At Regina Pacis Remera, the Catholic Parish where the closing Ceremony of the week of Praying for Christian's Unity took place PRAYERS FOR THE CHRISTIANS' UNITY WEEK On the 25th January 2024, The Bible Society of Rwanda held the closure of the prayer for the Christians’ Unity Week that was launched on the 18th January 2024, as it happens every year, the Legal Representative of BSR, together with the Board Members,  Bishops and different Church Leaders in the country come together to pray for the unity of Christians. Bishops and Church Leaders holding hands as a sign of Unity during the ..read more

Trauma Healing Group Literacy Group From the 22nd of November 2021, the Bible Society of Rwanda organized a training of two different groups whereby one is learning on issues around Trauma Healing while the other is focused on Literacy. Both training are taking place at Home d’Accueil St. Vincent located at Musanze District in the Northern Province of Rwanda. 60 Participants attended from two districts of Musanze and Nyabihu, and they are being trained purposively to become trainers who will help others in both matters of trauma healing and fighting illiteracy in their respective and su ..read more

The Bible Society of Rwanda organized a  training that held in  the Southern Province. While giving his remarks during a training on healing the wounds of trauma, #BishopAssiel of EAR Kigeme urged the youths from #Catholic & other Churches; to be confident, to bless and to give, so that they may positively impact the community. #John8:31-34 ..read more

The Bible Society of Rwanda in partnership with the Bible Society of Germany donated Four Hundred Ninety (490) Scholarly books to the school of Grand Seminaire de Nyakibanda of the value above $19,000. This support of religious books to the school, will play a significant role by allowing discernment of knowledge to students so that they may lead well the flock of God in the Rwandan community and elsewhere in the world. This donation responds directly to the need of students of Grand Seminaire de Nyakibanda but also to the spiritual need of the community through these students who will b ..read more

The Bible society of Rwanda started the Good Samaritan Program in 2005, it was initiated to fight against HIV/AIDS and stigmatization to support affected people in the society. BSR started also The Voice of Young Samaritan to help the youth planning for their future in a positive and realistic way. This program, targets young people from churches and help them learn Christian values to guide them in their future lives. From the 1st to 4th of March this year, through the Voice of Young Samaritan, BSR gathered people from different denominations who support young people in Churches inclu ..read more

Throughout this year of 2022, series of activities of different programs are planned for implementation at the Bible Society of Rwanda; Trauma Healing Program is among them and its first activity has kicked off. From the 22nd to 25th of February 2022, at Centre St.Vincent Pallotti Gikondo, an Equipping Session to Facilitators has been organized by the Bible Society of Rwanda whereby 20 participants from different denominations gathered to learn basic biblical and mental health principles related to trauma care. During the 4days training, this group of facilitators was equipped with basi ..read more

From the 15th to 17th of December, The Bible Society of Rwanda in partnership with the Mother’s Union of the Anglican Church of Rwanda carried out three days of training through the Good Samaritan Program of the United Bible Societies intended to contribute to zero new infections and zero discrimination by means of scripture-based HIV material and interactive training. The training was held at Centre St.Vincent Pallotti and couples from different denominations received packages such as Preparation and Enrichment for #Marriage (Love, Sex and Marriage), and went through lessons which are base ..read more

HEALING THE WOUNDS OF TRAUMA Rwanda as a country that experienced genocide, it counts a high percentage of people who suffered from post-traumatic disorders. Unfortunately, those effects are increasing and passed on even to the younger generation. In recent times, the pandemic of Covid-19 also exacerbated young people’s sufferings whereby their living conditions worsened by living with lots of fear, limited access to their social cohesion, closure of schools whereby their studies were delayed and stopped for some, those who lost their jobs and others confronted increased domestic violence ..read more

The Church is a place of worship and it is also believed to be a place of healing through hearing the word of God. Nowadays, the youths of Rwanda including those in churches are sarounded by different issues that leads them into traumatic feelings. The lack of jobs, conflicts in families and many other problems causing trauma and depression in the society. Churches are also confronted with similar problems. From the 21st to 24th of September 2021, The Bible Society of Rwanda in partnership and the request of the Catholic Church held a four days workshop on Healing the Wounds of Trauma, wher ..read more