Fund Raiser Kick-Off

 

This morning, 700 high school students at CBA in Syracuse, NY, gathered in the gym to hear Yutaka introduce Dushyigikirane and our project in Masoro. They were tickled when the mechanism of bio-gas digester was explained.

Deborah J. Norden Fund

The Architectural League has a blog post about GAC. The Deborah J. Norden Fund of the Architectural League of New York grant brought Yutaka to Rwanda for the first time. Accompanied by Jamie and Amanda, the three socially-minded architects/artists traveled the country talking to people, made contact with Constance, and GAC started! More information about the grant here.

Fund Raising with Syracuse High Schoolers

Yutaka and Nora Hakizimana, a 16-year-old high school student at Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse, NY, will be launching a fund raising campaign with 700 CBA students on Wednesday, 2/10.
Nora was born in the Congo while her parents were in exile from Rwanda. When the violence in the Congo began, she moved to Rwanda to live with her relatives. Her parents, however, immigrated to Syracuse, and 8 years ago she moved here to be reunited with them. By a freak chance Yutaka met Nora, Nora convinced her school master to do a school-wide fundraiser, and those students are going to help build a community center for the ladies in Masoro. Seriously.

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