Christmas Prayers for Captain Alex Orr

Please keep Joseph (Alex) Orr, ND ’99 in your prayers this Christmas. He is a captain in the U.S. Army and has just begun a year at a place called Forward Operating Base, Camp Joyce, in the Kunar region of Afghanistan. He is the unit’s intelligence officer.  Before going to Afghanistand, Alex served a year in Iraq.

Alex lived in Fisher Hall while at Notre Dame.  He graduated with a degree in Finance and spent a year studying in Angers, France.  His parents are Cindy and Tony Orr.  Alex is also a graduate of Carroll High School.
 
Thank you, Alex, for all that you are doing for us!  May you experience the blessings of Christmas this year and come home, unharmed, when your job is complete.
 

CADIE Project Educates Rwandan Youths

The CADIE Project (http://www.cadieproject.com/) was founded by Leocadie Mukaneza and her husband Dr. Emmanuel N. Rugina in January 2008. When the family arrived in the United States in 1997 as refugees from the war-torn country of Rwanda, they came with only the clothes on their back. They felt so grateful that their children were able to attend schools in the American system. Their youngest son Rudy entered as a seventh grader and continued all the way to Notre Dame, where he recently received his Master’s Degree.

Rudy’s success inspired the thought of helping the plight of their cousins and other children who survived the genocide and are now living in Rwanda. They are required to provide tuition for school with no means to pay; the children’s entire future is at stake. The horrendous tragedy of 1994 made them orphans first, and then, as if that situation was not hard enough, poverty added its burden and still stands as a barrier to these children whose love for school has nonetheless remained intact.

The CADIE Project has accomplished a great deal in the short time that it has been active.  Donations to the CADIE Project go directly to help students in Rwanda.

Several members of the Notre Dame Club of Dayton have been involved with the CADIE project since its inception and can attest to its effectiveness.  George and Betsie Molinsky currently serve on its board.  (Also serving on the board is Kathleen Kammer, whose son David graduated from ND in 1989.)  As you consider your year-end contributions, give special consideration to the CADIE Project this year.  Donations are being coordinated and accepted by Incarnation Church in Centerville.