In Africa, over 57% children were born to unmarried mothers as a result of pre-marital sex. In the Rwandan culture, pregnancy before marriage is like a taboo. Pre-marital sex in teenagers is one of the big challenges we are facing in this generation. In SHALOM MINISTRIES (SHAM), we carried out counseling and training sessions for […]
In SHAM we believe that pouring out your heart to God is one of the keys to healing. In our programs, we have a gathering of all units in Kigali city, which aims at sharing the Word of God and our personal testimonies. In these services, we take time to listen to people from different […]
We know that the youth are the future leaders of Rwanda and the Church, who should be well prepared and be given enough opportunities to learn how to make serious and godly decisions in their lives. We have done this through preparing seminars at the end of every year. We bring together all the youth […]
Poverty comes in many guises. At the very root of poverty is lost hope which dashes dreams. Poverty is more than just the lack of material possessions; it is also the lack of choice, family care, love etc. A sense of fatalism often breeds in communities where the poor are led to believe that there […]
In Rwandan culture, people like to have domestic animals, especially cows and goats. Donating Cows and Goats is the most successful project we are currently implementing in upcountry units because of it is not easy to rear domestic animals from the town. As we are striving to transform the lives of our beneficiaries, we gave […]
After the darkness Rwanda experienced in the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, many Rwandans were left as widows and orphans. They were hopeless and thought it was the end of their lives. After approaching our members, we found that we have many vulnerable people, try to support them in eradicating poverty in their families. Some of […]
In Rwanda, the country of a thousand hills, we have many strategies of transforming the nation and being the agents of godly transformation in Africa and the whole world. One of those programs is NST1 National Strategy for transformation. It is in this way that SHAM continues to give great contribution so that the landscape […]
During this period of 100 days of Genocide Commemoration, Shalom Ministries – Rwanda has visited widows of AVEGA- Agahozo in Ruhango District on 29 June 2013. Shalom Ministries- Rwanda visit to these widows was to comfort and give them an aid consisting of 25 goats and clothes. Each widow got one goat to breed so […]
My name is Fred Niyomwungeri. My father, mother, brothers and sisters all were killed in 1993 during the ethnic conflicts in Burundi where we were living before coming back in my home country, Rwanda. After being an orphan, I became a street child and alcoholic. I was affected by all things that can destroy young […]
My name is Valence NTAKIRUTIMAN I am married and have two children. I came to Kigali from Gisenyi (Western province) as a street child aboard a military truck. When I arrived in Kigali, the capital city, I started using drugs of all kinds. I was beating my wife and fighting with other people because of […]