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A Mission with Purpose

by Brian Hutchins

It’s difficult to say exactly when my journey to Bridge2Rwanda began. God’s ability to weave together every minute detail of our lives makes it hard to pin down a starting point. My knowledge of the journey, however, began nearly two years ago when a strange restlessness began to grow in me that caught me off guard. My wife, Christy, and I were living in Austin, Texas and life was good. I had a great job with a local CPA firm, we loved our church, and we had a remarkable community that was as close to the early church in Acts 2 as I can imagine. But, in the midst of all the good stuff, God began to stir something in me that I wasn’t able to dismiss.

Over the next 18 months I began to recognize a growing desire to move back to my hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas. Christy and I had moved to Austin from Little Rock in 2005 to help start a church, and we thought we were there for good. But this longing to return and be closer to family continued to grow stronger, so Christy and I began to ask God for a mission. We knew God had led us to Austin to help build Austin Bible Fellowship, and we didn’t want move unless we were being “reassigned.” I can almost hear God saying, “You want a mission? No problem!”

In early 2012 I received an email from a good friend and mentor telling me to check out Bridge2Rwanda because they were looking for a new Business Manager. Christy and I pulled up the website that evening and immediately got excited. We were somewhat familiar with Rwanda because our church had done work there and because several of our friends had adopted from there. It was as though the mission was suddenly clear. Here was an organization where I could use my skills to carry out a mission I was excited about. Just a couple short weeks later I found myself sitting in Dale’s living room discussing all the great things God has been doing through B2R. It didn’t take long to confirm that this was what God had been preparing us for.

We quickly began raising the financial support we needed and packing our house for the move. It has been so humbling to watch God provide for our every need and affirm this new chapter of our lives. I formally came on board with B2R in early May and am now immersing myself in this wonderful mission. I could not be more excited to serve here! God is blessing B2R’s efforts, dozens of Rwandan students, and the country of Rwanda. What a great thing to be a part of!

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2012 Sonrise Graduation

by Anna Reed

On March 17, Sonrise High School celebrated its second class of graduating seniors with a commencement ceremony held on the lawn of the school.  The 2011 graduating class of 87 students was well over double the size of the first graduating class of 2010. Visitors from Rwanda and around the world gathered to celebrate this special event highlighting the accomplishments of the students, as well as casting a vision for the dreams and endeavors of these promising young Rwandans.

The Rwanda National Examinations Council released the results of the Secondary Six Rwanda National Exam in February 2012, indicating that 86 graduating Sonrise students had passed the challenging exams.  Six private scholarships were given at the graduation ceremony for Sonrise students to attend a university in Rwanda or around the East African region, in addition to many other students receiving government scholarships.  Just days before the commencement, two Sonrise graduates were chosen to receive Presidential Scholarships through the Hendrix College consortium of participating universities in America.  These two recipients were among 32 students who scored perfect scores on the Rwanda National Exam in math and science combinations and will receive full scholarships to obtain their undergraduate degrees at a US university.  All of these students, and many more, were recognized during the ceremony for their dedication and hard work in succeeding on the national examinations.

Since last year, several other Sonrise graduates have also received the chance to continue their education in the US.  Two students from the first graduating class participated in the inaugural class of Bridge2Rwanda Scholars program, where one has secured a full scholarship to the prestigious University of Pennsylvania, and another, to Northwestern University in Chicago.  More than three other Sonrise graduates have also received opportunities to study in the US and other countries abroad.  Many people from around the world have joined together to support Sonrise School since the opening only ten years ago, and Sonrise graduates are now building a reputation for becoming internationally-competitive, globally minded student leaders who are most definitely among the future leaders of the country.

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“In Pursuit of Excellence”

Rwanda Presidential Scholars Celebrated

The Rwanda Presidential Scholars (RPS) program celebrated its seventh anniversary class with First Lady Jeannette Kagame at a reception hosted by Oklahoma Christian University (OCU) at the Serena Hotel in Kigali on March 16. OCU launched the RPS program in 2006 in partnership with the Ministry of Education to give Rwanda’s top math and science students the opportunity to earn their undergraduate degrees in the US.  Freelance photojournalist Mark Darrough (former Bridge2Rwanda business manager) reported for Uganda’s  Independent newspaper on the growth of the RPS and Bridge2Rwanda Scholars programs and the increasing engagement of US schools in Rwanda.

