This is Tumusifu. She was part of the original selection of students with Impact Hope. She is from the Gihembe refugee camp in (Rwanda). Tumusifu wanted to be in the medical field, so she was studying math, chemistry, and biology. Because of her...

ADRA Rwanda worker in the Gihembe refugee camp, Betty, has alerted Impact Hope to another gap. She was the one who informed Hans Thygeson, co-founder of Impact Hope about the 98 girls who were walking to the nearest high school from the camp and...

From early December until mid January, I was in Rwanda as a volunteer for a summer training program run by Impact Hope and ADRA Rwanda. This new program was started to teach and certify Impact Hope students in vocational skills that they can use to...

Come to Rwanda this December, 2018 or January 2019! Impact Hope will host the 2nd annual Holiday Training Program at Gitwe Adventist College to give our refugee students a vocational skill during their summer holiday. Returning to the refugee camps...

We are two weeks into the program and things are going fantastically! Permaculture Students are learning how to make their own kitchen gardens as well as other cultivation techniques. They are growing bananas, onions, spinach, carrots,...

The Oregon Conference Women’s Retreat has done it again! Last year, many of the 98 girls who were walking to school every day from the Gihembe refugee camp were sponsored as a result of the retreat. This year, the main offering was again decided to...

Students from the Gakoni Adventist Academy (all Impact Hope refugee scholars) have taken second place out of 152 regional schools in the Educate! (Exchange District School Business Club Exhibition 2017).The awards were given for their...

Tumusifu graduated from Rwankeri Adventist Academy in November of 2016 with Impact Hope. This year, she has been studying Culinary Arts at the IPRC West technical school in Rwanda and is now participating in a culinary internship. Tumusifu is...