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August 7, 2024

A collaborative meeting between Caritas Rwanda and Caritas Byumba staff

On July 29, 2024, staff members from Caritas Rwanda and Caritas Butare convened to discuss ways to enhance the visibility of Caritas, develop fundraising strategies for Charity Month, evaluate the progress of the Caritas Rwanda 2023 General Assembly (Social Welfare Department), and review the activities scheduled for January-June 2024.

During the discussion on enhancing Caritas’ visibility, participants reached a consensus that the staff at Caritas Butare will be responsible for composing articles highlighting the various activities of its departments, as well as other charitable endeavours within the Catholic Church aimed at assisting the less fortunate.

Father Boniface Kamulegeya, the Director of Caritas Butare and chair of the meeting emphasized the importance of training the staff to create high-quality reports that could serve as the basis for these articles. He urged the Caritas Butare team to provide comprehensive reports accompanied by photographs to ensure the effectiveness of their communication efforts.

During the discussion on enhancing Caritas’ visibility, participants reached a consensus that the staff at Caritas Butare will be responsible for composing articles highlighting the various activities of its departments, as well as other charitable endeavours within the Catholic Church aimed at assisting the less fortunate.

Father Boniface Kamulegeya, the Director of Caritas Butare and chair of the meeting, emphasized the importance of training the staff to create high-quality reports that could serve as the basis for these articles. He urged the Caritas Butare team to provide comprehensive reports accompanied by photographs to ensure the effectiveness of their communication efforts.

Regarding the celebration of Caritas Day and the Day of the Poor, participants noted that these days are celebrated properly.

This meeting also discussed the field visits made by Caritas Butare to the parish Caritas to re-energize their committees. Such visits will take place twice a year and will help increase the productivity of the month of Charity and Mercy. Currently, Caritas Butare has already visited 21 parishes Caritas out of 26, and Christians have reported that the harvest is good in February rather than August as it used to be.

As part of strengthening the animation for integral human development with a focus on young people, Caritas Butare provided financial support to some poor people to enable them to create small income-generating activities and helped them form savings and internal credit groups. Among the 48 people who received financial support, 20 have flourishing activities. The beneficiaries are also sensitized to behavioural change, to come out of extreme poverty. Each received a cash grant of between 26,000 Frw and 20,000 Frw.

Regarding the activities planned for January-June 2024, Caritas Butare staff said that the Caritas animation in schools has not been carried out, but it will be conducted when the children go back to school.

Concerning the activities that will be part of Caritas Rwanda’s strategic plan for 2025-2030, the participants concluded that they will be discussed at the meeting that will bring them together on 12th and 13th August 2024 at the national level.

After the meeting, the joint team of two Caritas visited the Home Saint Raphaël located in the Gisagara District, which cares for the elderly and people with disability.