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Kigali based NGO, Rwanda Development Organisation (RDO Rwanda), is introducing innovative farming investment to help 1,200 people who are struggling to get out of poverty due to the affects of HIV/AIDS – legacies of the 1994 genocide.

Rusesabagina applauds the U.N. Security Council call for Rwanda backed M23 rebels to cease advance in to the Congo & last night's adoption of Resolution 2076 demand for immediate withdrawal of M23 from Goma. Asks for international community to act.

Non-profits with an interest in bringing light to those surviving in energy poverty can take advantage of a unique and highly efficient non-profit partnership program launched by Off Grid Solutions U.S. LLC, distributor of the WakaWaka Solar Lamp.

Rusesabagina will appear in conversation with the host of Chicago Public Radio's Worldview, Jerome McDonnell as part of the One Book, One Chicago program.

The only dance school in Rwanda seeks $20,000 in funding to secure a larger arts space, in which to hold a larger selection of classes.

FXB International's Tracer Study includes findings that, from their starting point as the poorest households in their communities, FXB-Village participants show greatly increased income and savings, and access to clean drinking water and education.

Strategic Leadership Development International, Inc. has opened its first overseas offices in Kigali, Rwanda and will begin offering leadership development seminars in Rwanda in September. The company will also expand into Kenya and Uganda next year.

Saddleback Leather Co is running a unique promotion with the daily-deal site Moolala. Running through Tuesday July 5th, Moolala subscribers who donate $25 to Africa New Life Ministries will receive a $50 voucher toward Saddleback Leather Co.

Contact: Kitty Kurth Phone: 312-498-9279 or 312-617-7288 Here is an open letter that Paul Rusesabagina sent to President Clinton regarding his recent comments about Rwanda on CNBC.

Contact: Kitty Kurth Phone: 312-617-7288 Email: kitty@kurthlampe.com Good Riddance to Ntaganda, Now What? The surrender of former M23 leader Bosco Ntaganda at the US Embassy in Kigali on Monday is excellent news for justice in the Congo.

Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina calls on Britain's Tony Blair to denounce Rwanda's Paul Kagame for his crimes in Rwanda, the Congo and the Great Lakes Region of Africa.

Paul Rusesabagina, President & Founder of the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation (HRRF), wrote to the UN Security Council to ask them to reconsider selecting Rwanda for UN Security Council due to Rwanda’s actions in support of the M23 rebels.

Kigali based NGO, Rwanda Development Organisation (RDO Rwanda), is introducing innovative farming investment to help 1,200 people who are struggling to get out of poverty due to the affects of HIV/AIDS – legacies of the 1994 genocide.

Explore the Nyungwe Forest in style at Nyungwe Forest Lodge, Rwanda, which is part of Shamwari Group, with a 5-star experience for just US$459.00 per person for two nights.

Rusesabagina applauds the U.N. Security Council call for Rwanda backed M23 rebels to cease advance in to the Congo & last night's adoption of Resolution 2076 demand for immediate withdrawal of M23 from Goma. Asks for international community to act.

Non-profits with an interest in bringing light to those surviving in energy poverty can take advantage of a unique and highly efficient non-profit partnership program launched by Off Grid Solutions U.S. LLC, distributor of the WakaWaka Solar Lamp.

Rusesabagina will appear in conversation with the host of Chicago Public Radio's Worldview, Jerome McDonnell as part of the One Book, One Chicago program.

Nyungwe Forest Lodge takes ‘Best International New Small Hotel - Construction & Design’ award and receives 5 Star grading all in one year…

The only dance school in Rwanda seeks $20,000 in funding to secure a larger arts space, in which to hold a larger selection of classes.

A new report, Rwandan Health Care Corruption and Inequality, highlights suffering of rural Rwandans and calls attention to the growing gap between health care for urban and rural Rwandans since the horrific incidents of the 1994 genocide.

Hotel Rwanda Humanitarian thanks Bill Gates for his work in Rwanda, asks him to examine the uneven health care system. While more than 81% of Rwandan citizens reside in rural areas, they only have access to 17% of the country’s medical personnel.

Rwandan tea is now listed on RateTea, with the first example being a green tea sold by the small, NJ-based company Butiki Teas.

FXB International's Tracer Study includes findings that, from their starting point as the poorest households in their communities, FXB-Village participants show greatly increased income and savings, and access to clean drinking water and education.

One Hundred Days Wins Top Nonprofit Recognition by Little Pink Book will receive Raffle proceeds at 3rd Annual Women's Conference

Chamber aims at linking several business people in East Africa with those in Southern Africa and else where

One Hundred Days co-Founder Kelli Sasser Wins Recognition for Top Woman in Philanthropy by Little Pink Book, America's #1 Digital News Platform for Women

Rwandair Named Airline partner for Upcoming East Africa Business Summit And Expo SA: Summit to showcase East Africa’s Investment Opportunities

1st East Africa Business Summit And Expo SA: Exploring Regional Potential 20th July 2012-HILTON HOTEL SANDTON

Project CREED, a social enterprise providing locally-inspired health education materials to children in developing countries, will officially launch Monday, January 30, 2012 on its website www.projectcreed.org.

