Multiply Your Impact
Multiply your impact by becoming a monthly supporter of one of our Rwandan teacher trainers. Your monthly commitment will help a committed Rwandan trainer transform the lives of 40 teachers and the education of over 2400 children through Wellspring’s Whole School Development Program.
Four times each year you will receive a personal letter from the teacher trainer you support, giving you a firsthand account of what is happening in their life and the lives of the people they serve.
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Meet our Teacher Trainers
Beatrice |
Bénigne |
David |
Desire |
- Still spunky after 12 years teaching
- Fled to Congo as a young girl
- Returned to Rwanda a year after the genocide because “this is my country”
- Feels teaching is the most important job
- Married with 2 children, a girl and a boy
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- Has a deep love for people
- Completing a degree in Sociology
- One of 9 children
- Views teaching as a tool that can be used to serve people
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- Hardworking, passionate, joyful
- Born in Uganda as a refugee
- Forced to be a child solider at age 12
- Came to disorganized and traumatized Rwanda in 1995
- Received BA from Kigali Institute of Science and Technology
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- Believes that “education is a pillar for development” and that good leaders serve, rather than be served
- Lost many loved ones during the genocide
- Accepted Christ in secondary school and was able to find forgiveness & peace
- Has discovered the joy of working in an encouraging, motivating, and positive environment at Wellspring
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Ernest |
Gilbert |
Jeanne |
Ladislas |
- His broad smile and hearty laugh can light up a room
- Wanted to be a teacher since he was young
- Grew up in Northern Rwanda
- The horrors of war left him as the oldest and responsible to provide for his five remaining siblings.
- Married to Dalila and have a beautiful little girl
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- Has immense faith and exudes peace
- Is Rwandese, but was born in Congo
- Came to Rwanda in 1998
- Finds joy working with Wellspring as a Teacher Trainer
- Takes care of his younger brothers by paying school fees for them
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- One of 11 children
- Lost many of her family members during the genocide
- Has a deep, heart-felt desire to help families
- Has experience in Social Work, Socio-Therapy and as a Head Teacher
- Mom to four children
- Facilitates the Wellspring Parenting Program
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- Lost both of his parents and oldest brother between 1994 and 1995
- Dreamed of becoming a journalist, but needed to care for his 5 younger siblings
- Married to Josée, their home is in Gisenyi in Northern Rwanda
- Comes to Kigali to work during the week and then takes the three hour journey back home for the weekend
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Mary |
Mercy |
Théogene |
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- Born in Uganda
- Separated from her husband one year after moving to Rwanda with their 4 children
- Continued to teach and raise her children as a single mom
- Became a Christian in 2005
- Loves that values such as unity and service are integrated into everything at Wellspring
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- Teaching is a natural gift for Mercy, and she recognizes the opportunity a teacher has to influence, help and shape people.
- Born and raised in Eastern Kenya as the youngest of ten
- Graduated form the University of Nairobi
- Came to Rwanda with her family in 2004
- Married with three young children
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- Contemplative & caring
- Spends free time visiting and praying for vulnerable families
- Well respected by colleagues
- Knows God has called him to be a teacher
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