Shyira Trust
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In August 2000 the person who is now our chairman was devastated by what he saw on a brief visit to Shyira, a community in the north-west of Rwanda. The problems of the poverty and destruction that he saw seemed insurmountable. On his return to St. Luke’s Church, Formby he told about what he had seen and showed photographs. Other people were motivated to do something and he took a group of 10 went to Shyira a year later. A programme of restoration was started, and St. Luke's linked with St. Mark's in Shyira. As progress was made in Shyira it became clear that the church should separate the financial aspects of its work in Shyira from the work of the linked parishes, and the Trust was formed. All trustees are members of St. Luke's, although its constitution does not specify that they should be. Under its constitution the Trust exists for
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 about sustainable development, not about handing out money. For example, it paid money to enable the people of Shyira to purchase the materials to build a maternity hospital, and to be paid for their labour as they constructed the building. The Trust is a charity registered in the UK. Its registration number is 1118979. |
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