Rose Charities linking with ASOLATE Rwanda
www.asolate.org

Rwanda is still affected by the impact of 100 days of genocide – between April 6 and July 16, 1994 – when over 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were brutally murdered. UNICEF estimates that 810,000 children in Rwanda have been orphaned, and more than 100,000 live in child-headed households. Children make up more than half of Rwanda's population - they are the country's future.

A group of young technicians founded ASOLATE in 2004 in response to the problems facing youth after the genocide. The war interrupted education and resulted in hundreds of thousands of orphans, many of whom were left to raise younger siblings. The training center was set up to get youth off the streets by training them in employable skills such as soldering, electrical work, paint, candle and soap-making, sewing and project management. With these skills, youth are able to support themselves and their siblings.