Shyira Trust

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About Shyira

Shyira is a small community located in the hills of North West Rwanda. It is about 25 miles (40 km) east of Gisenyi and 12.5 miles (20 km) south of Ruhengeri.

Shyira was established as an Episcopal mission station about 1929. It was from here and a few similar centres that the East African Revival took place.

The missionaries had an holistic ministry - in addition to a church they built schools and a hospital. Their approach to ministry continues in Shyira to this day. In addition to a church there is a hospital, nursery school, primary school, secondary technical school and two secondary schools.

Shyira is not a large community. The schools, hospital and church offer services to the surrounding hill country, with only the nursery and primary schools serving people in the vicinity of Shyira.

  • The hospital is a district hospital with satellite health centres in other communities
  • The secondary schools, like most secondary schools in Rwanda, are boarding schools serving the whole of Rwanda

About the Trust

The trust has the aim of supporting sustainable development in Shyira and the surrounding hill country by

  • The relief of poverty and the preservation and protection of good health
  • The advancement of education.

Also the Trust promotes friendship, understanding and fellowship between the people of and in the districts surrounding the parishes of St. Mark’s Shyira and St. Luke’s, Formby.

The Trust is a charity registered in the UK. Its registration number is 1118979.

The Trust continues work started by St. Luke's church in Formby in late 2001. The church registered the Trust as a charity from 10th September 2006.

Achievements of the Trust

The total money sent by the Trust and church has reached £119,295.

This money has been used on various projects including:

  • Build a maternity hospital - this has been successful in supporting safe motherhood, and an extension is now needed.
  • Totally renovate a primary school - 3 secondary schools still need attention.
  • Sponsored 115 children in secondary school - many more can benefit from help.
  • Rebuilt the homes of ten child headed families - this is ongoing work.
  • Trained and supported a midwife - a second is now in training
  • Helped build a hospice
  • Support ministry in Shyira Parish

Also the Rotary Club of Formby has raised £44,000 to equip the maternity hospital and provide books and equipment for three secondary schools.

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