Posts Tagged ‘Burundi’

Strong Women of Africa: Burundi—Marguerite Barankitse, Part II

In Part I of this blog about a strong woman of Africa, I mentioned that in 2004 I sensed that Maggy would not stop with the orphanage in Burundi, and I began telling you the story of the expansion of Maison Shalom (House of Peace) which I visited in 2008.   During ...Read More

Strong Women of Africa: Burundi—Marguerite Barankitse, Part I

Marguerite—Maggy, as she’s called—creates oases, drawing from a deep well of faith that allows the waters of God’s love to flow into the desert of the Burundian province of Ruyigi to make it bloom.   I first met Maggy in 2004 when RENEW International began its partnership with the bishops of the ...Read More

Miracle of Healing and Reconciliation

In April 1994, President Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda and President Cyprian Ntayamira of Burundi were assassinated when their plane was shot down near the Rwandan capital of Kigali. The incident was followed by a wave of genocide during which the Hutus slaughtered the Tutsis. The month that followed was brutal ...Read More