Book of Hope to Join Massive Cooperative Effort in Rwanda
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005
Posted: 5:52:22PM EST

An international Assemblies of God ministry that distributes scriptural storybooks for children will deliver more than two million to students in Rwanda in memory of the 100 days of genocide that killed more than one million people in the central African nation.

Book of Hope International, an organization with the mission to get the “Word of God into the hands of children and youth around the world,” will participate in a major faith-based initiative to bring hope and comfort to the children of a country suffering from painful memories. The project, titled “Hope: Rwanda,” will coincide with the country’s 100 days of genocide on April 7, 2006 through July 15, 2006.

“Our mission is presenting God’s word to children around the world,” said Calvin Ratz, the East African coordinator of Book of Hope.

“We are motivated in this particular instance because 12 years ago when the genocide took place and a million people were slaughtered, the world turned its back on Rwanda. We are trying to do this to make the statement that there are Christians in other parts of the world who want to do something to express Christ’s love to the people of Rwanda.” Story