BE THE CHANGE: BUTARE, AFRICA

In 1994, Rwanda experienced a terrible genocide leaving the country broken and looking for Hope...  One of the sites where the unspeakable atrocities of the genocide occurred was the Ecole Primaire de Butare (Elementary School of Butare), leaving it in shambles for more than a decade.  In 2006, a Rwandan woman who had attended this school as a young girl and experienced the genocide first-hand, Beata Umugwangwali, sought the help of friends to restore the classrooms, and in turn, restore hope and opportunity to the school and community where she grew up.