Helping people to help themselves
Our Supporters:
Founder Fergal Keane
Joanna Lumley
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Marathon runners gather in the early morning haze for the start of the Rwanda Challenge 2011
Msaada, 9 Leddington Way, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4FF
Telephone: 01747 823690
e-mail: msaadarwanda@yahoo.com
Msaada is a UK Registered Charity Number 1111819
dignity
through self-sufficiency
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for the people of Rwanda
Msaada is different – Msaada makes a difference
Msaada was founded on the knowledge and experience of Fergal Keane and Billy Kelly in 2005 to help the people of Rwanda recover from the horrific 1994 genocide and to rebuild their lives in a meaningful way.
Fergal, who began his journalistic career with Billy in Limerick in 1979, reported on the genocide for the BBC. Billy is a founding director of one of Ireland’s largest charities, Bothar, and has 20 years experience of international development in Africa.
Fergal, based on his years of experience watching how aid is delivered in Africa, believes that the best approach is through small, tightly-targeted, projects that result in self reliance. This is the model used by Msaada to deliver support to local communities in Rwanda.
One of the first things Billy did when setting up Msaada was to secure grant support to cover Msaada’s administration costs.
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