Harvest Fast Day

Jeanne is from Rwanda. In 1994, aged just three, she saw her mother and father

murdered in the genocide which left nearly a million dead in 100 days. Though she

was just an infant, her memories of that time are horrifically vivid. Jeanne has seen

things that no child should ever have to see. And those memories are with her still.

You can make a lasting difference this Harvest Fast Day

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Jeanne and her brothers fled, reaching the safety of the neighbouring country of

Burundi and the sanctuary of a church. Jeanne was just seven years old at the time.

Not surprisingly, she dropped out of school. Like many other genocide survivors, her

life seemed destined to be tainted forever by what she had experienced.



But thanks to CAFOD supporters, our partners in Rwanda were able to bring Jeanne together

with other orphans of the genocide. These children and teenagers formed counselling groups

and established co-operatives so that they can grow crops and sell them and earn a living.



Together, the children have supported each other and given each other the strength to carry on. They’ve brought hope to one another, and to Jeanne, who eventually returned to school.

Jeanne says: “I like being among people and learning again. It’s like starting a new life. I hope this life will have a happier ending.”




We were there for Jeanne in the aftermath

of the genocide. We’re there now to

support her through school.

But we want to be there until she

passes her exams. We want to support

her as she starts to make a living and

begins a family of her own.

As well as your Harvest Fast Day

donation, which helps make such a

difference, we hope you will consider

making a regular, monthly gift to

CAFOD. Cafod.org.uk/directdebit



Give a regular gift to CAFOD

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