The participants from youth gathering started arriving early in the morning. They started registering immediately after the arrival. It was really interesting, since all participants were willing to praise God by singing and dancing. The conference in Kigali started out as a great success.
We the media team composed of Dorice, Flora, Genevieve with the help of our experts George and Alycia took pictures of the youth that were registering.
Excitement from youth-gathering registration.
March 27, 2008 by rwandayouthgatheringParticipants begin to arrive in Rwanda
March 25, 2008 by rwandayouthgatheringThe Lutheran Church of Rwanda (LCR), in partnership with the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), is hosting a conference on youth leadership here in Kigali, Rwanda. More than 80-100 youth, including international and regional participants are streaming into Rwanda beginning today to discuss ecumenism, reconciliation, and poverty alleviation. The conference will have three components: dialogue with church leaders and small group discussions; genocide memorial visit and reconciliation workshops; launching and building capacity of youth-led income generation projects.
Participants from Kenya, Uganda, Dominical Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, USA, Namibia and Rwanda converge at the Eglise Presbyterienne Au Rwanda;
The story of an IDP woman in Kenya
March 17, 2008 by rwandayouthgatheringThe ELCA video training was postponed in January 2008 due to post election violence. So the training finally took place in March and all the participants had an opportunity to visit Mathare IDP camp for video clips.
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