Part of anglican church of Burundi
ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF RUTANA
Part of Anglican church of Burundi
« Nimukundane nk’uko nanje nabakunze »
« Love one another »
I. Presentation
The Mothers’Union department looks after the life of the church in all its aspects and the life of families by caring for widows, orphans, vulnerable children, needy people and seeks the empowerment of women. It fights gender-based violence, Creates income-generating projects in various parish groups. It promotes literacy in communities.
Mothers’ Union Literacy workshop
During the February and March period, the Diocesan Mothers Union Office organized 3 consecutive workshops, one of them was held from 28th February to 4th March, 2022 where 10 facilitators underwent a literacy training to go and create 10 new literacy centres afterwards. Another one was held from 14th to 18th March, 2022 for 10 facilitators during which skills in Savings were taught.
The third one was organized from 21st to 22nd, March, 2022 and the same facilitators who underwent a training on skills in Savings benefited the training workshop on “Business Skills”. (See photos below)
On This Saturday, July 24th, 2021 at Saint John’s Cathedral in Rutana Diocese, took place the ceremonies of awarding certificates to the 16 candidates who have validated the training in the adult literacy program.
Among them 15 were women and only one man. This adult literacy program is a program initiated by the Mothers’ Union department of the Anglican Diocese of Rutana. The ceremonies were enhanced by the Dean of the Cathedral and other pastors and Mothers’ Union President took the opportunity to invite anyone who did not have a chance to attend school to come and register to be able to continue this training for the next round of training because this adult literacy program has a capital importance for the family and the Church, in particular for reading the holy scriptures and for helping family projects growth.
