Rwanda Partners
About: "Rwanda Partners was founded in August 2004 by Tracy Stone for the purpose of coming alongside the people of Rwanda as they seek to rebuild, reconcile and restore their nation from its tragic genocidal past. For years, Tracy had felt burdened by the pain of this tiny Central African nation and longed to find a way to respond to their many needs and encourage their efforts at healing and reconciliation. In the spring of 2004 this burden was translated into a vision for a non-profit organization called Rwanda Partners."
"I think it is vitally important," says Stone, "that the international community - and the west in particular - respond to the needs that Rwanda is facing today in their efforts to rebuild and restore their traumatized country. In the face of all that we didn't do to stop the genocide in 1994, I think it is our responsibility to do all that we can today to come alongside the people of Rwanda and help them in their efforts to reduce poverty, reconcile their people and seek to build a peaceful future."
With the popularity of the new movie Hotel Rwanda, the tragedy of the country's genocide of almost a million people has been brought back into the public eye. The Seattle Times wrote an interesting article last week about a recent lecture given by former Rwandans now living in the Seattle area.