Thank You from the Cadie Project

A thank-you letter from the CADIE Project:

February 1, 2010


Dear Donors and Sponsors,

In two short years the CADIE Project has raised a total of $66,000. We have been able to enroll 52 children in grade schools and high schools in Rwanda 2008-2009. All the children are now entering the new school year and will be looking for their sponsor’s funding for 2010.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to all who have answered this call.

Anyone who would like to be part of this effort by either sponsoring a child or by donating to the Sunny Center project, please let us know through our website www.cadieproject.com or calling us.

We feel humbled by your response and again thank you from the bottom of our hearts,

Sincerely, (the CADIE TEAM)

Leocadie Mukaneza, Director-coordinator
Emmanuel N. Rugina, Executive Secretary
George Molinsky, Treasurer
Betsie Molinsky, Development
Kathleen Kammer, Vice-coordinator
Sandi Young, (Angel from California)
Jim Gruden, Accounting

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.