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When they are given love, A Rwandan government report estimates there are 7000
children living on the streets in Rwanda’s cities. Kigali is by
God’s Love for the Street Kids
hope and resources the
street kids visibly change far the major urban area with most of those children living The Bible calls God the Father of the
month by month. They on its streets. fatherless. He has a great heart of
have renamed themselves compassion for the poor and oppressed, the
After the 1994 genocide the rapid growth of orphan and the broken-hearted. Such love
“Friends of Jesus”, formed
Kigali and the large numbers of orphans led to and compassion are our motivation for
a choir and written their helping those street children.
many child survivors finishing up on Kigali’s streets.
own songs testifying to
Those street children have been joined by others,
the change in their lives We believe every one of them is made in
orphaned by the epidemic of HIV/AIDS, who have
and their determination God’s image and has the ability to reach
been forced to try to support themselves on the
never to return to the their great potential by coming into contact
streets. Due to the poverty experienced by many
street life. It is a miracle of with this God of mercy and love, backed up
other children are unwillingly abandoned or sent to by practical support and help.
transformation. the streets to eke out a living there.