On January 20, 2023, TLC was visited by their partner organization Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). Makuza Richard and Sibomana Aime from MCC came to review the work that TLC is doing in the Children’s Peace Libraries and to discuss how we can best work together to continue our activities. We are grateful for their visit…
Read MoreGicumbi Children’s Peace Library is one of TLC’s six peace libraries in Rwanda. During theholidays, the Gicumbi librarian Jean d’Amour lead activities with students while they were on abreak from school. He read books with the children and helped the students to choose books attheir level to read on their own. Jean d’Amour enjoys watching…
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TLC distributed goats to farmers in two sectors (Rukomo and Nyamiyaga) of Gicumbi District. These goats were provided to reduce local poverty and improve the standard of life in rural areas. With these goats, farmers will have better access to manure and an additional source of food. The recipients were excited to receive their goats…
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On November 12, 2022 at Gicumbi children peace library we held a Read Aloud session with 14 children (3 boys and 11 girls). In this activity we use the story book called: “Ntwari and the Old Man”. The children were able to draw out the main message of the book which was that everyone needs…
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Transformational Leadership Center supports the saving for Life and Loans program which is transforming rural communities in Gicumbi district. This program teaches community members the importance of saving money and prioritizing expenses such as health insurance and school fees. Community members are also taught how to get access to loans for starting small businesses to…
Read MoreSince 2016 Jean d’Amour Tuyizere he has been helping children’s peace libraries of Rwanda in different programs such as: culture of peace building through peer mediation ,Reading books, Read aloud labyrinth and Peace debates with Social media .right now am still helping all those things but the special thing am doing nowadays is helping Gicumbi…
Read MoreAbove photos shows TLC Team receiving gift of Kinyarwanda books from Jocelyne. Above picture shows Jocelyne with TLC advisor Bucura David visiting Gicumbi Children’s Peace Library.
Read MoreOn May 04th, 2022, at Transformational leadership center (TLC) we hosted visitors from the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) coming from Rwanda. Our leaders appreciated the visitors and explained to them all activities available at TLC-Rwanda and others related to children’s peace libraries activities as well as the programs that are promoting literacy through reading books…
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