The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is collaborating with Kigali City-Gasabo District on a charitable humanitarian project to drill and install three solar-powered boreholes in the Gasabo District.
The church has completed the construction of all three boreholes and seven water points as specified in the Memorandum of Understanding with the District of Gasabo.
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In the Bumbogo sector, there is one borehole and three water stations, in the Rusororo sector, there is one well and three water stations and in the Ndera sector, there is one borehole and one water point.
The total cost of the project was Rwf113, 980, 000.
The Church and the District of Gasabo have conducted the final assessment, and found everything to be in place and ready for the handover, which has been scheduled to happen on February 26, 2022.
As part of improving the understanding of the Church and building relationships between the Church and the government and for the handover of the Boreholes Project, a dinner was held on February 25, 2022. Invited guests included the Mayor of the City of Kigali, the Vice Mayor of the City of Kigali, Jean Paul Munyandamutsa, the Director General of Social Development in the City of Kigali, and his wife, Umwali Pauline, Mayor of Gasabo District, the Deputy District Executive Administrator, Walter Chatora, Mission President of the Uganda Kampala Mission, and his wife, Diana, and Emile Kayitare, District President.
There were conversations between the Director General of Social Development in the City of Kigali and the Church Leaders about the Plans for the Development of the City and the Role of the Churches.
The Mayor of Gasabo testified of the love that she has for the Church and how grateful they are for being in partnership with the Church.
The handover event was successfully implemented on the following day, February 26, 2022. The speakers at the event included Walter Chatora, Mission President of the Uganda Kampala Mission, Umwali Pauline, Mayor of Gasabo District, the Beneficiary Representative, and the Executive Secretary of Bumbogo Sector.
The Beneficiary Representative expressed how the boreholes and water points have been a great solution for them, creating desire to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ and worship the Lord.
Mission President Walter Chatora stated that as a Church and disciples of Jesus Christ, we are to follow the Savior’s example of doing good and helping others draw closer to the Lord. Mayor Umwali Pauline’s speech about how the government works with partners to achieve the National Strategy for Transformation (NST1), which is also the Seven-Year Government Program and counsels toward water management, led to the conclusion of the event.