Click here to readIn Pursuit of Excellence

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Dream Big or Go Home

by Angela Meduri

“Dream and dream more and don’t be afraid to dream big.” This is advice a very close friend of Rina Ntagozera’s once gave her. Although never one to shy away from dreaming, Rina has come across times in her life that such encouragement was needed.

With life having thrown several roadblocks her way, Rina has made the choice to remain positive despite her circumstances and has seemingly used her pain to fuel her dreams even further. Today, she has just realized something she has long hoped for – attending university – which she plans to use to help her country achieve its own dreams…

In 2005, Rina and her family moved from Kenya to Rwanda. Rina’s parents, both native Rwandans, left in the 1960’s around the time of the country’s independence and separately settled in Kenya where they met. Anxious to return, Rina’s father was offered a job that would bring his family home. So without hesitation, the entire Ntagozera family relocated to Kigali, Rwanda. At just 12 years old, the shift required Rina to adapt to a whole new life – but with family by her side, she remained encouraged.

“When I was in S4 [10th grade], my Dad used to take me to school every morning. Each morning he would ask me the same question: “Why can’t you be number one; what do others have that you don’t?”

While she was still in high school, Rina’s father passed away unexpectedly. His death came just days before his daughter achieved what he had championed every morning – she became number one at her school. Amidst the grief and pain of loss, the Ntagozera’s struggled to get up on their feet again – both emotionally and financially.

“Losing my dad shook the whole family up and I wanted to give up on life at some point but like I said, I am lucky to have a loving family otherwise; I would not be where I am today.”

In 2011, Rina was working for the Rwandan Cricket Association as the administrative assistant, but still dreaming of a college education in the U.S.. A friend told her about Bridge2Rwanda Scholars. The deadline had passed to apply, but Rina decided to take her chances. To her surprise, she was accepted to the program and began in May of 2011.

“The program has taught me a lot. I have learned the value of hard work, time management and responsibility. I learned to interact with different people and to be able to think critically. The program gave me a chance to believe that one day my dreams can come true and I have to work hard to realise them.”

With the help of the Scholars program, Rina received a 613 on her TOEFL and raised her SAT score from a 1500 to a 1660 – a 160-point jump! With these scores, she applied to eight American universities and in April 2012 accepted a full scholarship to Haverford College in Pennsylvania. Haverford is a top 5 liberal arts college and the scholarship Rina has been awarded is around $57,000 a year.

Rina plans to study computer science – one of the two things she is passionate about working with in the future; the other being kids. Outside of academics, Rina is most excited to experience the cultural differences between Rwanda and the United States and also to try the variety of junk food the U.S. famously has to offer.

After obtaining her degree, Rina plans to return to Rwanda and live a life that positively impacts those around her. She hopes to use her education to change her country for the better or as she put it, “to see it in a much better position than I found it.”

“I pray, hope and believe that Rwanda will be way up there and still going on ahead and I hope that I will be part of it by using my education, talents and abilities – be it in computers or economics – to keep it there and take it way further. I hope to be able to bring development in the rural areas and to hopefully reduce the percentage of those under the poverty line by teaching them and helping them understand the benefits of technology. I hope to make work easier for everyone as they target the goals they have put before them.”

Just as Rina has not allowed anything to slow her down in life, she describes that she is just a microcosm of a country that embodies her same tireless and hope-filled determination, “Take a close look and be keen to see how far Rwanda has come and how far it is going. We are not slowing down for whatsoever reason!”

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10th PAC Meeting Held at Lake Muhazi

On March 19, President Paul Kagame convened the twice a year meeting of his international Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) at his home on Lake Muhazi in Rwanda’s Eastern Province. The PAC includes B2R CEO Dale Dawson, board member Scott Ford, ISOKO co-founder Mike Fairbanks, Bishop John Rucyahana, Pastor Rick Warren, Joe Ritchie and other Friends of Rwanda. The meeting included 2 days of presentations, field trips, discussions and concluded with a reception at the Presidential offices in Kigali. The PAC session included wide-ranging discussions on several topics, including the country’s progress at lifting Rwandans out of poverty, efforts to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI), tourism and hospitality (Rwanda’s fastest growing sector), mining and a review of PAC member activities on behalf of Rwanda. The next PAC meeting with be in New York City in September.

