''Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ''1Thessalonicians5.23.
This is a story about Embrace Rwanda was birthed when a number of members from the Lower Mainland Anglican Coalition in Canada (ACiC) made their first visit to Rwanda in 2006. The ACiC is a group of Anglican congregations and churches whose beliefs and ministry are established on the firm foundation of Holy Scripture. The ACiC is a missionary outreach of the Anglican Province of Rwanda.
That first visit prompted many team members to focus on the Kigeme Diocese, in the Southern Province of Rwanda, and to identify projects that would enable Canadians and Rwandans to work together to serve the local communities in rural Africa.
The first visit to the Kigeme Hospital brought home the stark realities of maternity care in rural Rwanda. Seeing such tiny and immature babies in what was known as the “Special care nursery” prompted the team to return to Canada with the hope of raising funds to improve the situation. The room was heated by a wood stove as there was no reliable source of electricity. Many of the women had given birth by Caesarean Sections as they had left it too late to come to the hospital and were often too tired to give birth naturally. The idea of assisting the mothers during pregnancy was birthed and the development of the Healthy Mums Project became a possibility.The purpose of the Healthy Mum’s Project is to keep mothers healthy during pregnancy so that they are able to give birth naturally, to a full term, healthy baby.
Maternal mortality is a devastating challenge to women living in rural Rwanda. Too often the women do not have easy access to health care facilities and support during their pregnancy. This can lead to complications and death of mother and infant.
Maternal and child survival are high health priorities for Rwanda and the Healthy Mums Project seeks to assist the mother during her pregnancy by offering consultations with a Health and Social Worker, and one-on-one support from locally trained volunteers, “Agents of Health”, who make the regular visits to the home. The training has now spread to 53 communities. As a result many more women in the project are visiting the health centre for regular check ups and attending the hospital for their delivery.
A goat is given to the mother to assist with her kitchen garden and therefore some of her nutritional needs have been addressed. Ongoing education about nutrition, family planning, agriculture, hygiene and parenting is also provided in the local community. The project is reporting better outcomes for the health of the mother and more full term babies. It also provides the much needed emotional support to lonely and isolated women living in poverty.
Now over 800 mothers are benefiting from the project and the more recent projects include the husbands and so the whole family is involved.the picture given is in the beginning of the project.
We must think about the health of people but remembering their soul because the arrival of our lord Jesus is coming soon so we must prepare ourselves avoiding sin and giving our life to Jesus Christ Because Jesus Christ healed both the body and the soul forgiving sin of people who ask for forgiviness for being holy So I wish every one to know that because the love of God shows that Jesus Christ has a passion of the soul of us than our body when the problems of this world should cause the church to run social mission and forget the main great commission WE HAVE to go to preach the gospel all over the world this is evangelism and making disciples so Jesus loves you and me to get the chance of being saved to go in heaven . We have to pray for the church the world in general .''Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ''1Thessalonicians5.23.Amen
This is a story about Embrace Rwanda was birthed when a number of members from the Lower Mainland Anglican Coalition in Canada (ACiC) made their first visit to Rwanda in 2006. The ACiC is a group of Anglican congregations and churches whose beliefs and ministry are established on the firm foundation of Holy Scripture. The ACiC is a missionary outreach of the Anglican Province of Rwanda.
That first visit prompted many team members to focus on the Kigeme Diocese, in the Southern Province of Rwanda, and to identify projects that would enable Canadians and Rwandans to work together to serve the local communities in rural Africa.
The first visit to the Kigeme Hospital brought home the stark realities of maternity care in rural Rwanda. Seeing such tiny and immature babies in what was known as the “Special care nursery” prompted the team to return to Canada with the hope of raising funds to improve the situation. The room was heated by a wood stove as there was no reliable source of electricity. Many of the women had given birth by Caesarean Sections as they had left it too late to come to the hospital and were often too tired to give birth naturally. The idea of assisting the mothers during pregnancy was birthed and the development of the Healthy Mums Project became a possibility.The purpose of the Healthy Mum’s Project is to keep mothers healthy during pregnancy so that they are able to give birth naturally, to a full term, healthy baby.
Maternal mortality is a devastating challenge to women living in rural Rwanda. Too often the women do not have easy access to health care facilities and support during their pregnancy. This can lead to complications and death of mother and infant.
Maternal and child survival are high health priorities for Rwanda and the Healthy Mums Project seeks to assist the mother during her pregnancy by offering consultations with a Health and Social Worker, and one-on-one support from locally trained volunteers, “Agents of Health”, who make the regular visits to the home. The training has now spread to 53 communities. As a result many more women in the project are visiting the health centre for regular check ups and attending the hospital for their delivery.
A goat is given to the mother to assist with her kitchen garden and therefore some of her nutritional needs have been addressed. Ongoing education about nutrition, family planning, agriculture, hygiene and parenting is also provided in the local community. The project is reporting better outcomes for the health of the mother and more full term babies. It also provides the much needed emotional support to lonely and isolated women living in poverty.
Now over 800 mothers are benefiting from the project and the more recent projects include the husbands and so the whole family is involved.the picture given is in the beginning of the project.
We must think about the health of people but remembering their soul because the arrival of our lord Jesus is coming soon so we must prepare ourselves avoiding sin and giving our life to Jesus Christ Because Jesus Christ healed both the body and the soul forgiving sin of people who ask for forgiviness for being holy So I wish every one to know that because the love of God shows that Jesus Christ has a passion of the soul of us than our body when the problems of this world should cause the church to run social mission and forget the main great commission WE HAVE to go to preach the gospel all over the world this is evangelism and making disciples so Jesus loves you and me to get the chance of being saved to go in heaven . We have to pray for the church the world in general .''Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ''1Thessalonicians5.23.Amen
