What is SCORE?

Hello and thanks for stopping by to find out more about SCORE and the children of Rwanda.

Last year our family moved to Colorado to work with a church that has an amazing non-profit called Village Makeover.

The "Village Makeover" is not about charity... it's about impacting lives. It is accomplished in transferring skills and capacity to them, for them to build communities that are lasting and sustainable.

We realized that this is an incredible opportunity, as my wife and I felt that we were being called to do something more in the mission's area... so here we are.

The Village Makeover has been working with a village in Cyanika, Rwanda. This is a village that has been war torn and left devastated from the genocide. There are over a thousand orphans in this part of the country alone that were left with nothing and nowhere to go after this horrible event.

Village Makeover and Vinelife Church have worked with the Rwandan government towards change and hope for this village and its people. Together we're not only striving towards taking care of their practical and spiritual needs, but also working towards teaching them commerce and banking so that they can one day be thriving, self-sufficient villages. We have a long way to go, even when talking about banks and businesses. There are only a few buildings that even have electricity, one being the church and I believe the other one is the government building. None of the huts (homes) have this basic luxury.

In talking to those that have been there, we found out that the kids in this area are loved, but pushed aside. The adults just don't know what to do with them, especially since there are so many. God made it clear that He wants us to go in and provide a way for them to connect and see what it's like to be a thriving part of the community.