From 1st of May to 3rd of May 2019 the Anglican Church of Rwanda (Butare, Cyangungu, Kigeme and Shyogwe diocese) was blessed to host a guest from the United Evangelical Mission (UEM), Ms Sabine Schneider who works in the department of Projects + Fundraising. Ms Schneider came to Rwanda to facilitate alongside with Mr Timo Pauler (UEM Executive Secretary for Finances and Administration) a Church Treasurers workshop at ISANO Guest House in Kigali, from 25th to 27th of April 2019.

After the workshop, Ms Schneider spent a few more days visiting UEM funded projects and institutions of UEM member Churches in Rwanda. In the last three days of her stay in this country, she visited projects and institutions of the Anglican Church of Rwanda in Butare and in Shyogwe dioceses.
Die Organisation Rural Development Inter-diocesan Service (RDIS) mit Unterstützung der Vereinten Evangelische Mission (VEM) und Klima-Kollekte hat diesen Werbefilm für ihr Projekt zur Verbreitung verbesserter Kochöfen produziert, um es in Ruanda, in Deutschland und anderswo bekannt zu machen.
Ziel des Films ist es, dass der Zuschauer die Projektidee versteht und davon überzeugt wird, dass der Kauf von Emissionszertifikaten aus diesem Projekt nicht nur die CO2-Emissionen beim Kochen reduziert, sondern zudem die Armut vermindert und die Gesundheit der Menschen verbessert, da in den jeweiligen Häusern weniger Rauch abgegeben wird.

FILIME YEREKEYE UMUSHINGA WA RDIS WO GUKWIRAKWIZA AMASHYIGA AGABANYA IBICANWA MU RWANDA HAGAMIJWE GUHANGANA N'INGARUKA Z’IMIHINDAGURIKIRE Y'IKIRERE NO KURWANYA UBUKENE
Umuryango Mpuzamadiyosezi utsura Amajyambere (RDIS) uri gushyira mu bikorwa ku buryo bunoze imishinga igamije iterambere ry’abaturage ryuzuye kandi rirambye harimo iyo kubungabunga no kurengera ibidukikije, imishinga iciriritse ibyara inyungu hamwe n’ubuhinzi bwa kijyambere.
Bimwe mu bibazo bibangamiye ibidukikije mu Rwanda, ni umubare munini w’abantu bakoresha amashyiga ya gakondo agizwe n’amabuye atatu mu guteka ibyo kurya n’amazi yo kunywa.
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Ibi byatumye habaho kwiga no gushyira mu bikorwa umushinga wo kuzamura imibereho myiza y’abaturage no kugabanya iyangizwa ry’umutungo kamere bahabwa amashyiga agabanya ibicanwa n’utuyunguruzo tw’amazi dukoze mu ibumba. Uyu mushinga ukaba uzwi ku izina ry’Umushinga wo kugabanya ibicanwa.
The Anglican Church of Rwanda, dioceses of Butare, Cyangugu, Kigeme and Shyogwe via the Rural Development Inter-diocesan Service (RDIS) is implementing successfully a number of interventions for promoting sustainable and holistic development of the people, for example by initiating projects for environmental protection, income generation and modern farming.
Among the issues that challenge the environment in Rwanda is the wide use of open firewood stoves for cooking and for boiling drinking water. This led to the design and implementation of a project for improving living standards of households and reducing the strain on natural resources through the distribution of Improved Cook Stoves and Ceramic Water Filters. The title of this Carbon Project is: Carbon Credits for Emission Reduction (CCER).

RDIS organisation with support from United Evangelical Mission (UEM) and Klima-Kollekte has produced this promotional video film for the CCER project to promote it to the audiences in Rwanda, in Germany and elsewhere.
The United Evangelical Mission (UEM) - African Region - organized a follow-up workshop on the Role of Churches in Addressing Climate Change with an exposure visit to RDIS's environmental protection projects in Rwanda, from 14th to 16th November 2018. The hosting Church was the Anglican Church - Shyogwe diocese.
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This sub-regional workshop was organized by UEM in collaboration with 6 member Churches: 4 dioceses of Anglican Church (Butare, Shyogwe, Cyangungu, and Kigeme), CBCA, EPR, ELCT-NWD, ELCT-KAD and ELCT-ECD.
More than 25 participants from the 6 Churches shared about their actions and projects (achievements, challenges and further recommendations) for Environmental Protection in the past 2 years as a follow-up workshop on UEM Recommendations for Climate Change, which were endorsed by UEM leaders in workshops that were held in March/2016 and September/2016 in Nyamata Rwanda and in September/2017 in Dar es Salaam.
On Friday 17.08.2018, RDIS organisation was delighted to launch its project on supplying Solar Home Systems (SHS) in Gisagara district, Rwanda. The president of the BoD and at the same time the legal representative of RDIS organisation, Bishop Nathan Gasatura together with the Executive Secretary of Cyiri cell, Ms Francoise Maniraguha launched the project in the presence of more than 100 villagers and invited guests.
This special event started at around 10:30 with a meeting, where the executive secretary of Cyiri cell welcomed the invited guests. Prior to that, she thanked RDIS organisation for bringing the project for Supplying #SolarHomeSystems in her work area as it will improve the livelihood of the people who until now had no electricity in their homes.

Villagers from Cyiri cell during the meeting
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