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Registered Charity Number: SC038645 - (Mission International)

   House No. 4

We have received some more new images from Hope Centre. Some of them have been taken at a low resolution and are lacking in detail but you should still be able to see how things are progressing.

It's great to see house number four almost complete:

   Storm Damaged Fence

You will probably have noticed in one of our previous reports that Hope Centre have recently had very heavy rains. As a result of this the temporary fence has been damaged. We put out an email to all the members of Hope Centre website and the mailing list requesting financial support. Several of you responded within just a few hours and donated all that was needed to make the necessary repairs. Here are some images showing the damage to to fence. You can see that they have been using old cement bags and bits of hardboard to cover the holes:

Work has now begun on repairing the fence and as when we receive pictures of the finished repairs we will post them here. Here is one image showing the start of the repair work:

   Chicken Farm

Here are some new images of the chickens that Hope Centre are farming. Unlike the chickens that we have here in the UK, speaking from experience, you won't find much meat on the birds, however it is great to see how many chickens they have managed to farm.

   Banana Trees

Almost a year ago we saw these banana trees planted. They were just very small seedlings but now look at how they have grown and the bountiful crop of bananas that they are producing

   Hope Centre Children Play

The children playing in and around the orphanage grounds:

   Hope Centre Children Work

Both the younger and the older children are being taught how to work. Here is Sara (Pastor Leonard's daughter) sweeping the door step. The last image shows how they dry their clothes. This is the most common way to dry clothes in Burundi. They dry very quickly in the African sun:

Administrator Comment

Burundi Visit August 2010
We are hoping to take a small team to Burundi in August 2010 to do further work on Hope Centre. This will depend on the political situation being stable, as there is some uncertainty about the outcome of the elections planned for the end June 2010. At the moment, however, we are making plans to visit, so please let us know if you would be interested in joining us then. We can be contacted at this email address (Click on the address) admin@HopeCentreBurundi.com

Update So far we have three couples and one other person that have expressed an interest in going on the trip.

Administrator Comment

Please Remember

We don't want to forget about Hope Centre and it's ongoing needs for funds to keep the building work going but now, more importantly, we need to make sure that having built the houses they have enough money to live in them and be able to employ the mamas and buy the necessary food etc.

Administrator Comment

Continued support still required:

Can I just say that it is great how many of you have donated or been involved with this project in some way however there is still much to be done and, even after the houses are complete, there is still the need for a vocational school and clinic in the Gatumba community. This, however, only scratches the surface of the problem here in Burundi so please encourage many more people to get on board and find ways to help where they can. This requires a lot of sacrifice with your time and money but every little bit of help goes a long way.

Please continue to give of your time and money to this project and other projects like this.

Our new contact details can be found below

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So how much is required now to complete the six houses

House no 1 = Completed

House no 2 = Completed

House no 3 = Completed

House no 4 = funds already in hand for completion

House no 5 = £18,000

House no 6 = £18,000


Total to Complete all of the Houses = £36,000

   The following is also required:

Water to the site: Completed

Electricity to the site: Completed

Workman's/Security Guard's Hut: Completed


Perimeter Walls:

At the moment we have a temporary building-site type fence surrounding the whole of Hope Centre. This has been very successful for providing some sort of security for the site however this can't be a permanent arrangement.

The total wall around the site will be 280m. We need to build a solid wall and the cost for this is estimated at £40,000. However this price is very high so we may need to look for cheaper options. Once we have agreed on the most cost effective option we will give you the specific opportunity to donate towards sections of the wall in a similar way to how we listed the tools.



Outside Cooking Area: Completed.


Outside Toilets:

Included within the area that we have built the houses on is a large piece of ground within which trees have been planted. This will be a great area for the children to play ball games etc in the relative safety of the Hope Centre grounds. Each of the houses will have a toilet but we have already put the foundations in, along with the required plumbing, for an outside toilet block with a shower. This will stop the children from traipsing in and out of the houses. Outside toilets are more commonly used here than inside toilets. The additional cost for this will be = Still to be confirmed.

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Non-GiftAid Donations:         

GiftAid Donations:

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Here are different ways to contact us in the UK

Email:

Val Carr = vcarr@HopeCentreBurundi.com

Charles Carr = ccarr@HopeCentreBurundi.com


New Mobile Phone Numbers:

Val Carr: 0781 365 8682

Charles Carr 0780 542 4558

Our New House Phone Number:

Phone: Lancaster (01524) 847917

Here is our house address:


6 Redwood Heights
Lancaster
LA1 3FG

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Pastor Leonard

Pastor Leonard's Story

Pastor Leonard was born in 1971, the youngest of five children. His parents were killed in a mass killing of their ethnic group in 1972. The children struggled to survive and look after each other for many years.

As a teenager Leonard was full of hatred and wanted to avenge the killing of his parents, but he became a Christian when he was 18 and was able to meet and forgive those who had killed his parents. He felt God told him clearly that he was to look after others who were orphaned as he had been.

At the time his circumstances did not allow him to do this, but he was ordained as a Pastor in 1996, and was able to take in his first orphan in 1997, just before he was married.

His wife partners him in this ministry and they now care for over 40 orphans in addition to their own three children.

Around about April this year Pastor Leonard's land-lord for the house that he was staying in asked Pastor Leonard and all the family and children to move out of the property which they were renting. Obviously this was an impossible situation for them. Latterly Pastor Leonard managed to negotiate a compromise with the land lord whereby his immediate family and a few of the orphans could stay in the property until his house was built. This meant that the remaining orphans had to be farmed out to friends that would be willing to take them. Pastor Leonard continues to provide food and clothing for these children which is now even more difficult for him. Thankfully though you have helped him greatly with your regular child support donations.