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Back to Rwanda

by Dan Larson

Hi everyone. We’re Dan and Toni Larson from Mulberry, Florida and we’re the newest B2R team members on the ground in Kigali. We’ve been here a month now and it’s been a whirlwind of discovery and adventure since our arrival. We’ve been told that how we got here is an interesting story and we’ve been asked to write a little about it.

We’re retirees who had decided to devote our remaining years to serving God. We visited Rwanda in August 2011 while on a mission trip with our home church, and that trip changed our lives forever. Spending 10 days in Kigali and three days in the small village of Mbare were enough for us to become truly enamored with Rwanda. We saw how God was such an important part of the Rwandans’ lives, the sweetness of the beautiful children, and the poverty that affects most of the country. When we returned to Florida, we found ourselves thinking more and more of Rwanda and how we could help the country pull itself up from the devastation of the 1994 genocide.

We learned about Bridge2Rwanda in December 2011 while reading an article on Tom Allen in the Huffington Post. We contacted Dale Dawson asking about the needs of B2R and a series of phone calls with Dale and Tom soon followed. I travelled to Little Rock at the end of December to meet with the B2R team, and then called Toni on my way back to Florida to tell her we were going to return to Africa. She was overjoyed at the news.

We saw a real opportunity to serve the Lord by helping the God-centered Rwandans improve their lives. I would work with Clay Parker and Tom Allen to build a business advisory organization that will facilitate foreign direct investment in the country. Toni would do volunteer work with students and orphans. For the next six weeks, we hurriedly put our affairs in order and prepared for our journey.

We arrived in Kigali on February 16, 2012 and were met at the airport by the friendly faces of Clay and Blayne Sharpe. Spending the first few days with Tom, host extraordinaire, made us feel right at home. Others at B2R, including Anna Reed, Phillip Mulari, Sosthene Ndayisaba, and Didi Rugomwa were so helpful in assisting us with the adjustment and made us feel a real part of the team.

We have been discovering how things are done in Rwanda and learning our way around Kigali. We rented a house in the Kimihurura district and we recently took possession of a used car to meet our transportation needs. We love the beauty of Rwanda and are enjoying the adventure of being in a country so different than our native America.  We’ve learned that routine chores, such as going to the market or bank, take twice as long as they do at home, and that drivers here don’t pay much attention to lane dividing lines.  We’ve also learned that one can get along just fine without a television or dishwasher. Most importantly though, we’ve seen how serious Rwandans are about worshipping their Lord and Savior. They will walk to church in the rain, sometimes for miles, to attend Sunday services. Oh, if only Americans showed half that much love for our God.

We’re not sure how long we’ll stay in Rwanda but it will be at least until mid-December of this year. We are certain that God will make it very clear to us if He wants us here longer. In the meantime, our goals for this year include making significant progress in establishing B2R’s business development organization, leaving an impact with our volunteer work, and further helping the people of the tiny village of Mbare.

Rwanda is wonderful and God is great! Come join us here to do the Lord’s work.

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Running2Rwanda

“Running2Rwanda: Finding Purpose in the Second Half”

by Tom Allen

Four years ago, I traded in my life for a revised version. After 30 years of practicing law and, more importantly, raising three sons, I decided it was time to do something radically different. So I moved to Rwanda, Africa.

When I am among visitors, sooner or later the question always comes up: What brought you to Rwanda? Sometimes there seems to be a tinge of unspoken suspicion: “What are you running/hiding from?” I don’t get defensive, though I suppose that we are all running from or to something. The more important question is, do we ever succeed? I am convinced that running “from” is futile because we carry it all with us. However, I am equally certain that running “to” can succeed. For me, that required a breakaway run. A mosey would never have got me to Rwanda where I am now living a dream.

