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Designed to inform and inspire staff of Aspen Heights. Rwanda 101 describes the history, context and response of the company through Africa New Life - their partner in Rwanda.
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A Step into Rwanda
Aspen Heights in Africa
Our vision
Land of a thousand hills
Living in poverty
1884
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1918
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1962
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Photo credit: TKnoxB on Flickr
About Civil War
20 African civil wars were happeningat the same time during the 1990s
Rwanda
Massachusetts
69% in poverty <1% in poverty
Source: UNDP 2013
Kenya Rwanda United States
57.7 55.7
78.7
18.5 18.7
36.7
Life expectancy Average age
Shorter lives
Younger populationSource: UNDP 2011
Kenya Rwanda United States
$1,541 $1,147
$43,480
Gross National Income per capita
Lower income
Fewer opportunitiesSource: UNDP 2012
Kenya Rwanda United States
7
3.3
13.3
Years of schooling
Need for education
Source: UNDP 2011
Kagame’s Vision 2020
“Vision 2020 is a reflection of our aspiration and determination as Rwandans to construct a united, democratic and inclusive Rwandan identity”
Challenges
Land
Challenges
Education
Challenges
ReconciliationPhoto: Jolly Jolson/Flickr
Discuss solutions
CREDITSPresentation by
Gary Zander [email protected]
GivePro Consulting Groupgivepro.org
Photo credits for external sources are either free of copyright or provided on the respective images according to the copyright stipulations of the author.
All other photos are from Aspen Heights staff trips and are used with permission of Aspen Heights.