Hotel Rwanda Humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina speaks about the need for Truth and Reconciliation in Rwanda and the Power of Words to create peace in the Great Lakes region in Africa.

Yampu Tours launches a new website with experts guiding clients to Southern and Eastern Africa.

Strategic Leadership Development International, Inc. has opened its first overseas offices in Kigali, Rwanda and will begin offering leadership development seminars in Rwanda in September. The company will also expand into Kenya and Uganda next year.

The Sock Company has made a generous in-kind donation of dance shoes and apparel to Kigali-based dance studio Ballet Rwanda.

Saddleback Leather Co is running a unique promotion with the daily-deal site Moolala. Running through Tuesday July 5th, Moolala subscribers who donate $25 to Africa New Life Ministries will receive a $50 voucher toward Saddleback Leather Co.

This new photography tour by Terra Incognita Ecotours features expert photography instruction by award-winning National Geographic Wildlife Photographer Kevin Schafer

Rwandans, Congolese and Americans Join Together In Support of Peace and Reconciliation to Protest the Appearance to President Paul Kagame of Rwanda  in Chicago on June 11 

Successful Small and Medium Enterprises have a chance to show case their products and services to USA commercial and retail buyers at the East African Business EXPO USA 2011 at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington Delaware in August 2011.

The Greater Cleveland Sports Commission has teamed up with SURF Survivors Fund who has been working to raise funds to bring the Rwandan girls to Cleveland so they can participate in this summer’s AC Milan Continental Cup soccer tournament.

Dallas-based Strategic Leadership Development International has entered a joint venture with Leadership Training Associates International of Nairobi, Kenya to provide leadership development programs for nations of East Africa starting this year.

The Residential School experience is one that left a heart-breaking legacy.

Friends of the Books & Beyond Project will be holding an Inaugural Gala on Sunday, January 16, 2011 with special guest stars.

Ethiopia, Kenya, and Malawi are among the first eight nations that will receive funds from the U.S. government’s Global Health Initiative (GHI) Plus grant.

Enablis Entrepreneurial Network today inaugurated a twelfth chapter in Africa, further extending its reach and support to entrepreneurs. Six entrepreneurs were selected in Rwanda and accredited as founding members.

Scenario Development, launching the project “Scenarios on the Future of Rwanda” have reached the critical mass on the Advisory Panel and argue the case for developing scenarios in an article in This Is Africa, A Financial Times publication.

Teens in Prosper ISD launching a project to build the first Rwandan Genocide memorial in the U.S. By using twitter, the students hope to achieve 1 Million Tweets, one for every person killed, in 100 days, the amount of days the Genocide took.

Scenario building methods to be used to create future scenarios about Rwanda, its socio-economic, political, environmental and human outlook. Rwanda is an increasingly central player in East and Sub-Saharan Africa.

MANA received a private $250,000 commitment toward its plan for production of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) in Rwanda. This funding will help MANA serve more than 20,000 children annually who suffer from severe acute malnutrition.

Members of Viability, LLC will travel East Africa to meet with clean energy project developers and explore carbon credit ventures

Young Professional Leader joins PMForum’s Global Correspondents Network to provide project management news coverage from East Central Africa

Explore is painfully aware that the mountain gorilla is slipping into extinction. So on 26 September, 9 team members dressed head-to-toe as gorillas and ran 7km across London raising £4041 to help preserve the largest primates in the wild.

Mojatu.com, the Eastern Africa directory, classified and events listing website and magazine based in UK is recruiting magazine and website vendors and agents in UK and Eastern Africa. The recruitment which started in September is ongoing.

Mojatu, the Eastern Africa Directory, Classified and Events listing website and Magazine is to offer Free Monthly magazines in UK , Eastern Africa - Kenya Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somali.

The Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women and its Peace through Business program lands in Dallas, Texas for the first time this year. The program provides long-term business training to women entrepreneurs in Afghanistan and Rwanda.

Organization is raising money to offer free classes to children in Kigali, Rwanda, in order to provide an arts education opportunity within an educational system of severely limited resources.

Mojatu.com, the directory, classified, events and special offers listing company has launched an eMagazine to enhance advertisements. The eMagazine, like the print version, is free, published monthly and can be read or downloaded at www.mojatu.com.

What is the ICC waiting for to issue an arrest warrant against Nkunda?

Premier Invoice Finance and Asset Based Lender Venture Finance, who this month celebrate their 20th anniversary, is proud to announce its support for employee Glyn Edbrooke, who is due to embark on a three-month charity sabbatical in Rwanda.

In continuing humanitarian efforts, ReadingGlasses.com and Reading Glasses To Go retail stores announce its donation of 2,230 new pairs of men's and women's reading glasses to American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee's (JDC) non-sectarian project