Stories of Hope: Adeline
This Rwandan family is raising goats and pigs.
Believing that everything needs to begin with prayer, Adeline offered thanks upon meeting a ZOE team traveling in Rwanda in January 2009. Then she said, “By grace of the Lord, we met Giving Hope. Giving Hope has provided different trainings and goats and taught us to make a dream and set objectives in life.”
Rwandan boy with his family's goats
In 2007, Adeline and her family received one goat from ZOE Ministry. Now they have six! They also have a pig from her Working Group’s Pig Rearing Project and some chickens as well. Adeline’s dream is to have a house and for all of her siblings to go to school.
At age 15, Adeline was almost finished with primary school when her parents died, leaving her to care for her 5 siblings. She says, “life was hard then.” Though they have a small hut for shelter, they are considered homeless because they do not have a Giving Hope house. She also eventually hopes to have more land and a cow.
Adeline enjoys her work with the Ituze Restaurant because she knows it provides hope and care for other orphans in her community.