Gatherings 2025
We at SEED A Better Life waited 8 long years to see our Rwandan students in person. The global pandemic and unsettling political events kept us working from the U.S. and coordinating with our local Rwandan team.
Then, finally! In May, SEED President Mavis Bauman traveled to Rwanda with friends Gladys Dubourg and Briana Anderson. They were greeted with roses at the airport by our on-the-ground support team, Generations Impact (GI).
Through GI’s thoughtful and generous attention to our visit, we were able to gather with scores of parents and students, and listen to many testimonies, songs, and prayers. Face to face, we could see incredible progress in our students, as well as tears of joy.
Greeting each student, we passed out name tags and hugs. When Mavis sat down by a group of younger students, she asked, “Who speaks English and can translate for me?” The kids laughed and shouted, “We all do!” That means they will be prepared to participate in markets around the world later on.
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This precious child, six-year-old Rihannah in Uganda, joined our student family in August 2025. Mavis immediately noticed her club foot and knew what that could mean for Rihannah’s future. Through various connections, SEED facilitated corrective surgery for Rihannah on March 7, 2025. The video shows her running and twirling on July 31, 2025. We are thrilled to be able to holistically invest in the lives of our students.
Pure Potential
Can’t you just see the intelligence on this young woman’s face? Deborah is a young teenager, the daughter of a loving father with no arms. Her mother cannot work, because she must help her husband and take of three children. One of Deborah’s brothers is very sick. Such challenges in just one family! SEED is making sure Deborah has every chance to succeed and reach her full potential.
Survivor Story
An uncle found orphaned six-year-old Olivier tending cattle after the 1994 Rwandan Genocide Against the Tutsi. The uncle cared for him until Olivier was able to live in Kinyinya, a government village for survivors near Kigali. He went to Primary 1 at age 16, when SEED began to support him. Today, Olivier is happily married to Zawadi, who has one daughter, and he is working in a grocery store. The two have made a good life, despite the odds.
SEED Students
These are some of the current 84 students SEED A Better Life supports, both in and near the capital city of Kigali and out in the District of Mutara.
We had the pleasure of meeting them in person. So happy and grateful, each and every one of them.
