14/11/2025
ADULT LITERACY GRADUATION RWANDA
Psalm 119:105 — “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”
We have never experienced a literacy graduation quite like this one in Rwanda. The celebration was overflowing with joy from beginning to end. The 25 graduates danced, presented Pacifique, Leah and Nepo (the teacher)with gifts shared a beautiful meal together, and testified to all they had learned.
The atmosphere in the room is difficult to capture in words. Twenty-five students began this class unable to read, write, or even use their cell phones. After just eight months, they can now do all of that—and more. The local government was so impressed that they administered their own assessment, and every student passed with 75% or higher.
After graduation, we are encouraged that the graduates are committed to continue growing. They plan to meet twice a month for Bible study, to strengthen their co-op—an initiative that recently led them to purchase a pig together and to practice their literacy skills
This graduation was more than a ceremony; it was a celebration of dignity restored, hope renewed, and lives illuminated by God’s Word.