THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF RWANDA, SHYOGWE DIOCESE CELEBRATES TWENTY YEARS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BISHOP JERED

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

I.EVANGELISM

1. CHURCH GROWTH:

• ARCHDEACONRIES : 4
• PARISHES: 34 + two ministries in two prisons
• CHAPEL SCHOOLS: 152
• GRASSROOTS OR CELL CHURCHES: 6232.

2. TRAINING OF PASTORS

• DOCTORS: 2 AND 2  IN TRAINING
• MASTERS: 8
• BACHELORS DEGREES: 12 AND 1 IN TRAINING
• DIPLOMA: 4
• SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATES: 6

4. MANY CHURCH BUILDINGS

CONSTRUCTION OF CHURCH BUILDING BY LOCAL PEOPLE IN MUREHE

CHURCH BUILDING IN NYAMAGANA

CHURCH BUILDING IN GITARAMA

CHURCH BUILDING IN MPEMBA

CHURCH BUILDING IN MUKONI-HANIKA

5. CATECHISTS TRAINING

CATECHISTS IN SHYOGWE BIBLE AND DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL AFTER THE SEMINAR ON THE BOOK OF DANIEL

6. SUNDAY SCHOOL

CHILDREN ATTENDING SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS IN NYAMAGANA PARISH

WOMEN FELLOWSHIP

MOTHERS UNION MEMBERS

EDUCATION

NUMBER OF SCHOOLS:

• 9 NURSERY SCHOOLS
•  32  PRIMARY SCHOOLS
• 2 TWELVE YEARS BASIC EDUCATION
• 5 VOCATIONAL CENTERS
• 4 CLASSIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

NOTE:

• THE DIOCESE DOES SUPPORT 30 STUDENTS IN SECONDARY AND UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS BY PAYING THEIR SCHOOL FEES
• NOW HANIKA TECHNICAL SECONDARY SCHOOL HAS HAD A UNIVERSITY LEVEL, HANIKA ANGLICAN INTEGRATED POLYTECHNICS

Rugendabali Primary School

Rugendabali Training Center

Teacher Training Center in Muhanga

Zion Education Center in Muhanga

HEALTH

• SHYOGWE DIOCESE HAS THREE CENTERS: SHYOGWE, HANIKA,     AND GIKOMERO.
• TWO FUNCTIONING HEALTH POSTS AT SHAKI AND MBAYAYA ,
• TWO HEALTH UNITS IN GREAT TROUBLE: NYAMAGANA AND KAGARAMA ( LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT AND STAFF).
• 7 PROJECTS TO SUPPORT 1800 CHILDREN FROM VULNERABLE FAMILIES IN COLLABORATION WITH COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL .

Shyogwe Health Center

Gikomero Health Center

DEVELOPMENT

FRUIT PROCESSING

PINEAPPLE JUICE AND JAM-MUHANGA

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES

• 560 SAVING AND CREDIT ASSOCIATIONS
• CHURCH AND COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION PROCESS
• MBAYAYA PILOT FARM AND TRAINING CENTER
• FRUIT PROCESSING UNIT ( PINEAPPLE; PASSION FRUIT; PAPAYA)
• TREE PLANTING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
• LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT ( CLAY FACTORY TO PRODUCE WATER FILTERS).

PROVIDING SAFE DRINKING WATER

FIGHTING POVERTY

POOR FAMILIES ARE ASSISTED WITH SMALL ANIMALS

SINGLE MOTHERS ARE ASSISTED TO RAISE UP THEIR BABIES

FISH FARMING AT  SHYOGWE

ALLELUIA TRAINING CENTER

SHYOGWE DIOCESE EXPERIENCES IN RECONCILIATION PROCESS

• PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELING TO THE VICTIMS (VISITS, PRAYERS, SHARING THE WORD OF GOD FOR COMFORT
• MATERIAL SUPPORT ( SEEDS, ANIMALS, HOUSE REHABILITATION, SCHOOL FEES AND SCHOOL MATERIALS, MEDICAL CARE).
• REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS
• PEACE AND RECONCILIATION THRU FOOD SECURITY

• PEACE PLAN PROJECT: PEACE is an acronym which stands for: Planting churches that promote reconciliation, Equipping servant leaders, Assisting the poor, Caring for the sick, and Educating the next generations. These strategies are attempts to answer the current five “Global Giants” affecting African communities today. These are: spiritual emptiness, self-serving leadership, poverty, disease and illiteracy. The program tries to include political leaders by helping to organize a Top Leaders’ prayer breakfast every year.
• SOCIOTHERAPY (MVURA NKUVURE)
• MINISTRY IN PRISON, PRISON FELLOWSHIP RWANDA WITH A SPECIAL CHILDREN MINISTRY IN MUHANGA PRISON
• CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ON CAPACITY BUILDING FOR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
• WORKING THRU CELL GROUP OR CELL CHURCHES, GRASSROOTS CHURCHES (ITOREROSHINGIRO).

REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS OF THE GENOCIDE COMMITTED AGAINST TUTSI

CURRENT PLANS

• ANGLICAN INTEGRATED POLYTECHNICS OF HANIKA, NEED FOR MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT AND TEACHERS
• MODERN SCHOOL IN RUNDA
• FINISHING THE CHURCH BUILDING AT MUKONI, MUREHE, MUNAZI, GATENZI, NYAMAGANA, GIKOMERO,
• CATECHIST TRAINING IN ARCHDEACONRIES;
• EMPOWERING FRUIT PROCESSING UNIT;
• WORKING ON THE BUILDINGS OF SHAKI HEALTH CENTER;
• DISCIPLINING THE BELIEVERS WE HAVE.