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FLOWER SALE
Friends of Rwandan Education's FALL MUM SALE is now open!! Please support the mission of FRE, empowering Rwandans to achieve their educational goals by supporting and establishing schools, awarding scholarships, and subsidizing business training, by participating in this floral fundraiser! Our spring flower buyers continue to report how beautiful the flowers are that they bought from JOCO, and [...]
Our Lady of Kibeho
Immaculée Ilibagiza, author of "Our Lady of Kibeho" On Thursday, October 1st, FRE will once again welcome best-selling author and retreat leader Immaculée Ilibagiza to NE Ohio! St. Francis of Assisi parish in Gates Mills will host the night. She will speak about the appearance of OUR LADY OF KIBEHO in Kibeho, Rwanda, the only [...]
ST. ANTOINE’S BIOLOGY TEACHING LAB
ST. ANTOINE’S BIOLOGY TEACHING LAB is set to open shortly! Consumables are ordered and on their way! The lab will take biology learning to an entirely new level, as students will now be able to conduct hands-on experiments instead of just hearing about them! Thanks to all who have helped support the construction of [...]
From firewood to briquettes: Nyagatare schools lead Rwanda’s green cooking revolution
At Saint-Antoine Secondary School in Karangazi Sector, in Nyagatare District, the aroma of freshly prepared meals fills the air, not from the crackling of firewood, but from the clean, efficient energy of eco-friendly briquettes. It is lunchtime and more than 1,000 students queue for a hot meal. But unlike in previous years, the food is no [...]
St. Antoine Secondary School Immersion Trip
In February 2025, a group of 5 visitors spent a week at St. Antoine Secondary School, helping to rebuild the library bookshelves, meeting students, presenting lessons on Lent, entrepreneurship, and nutrition and getting to immerse ourselves in the daily lives of the students. Tours of the medical clinic, the school grounds and the village [...]
Comedy, Cocktails, and Community
Laughter is contagious and our annual benefit, Cocktails and Comedy is too. Over three years ago, as the country emerged from the global pandemic, FRE hosted a night of pure, clean comedy complete with grins, giggles and guffaws. Regaled by seasoned performers from the L.A. Comedy group, Catholic Laughter, the FUNdraiser proved to be [...]
Run for Rwanda 2023
Pull on a warm hat, lace up those shoes, and get ready to run a 5k or 10k the weekend before Thanksgiving. Taking place Saturday, November 18th, 2023, this will be the perfect training run for that upcoming Turkey Day 5k on the beautiful trails through Hudson Springs Park, adjacent to Seton Catholic School. You [...]
Students Excel on the National Exam
"THRILLING NEWS!" reports Fr. Gakirage Jean Bosco, ccmj, founder of St. Antoine's Secondary School – Nygatare, Rwanda Each year in Rwanda, students sit for the National Examinations. These are difficult exams given at all grade levels, the results of which are used to then rank students. We have recently learned that our students from St. [...]
Happy Easter 2023
“I am pleased with love rather than sacrifices. I rejoice in faithfulness to God rather than in sacrifices…” – Hosea: 6,6 During this Lenten spiritual experience, we turn to God, we seek to live in communion with fellow human beings, we search, at prayer, for inner peace. Harmony with our neighbor, with our very being can be [...]
