our “buddies” while we were in Rwanda in February of 2009. I had the unique privilege to have Emmanuel Kayijuka to be my buddy. Honestly, what can one say about Kayijuka? He is a faithful pastor, an [...]

By Katelyn Steaffens One of the highlights of Rwanda for me was definitely forming the relationship I did with my World Relief buddy Clemence. She assists the Program Director and is also the primary interpreter on the staff. By far my favorite day was with her when she took me to her church, which was [...]

By Natalie Bingham I secretly think that my buddy Louise never sleeps. She takes care of her family, and oversees a number of areas in her world at World Relief in Rwanda, and makes time to spend with the Lord. She is always going somewhere, and I had a blast running alongside her for a [...]

By Scott Clattenburg Our trip to Rwanda was such an amazing, life-changing event. Prior to this trip, the furthest country I had visited was the Bahamas, so going to Rwanda was going to be a real stretch. During our time there I was blessed to be partnered up with Phil Smith as my Rwandan “buddy”. [...]

By Brian Larsen During our time in Rwanda, I was greatly honored to shadow and spend time with my buddy Jano Mulindabigwi. When we arrived, Jano was in transition from being World Relief Rwanda’s IT administrator to their Head of Logistics, in which he would now oversee and organize the transportation for incoming groups, various [...]

By Natalie Burns As I’m sure you already know, our team had the unique experience of being paired with a Rwandan World Relief staff member. The purpose of this was to learn, share and grow with one another. Mostly because I am such a ‘people person’ I was THRILLED at the idea of spending some [...]

By Philippe Prosper Rwanda was an amazing experience for a plethora of reasons but one of the most impactful aspects of the trip was the encouraging relationship I developed with my “buddy” from the World Relief staff, Charles. He is gentle French-speaking Rwandan man in his late 30s/early 40s with three children and a beautiful [...]