My inspiration to move to Rwanda came from several sources. I had always wanted to “cheat” and squeeze two lives into the one allowed me. One never seemed like quite enough. Then came an epiphany when I heard the tagline of “Halftime“: “To move from success to significance.” Significance sounded pretty interesting. Last but certainly not least, my sons, Tommy, Nathan, and Wesley, live incredibly inspirational, passionate, adventurous lives. When I first broached the idea of my move to them, they responded with an enthusiastic “What took you so long?” (and considered the move simply natural and normal, as I do now).

Whether noble or self-absorbed, the “seeking significance” explanation does not fully cover it. The departure from success to significance is trumped by an attraction to the unfamiliar, the unknown, the edginess of uncertainty, and a reassessment (and rejection) of my former obsession with “due diligence” in meticulously charting my own life. Indeed, I would have never stepped out if I remained determined that my due diligence would set me upon the perfect new path. I decided to “just do something… anything.” And so I went to Rwanda.

Here was what I was running to: The great privilege of participating in the exciting social changes and development occurring in Rwanda and elsewhere. The “Rwanda story” that most people know is limited to the horrific 1994 genocide in which 1 million people were slaughtered in 100 days.

The “Rwanda story” I experience every day is one of reconciliation and rebuilding of a nation that is growing its GDP by 7to 8 percent per year; provides compulsory education for nine years for every child; offers universal health care; and is raising the standard of living of those at the very base of the pyramid. GDP growth is a very boring number for most of us, but it immediately translates to food and healthcare for hungry Rwandans.

Today, I am the Country Director of Bridge2Rwanda, an NGO which focuses on three integrated entrepreneurial initiatives: Business development to facilitate the creation and growth of successful businesses in Rwanda; “Borrowed Talent” to mobilize and facilitate those who are called to invest their time and talent in Rwanda; and The ISOKO Institute, a think tank dedicated to entrepreneurial solutions to the challenges of Africa.

Lest you be misled, please understand one very basic fact: I am just your average coward. Suffering and sacrifice are very foreign concepts to me. What I have discovered, however, is that life comfortably ensconced in a safe cocoon misses out on too much of what might be learned, experienced, gained from and shared with others. Those others who are in developing countries are often in desperate need, but many of them beam with smiles and contentment that I covet.

I want to know them, their joys and their struggles. That is the experience to which I run every day.

Huffington Post Article

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Jackson’s Story

Jackson’s Story

By Angela Meduri

The smallest encounters will sometimes change your life…

In Rwanda, you would be hard pressed not to come across children orphaned by the 1994 Rwandan genocide, which claimed close to one million lives. For Jackson Karama, an infant during this tragic 3-month period, one encounter in particular became the catalyst that took his boyhood dream and turned it into his life’s mission. Jackson recounted the following in 2011:

“The boy who stopped me on the road in Kicukiro, Kigali, was about my age. Indeed, we could have been schoolmates. Unlike me, however, this boy was not going home from school. He spent the better part of the day looking for something to eat. The boy asked me to give him 100 francs for his supper. I had 200 francs and gave it all to him, I asked him where he was going to sleep that night. “Wherever I am when I feel tired on the street,” he told me. When I asked him where his home was, he told me he had no home, his parents had died. I didn’t want to ask him any more, because of the sadness on his face. I suspected that his parents may have died in the genocide in Rwanda and there was no one to care for him.

There were thousands of other orphans like him in my country; I could have been one as well, if my father’s brother had not opened his house to take care of me. The amount I gave him could not provide shelter, clothing, and school fees – or even food for one day; and most of all it could not provide him what he needed the most: parental care.

That day, I walked home with a deep feeling inside me: a desire to help him and others like him. From that day, I developed an idea – to work hard, to raise money and to build a home for mayibobo, or street children, where they could have all the care they needed and hope for a future.

This dream has changed my understanding of what it means to be a human being and to live a meaningful life. It gave me a thirst for knowledge and to excel. It has also shown me that an important part of education is not limited to our instruction in school; rather, it is learning to live well with others and having equal rights, and then taking responsibility wherever we can to make these things possible.”

A commitment not forsaken

The instance mentioned above took place in 2007. Not only has Jackson’s heart change lasted; it has also strengthened over the last four and half years. He has since “never wasted a minute of class time” and has taken every opportunity to educate himself further. This determination led him to graduate as the top student in his high school and among the best in the nation.

