Muhehwe School

Le Group Scolaire de Muhehwe sits perched on top of a hill overlooking coffee fields in the South West corner of Rwanda in the District of Rusizi. The school is part of the country’s nine-year basic education program and therefore offers the first three grade levels (S1, S2, S3) of secondary school as well. The nine-year basic education program is a government initiative to provide free education for all children up to secondary third year (equivalent to 9th grade) as a minimum basis of education. Approximately 1,000 students are enrolled in primary and secondary levels at Muhehwe.

New Desks for Muhehwe

Not only are schools across the country building new classrooms for the secondary levels but they are also teaching the younger nursery school children as well. With rundown buildings, broken windows, and not enough desks, Muhehwe was struggling to accommodate the number of students enrolling. Our Community Aid Program, in collaboration with Rusizi Specialty Coffee washing station built one nursery school classroom and repaired four old buildings. We also bought 1,100 English, Social Studies and Math books and 150 desks for the students.

A quote from one of the students: “We are happy for saying thanks to our God who gave you the forces of helping our school…we say thanks to our sponsor Peter Rogers for his heart full of love; he gave us the classes, desks and books…really we can say more to our helper for your sacrifices, so we hope that you will not forget us.”