In June 2022, the Diocesan Mothers ‘Union Office associated with the 3 Archdeacons of Rutana Anglican Diocese organized different workshops for 160 couples in different parishes where they met couples and taught them about marriage and gender based violence’s in family. Through the exchanges made, both women and men explained freely the challenges they often face at household level and try to figure out to the alternative solutions related to problems happening in their families.
During those workshops, testimonies were collected and women were mostly found frustrated by the life conditions they live in due to their husbands who mistreat themphysically, emotionally and financially and men were advised to love and help their wives much as they live together as one (genesis 2:24 ). The teachings were so exciting and all over, church members are requesting to expand the same teachings to many other parishes so that they can_be_benefited_by_many_people
Fighting jobless for young people
On 6 January 2022, the Diocese gathered more than 100 young people from different parishes of Rutana Diocese who had a meeting with some of the workers of the Investment Bank for Youths located in Gitega. The Bank delegates have come to the Anglican Diocese of Rutana under the invitation of the Diocesan Bishop who after consulting the diocesan staff decided to connect many Christian young people who are jobless to that particular Bank.
The objective of the Bank was to provide clear information about itself to those young people on how it works and in what it can be useful to youths in order to fight poverty and therefore prepare their better future. They spent almost a whole day together and the young people who were present during that meeting went back very motivated and decided to start small businesses as they plan to get connected to the Bank. There is another workshop prepared for them just to build their capacities on how their can do business plan.