Our recent trip to Rwanda was a huge success! We wanted to share with you some of the exciting happenings by showing you pictures from the Rwandan premiere, first screening of the African tour and catching up with our friends featured in the film! Enjoy!
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http://www.worldvisionreport.org/Stories/Week-of-May-16-2009/As-We-Forgive
Tomorrow, July 15, ‘As We Forgive’ will premiere on PBS WORLD stations across the nation. Take advantage of this national broadcast and celebrate the 100th Day of Hope commemorating the end of the Rwandan genocide by inviting friends over to share the message of reconciliation in Rwanda and spark discussion on radical reconciliation in our own lives. AWF will be airing in more than 25 states over the next few weeks, so check out our website to find out when it is programmed in your area!
We have a lot of exciting new from the road in Rwanda! Everything has come together for our VIP screening tonight at the Serena Hotel in Kigali. Co-sponsored by the Ministry of Sports and Culture and the U.S. Embassy, the event will bring together some of the most influential people in Rwanda, including Rwandan ministers, foreign ambassadors, and leaders of key organizations, to share with them our vision in the launch of a nation-wide initiative using the power of film to engage Rwandan youth and leaders in the process of reconciliation.
The As We Forgive Rwanda Initiative will present the movie in all of Rwanda’s thirty districts in schools, prisons, churches and villages, followed by a complete discussion program. This initiative is supported at the highest levels of the Rwandan government and brings together government ministries as well as groups in the private sector. These organizations are working together to integrate the As We Forgive program into existing reconciliation projects. We hope to see visible and measureable results in the country. It is also our hope for reconciliation activities to assist survivors and released prisoners in participating in economic development and other projects of unity that will move Rwandan communities forward.
We had the pleasure of holding a pilot screening of the initiatve here at a school in Kigali this past Saturday night. We expected 300-500 students to come and were overjoyed when over 700 students showed up to pack the auditorium! Our great friend Emmanuel Kwizera helped lead the students in discussion of what they had seen immediately following the film. The students broke into 7 different discussion groups each with a different topic in a session that lasted two hours. It was absolutely wonderful to see the excitement of these future leaders of Rwanda as they discussion reconciliation.
Andrea McDaniel, our Managing Director of the Rwandan Initiative, has been working tirelessly for the past month to secure sponsors, press, musicians, and nation-wide support for our big premiere of the film Friday evening, July 3, in Amahoro Stadium. She has been absolutely essential to making this event a success.
There is much more we could share, but for now, look forward to an update on the VIP evening and final details for Friday night!
This is such a huge and exciting moment for Rwanda, and we are thrilled to be sharing it with you all as well.
Best,
The AWF Team
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