In 2011, Jackson won a scholarship to attend university in Rwanda. Shortly after, the government was forced to cut expenses within the higher education budget and cut all living stipends for students on scholarship – leaving Jackson unable to start university because he could not afford the extra expenses. Not able to pursue his dream of university, Jackson remained in a teaching position at his former high school – where he taught biology, chemistry and physics in grades 7,8 and 10.

God is never early, but He is always on time

In the Spring of 2011, Jackson saw an advertisement for an educational opportunity called the B2R Scholars program. Intrigued, he attended an information session to learn more and decided to apply. He was accepted and in May 2011, Jackson entered the inaugural class of the B2R Scholars.

Jackson recalls his time in the program:

“Sometimes I would spend the whole day writing essays and doing assignments, and I was surprised by how much time this took me. My first essays lacked organization and had a poor structure; but as time went on, I kept learning from the correction of our teachers.

Mr. Richard [Siegler], who was helping us to prepare for the SAT helped me a lot to improve my writing and reading. This was my main weakness, and overcoming it has exposed me to more of the academic world. I never had thirst for reading books before; I do now.

But we also had a lot of fun. We had movie nights and dinners; and there was community service and many other activities that we did together. Even in class, discussions were interesting. I learned a lot from my friends.”

More than just progress

Within about 5 months, Jackson’s hard work – coupled with the dedication of the Bridge2Rwanda staff – caused this B2R Scholar’s TOEFL score to go from a 517 to a 627. Even more impressively, his SAT score jumped from a 1360 to a 1690!

With English as his second language, most would consider Jackson’s 330-point jump to be pretty phenomenal…

Today, Jackson has applied to 10 schools here in the United States: University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Williams College, Johns Hopkins University, Macalester College, University of Connecticut, Grinnell College, Gettysburg College, Vassar College, and Franklin College of Indiana. Having made it to this point – Jackson says, “now I feel near the reach of my goal.”

Jackson credits the B2R Scholars program and his teachers for helping him qualify for admissions to the aforementioned universities and for preparing him for the world of academia that awaits him. He elaborates, “I needed to correct my writing, I needed to learn how to read critically. I needed the strategies to take the SAT. I couldn’t have done better without the [B2R Scholars] program.”

Just the beginning

Jackson’s biggest desire is to significantly affect the people of his country. He believes that through university he will gain the skills needed to do so. “My main goal is having quality education that will enable me to have a significant effect on the people of my country. I am going to do Medicine at University – train in America, but work in Rwanda. My country’s inability in certain fields of medicine kills me. Recently a friend of a person I know had a serious bone fracture and couldn’t find any one to fix it in the country! I want to fill up this gap.”

As for what he is looking forward to most when he arrives in America, Jackson reveals, “…studying in a new environment with no limitations as to how much I can find out or study (which was my main problem in Rwanda). I’m also excited to meet new people and learn a lot from them  – like new, interesting cultures. In general, it’s all about having a global knowledge that will help me to be useful to my country.”

As Jackson awaits his college acceptance letters, he remains positive and determined stating, “Wherever I go, I know I will apply myself to the best of my ability because of what motivates me: to change others’ lives for the better.”

But until the day comes – when he can return to Rwanda with the skills necessary to bring his dream full circle – Jackson Karama continues to do what he can to help those around him in need:

“I have used some of my earnings to buy toothbrushes and toothpaste for some street children in Kigali, and I have taught them to brush. I even found my young friend who first asked me for money. He was still on the street. Whenever I see him, I thank him for making me who I am today.”

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B2R’s Newest Team Member

A Ukrainian friend of mine struggled through teaching an English class in 2004.  I was still in high school, but she told me how difficult it is to teach a language that isn’t your first.  When she asked me to pray for help from someone whose native language is English, I thought to myself, “I can’t do much, but I can speak English….”

Fast forward to 2011 – I knew I wanted to go somewhere to teach.  A friend told me about ESL opportunities through Bridge2Rwanda, and it sounded perfect.  In March, Anna Reed and Blayne Sharpe called from Rwanda for an interview.  When they said they could use me, I heard my voice: “I know it sounds impressive and all because I’m getting my Masters in ESL, but I really don’t know what I’m doing.  I have no experience.”  They seemed to have unswerving confidence, so I tried to reiterate how bad of a teacher I would be.  For some reason, they answered, “We want you.  Get as much as experience as you can between now and then.”  I started to argue again, but then I realized that convincing Anna and Blayne that I’m stupid and clueless probably wasn’t the best way to go about securing my dream job, so we hung up.

