Rwanda

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Sponsors have helped Rwandan children since 1980, when Compassion teamed up with churches in Rwanda to fight poverty.

central Africa

sports: soccer, volleyball, basketball

foods: plantains, sweet potatoes, meat skewers, mandazi (a doughnut-like snack)

celebrations: Kwita Izina (a gorilla-naming ceremony), Holy Week, Assumption, Boxing Day

has more women in government than any other country

mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, chameleons, giraffes

Poverty Pitfalls


Many people don't have electricity at home.	Kids who don't have light at home can do homework at their Compassion centers instead.
Mosquitoes give people malaria, which can be deadly.	Sponsored children at risk of malaria receive bed nets to keep out mosquitoes at night.
Families can't pay school costs.	Sponsors help cover school costs so sponsored children can get an education and find good jobs as adults.

a little smaller than Maryland

money: franc

home to Lake Kivu, one of the world's deepest

home to Volcanoes National Park, where many great apes live

Residents clean up their neighborhoods on the last Saturday of each month.

known for imogongo, unique art made with cow dung

Stats	Rwanda ??	United States 🇺🇸
Population	11,901,484	339,665,118
People Living in Poverty	39.1%	15.1%
Languages	Kinyarwanda, French, English, Swahili	English, Spanish, Chinese, other
Religions	Protestant 50.2%, Roman Catholic 44.3%, none 2.5%, Muslim 2%, other 0.9%	Protestant 46.5%, none/other 26.1%, Roman Catholic 20.8%, Jewish 1.9%, Mormon 1.6%, Muslim 0.9%, Jehovah’s Witness 0.8%, Buddhist 0.7%, Hindu 0.7%
Typical Family Income	$2,100 per year	$63,700 per year