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MIRACLE CORNERS RWANDA (MCR)

KAYENZI COMMUNITY CENTER

In April 2007, MCW and Jacqueline Murekatete launched MCW's Jacqueline’s Human Rights Corner, as a partner initiative with MCW’s First Annual Commemorative Event on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda at NYU. The genocide prevention program aims to raise awareness of the crime of genocide in a wide-range of educational forums; and to help Rwandan youth rebuild their lives and their country through the recently built MCW Community Center in Bugesera District.

History of the Center

In November 2008, the Rwandan government granted MCW permission to work in Rwanda, marking the establishment of Miracle Corners Rwanda (MCR), a local registered charity in Rwanda.

A year later, on November 15, 2009, construction began in Kayenzi, a rural village between Nyamata and Ntarama sectors,. Since then, MC-Rwanda Country Coordinator Jackson Vugayabagabo has overseen the center’s daily operations and the development of the center's programs.

MCR began its first program on October 5, 2010 when 46 students registered for and attended the first English class. A week later, MCR began a tailoring course with eleven students. In January, 2010, MCR partnered with a local seminary to offer English classes to 56 participants. The center also supports a youth group, with over fifty members, specializing in traditional dance and handicraft.

As of January 2012, the center offer an English course, a tailoring course, a Genocide Survivors' Exchange group, an income generating handicraft program, and a culture troupe.

To learn about the center’s leadership team, click here.

To view pictures of the center in its various stages, click here.