Lord, it’s March.  I don’t finish school till May.  How am I going to get experience?

Two hours later, I was offered a teaching position at the University of Memphis, starting in two weeks.

Good one, Lord.

I arrived in Rwanda on January 27th, and we’re getting ready to launch the second year of the B2R Scholars program, which is designed to prepare the best and brightest Rwandan students to apply to and attend universities in the US.  I’ll be teaching a TOEFL (Test Of English as a Foreign Language) class to these students, and I also have the privilege of investing in their spiritual development.

I can’t begin to describe my excitement as I plan for the next ten months.  I look through pages and pages of test prep materials, and it’s fun.  As weird as that may sound to you, I promise it sounds weirder to me, but I’m so excited to meet these twenty students, to get to know them, to watch them grow, and to see what the Lord will do in and through our time together.

In my first three weeks here, I’ve learned that not as many people speak English as I thought, that avocados here are the size of watermelons (I’m almost serious), and that every umuzungu (Kinyarwanda for “white person”) in this country whines when the temperature goes above 80 degrees.  I guess I’ll talk like that eventually, but right now I’m in heaven.

I spent my first full weekend in Musanze, collaborating with another English teacher, visiting Sonrise School, and exploring Rwanda outside of Kigali.  This past weekend, my roommates and I went camping in Gisenyi, another western district.  We hiked through hills and villages, collecting children all the way and sleeping under the stars in a valley in the middle of a tea field.  I can’t believe I live here.

I’m surrounded by impressive and talented people – B2R knows how to pick good ones, minus the lapse in judgment when they took me on – and many of those feelings of insecurity try to creep back up to the surface.  Though the Lord clearly planned this out (and I know the phrase, “He doesn’t call the equipped but equips the called”), I still feel incredibly small.  I sometimes feel as if I should call a meeting with Anna and Blayne to remind them of a few things:

When this goes poorly and I’ve completely flopped what I’m supposed to do, I’ll say “I told you so” from our first conversation.  Please have low expectations.  I’m about to do an extraordinarily mediocre job of everything you’ve asked.

But then I remember it’s not Anna and Blayne who asked.  It was God.  It is God.  And I don’t see a single time in Scripture when He asks one of His children to do something and then says, “Good luck.”  What glory does He get when we accomplish our own ideas in our own strength?  He uses the weak and the small, even the extraordinarily mediocre, to do His work.  It’s a frighteningly peaceful feeling.

So here I am, tiny and average, in Rwanda

Mary Claire Frazier

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Leadership Summit

Bridge2Rwanda Co-Sponsors ‘Made in Rwanda Leadership Summit’

On Wednesday, February 15th, Bridge2Rwanda joined with partner organizations in Kigali to greet over 100 Rwandan business leaders, economic development officials, and entrepreneurs for the Made in Rwanda Leadership Summit. The event was kicked off by the keynote speaker, Bob Lawless, who currently serves as the CEO of Opportunity International – Canada. Before joining Opportunity, Bob served as CEO of McCormick Spices for 11 years. During his tenure, he tripled the company’s revenue to over 3 Billion USD and opened up distribution to over 100 countries, making him one of the most successful corporate leaders.

Bob accredited McCormick’s success to its people and brought a unique message to Rwanda: “Human Capital, to me, is the only capital. We need leaders to step forward, to use their God-given talents to change the paradigm! As a leader, don’t be afraid to lead, but get out front and look back! CEOs should be cheerleaders.” Bob challenged participants to give people respect and flexibility. “Help and allow people to understand their talents, their vision, and their goals, and then step back and allow them to succeed.” Bob feels it is important to get the right people on the bus, and then it only takes encouragement.

Other speakers included Carter Crockett from Karisimbi Business Partners, Arthur Karuletwa from Starbucks, and John Magnay of Opportunity International . The event was organized by Wellspring Foundation and Opportunity International – Canada.

Partner Links:
The Wellspring Foundation
Opportunity International
Karisimbi Partners

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