Msaada was established in the Blackmore Vale area of North Dorset/South Wiltshire, to help Rwandans rebuild their lives following the 1994 genocide, through self-sustainable development projects and education.
The group was founded with the support of Fergal Keane of the BBC who reported on the atrocities in Rwanda in 1994 which left about one million dead and millions of lives in ruins.
Msaada - a Swahili word meaning help - is working with Excel Primary School in Rwamagana (which promotes the education and integration of students regardless of ethnic background); SURF (the Survivors’ Fund); Rwamagana Secondary School, the Subiruseke Association, and the Association des Veuves du Genocide Agahozo (AVEGA), a self-help group who are seeking to assist 3,852 widows and 11,473 orphans in the Kibungo area of Rwanda left destitute after the horrors of the ethnic cleansing. Msaada seeks to establish self-sustaining projects to encourage prosperity, development and growth. Msaada provides support on the basis of the need, and capacity, of the local people. Support is not based on ethnic, religious or political considerations.
9 Leddington Way, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4FF
Telephone: 01747 823690
e-mail: msaadarwanda@yahoo.com
Msaada is a UK Registered Charity Number 1111819