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I will be dedicating each of the remaining weeks of 2016 to a country I will be visiting in 2017. Each week I will post information about the specific country and specific prayer requests. I am excited for the unique differences that each country will bring to the table. As a way to prepare my heart, I will be learning and praying. Come learn and pray with me!

The Country of The Week…

{RWANDA}

Fun and Interesting Facts You Might Want To Know About…

Rwanda: “The Land of A Thousand Hills” 

 

Official Name: The Republic of Rwanda

Capital: Kigali (The Largest City) 

//Geography//

  • Located in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa just south of the equator
  • Rwanda is bordered on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the north by Uganda, on the east by Tanzania, and on the south by Burundi
  • Similar in size to the state of Maryland (Slightly Smaller) 
  • 23,668 square kilometers (10,169 square miles)
  • Landlocked
  • Rwanda has 5 volcanoes, 23 lakes, and numerous rivers, some forming the source of the White Nile River
  • Consists of savannah grasslands, grassy uplands and hills, and mountains with altitude declining from west to east
  • Home to the volcanic Virunga Mountains in the northwest part of the country (Visoke [Elevation 3,711 m] the country’s only historically active volcano)
  • Highest Point: Volcan Karisimbi (4,519 m)
  • The climate is temperate
  • Average temperature is 74°
  • Rainy season is from February to April, and November to January
  • Mild in mountains with frost and snow possible 

//People// 

  • Population: 12,988,423 – 1,153 people/square mile 
  • Most densely populated country in Africa
  • Annual Growth: 2.71%
  • Urbanites: 18.9%
  • UN Human Development Report Rank:U167 of 182 
  • Peoples: 12 People Groups  (3 Groups – 25% unreached)
  • Official Languages: Kinyarwanda, English, French
  • The number of individual languages listed for Rwanda is 5. Rundi and Swahili are also spoken.
  • Life Expectancy: ~ 60 years
  • Literacy Rate: 70.5%
  • Diet: Mainly composed of sweet potatoes, beans, corn, peas, millet, plantains, cassava, and fruit 
  • Internet Users: 2.279 Million – 18% of Population 
  • Electricity: 21% of Population has Electricity (9.3 million without) 
  • Rwanda has the world’s highest representation of women in parliament (64%)
  • In 2007, Rwanda became the first country in the world to legislate an outright ban on plastic bags
  • Rwanda has a community cleaning day on the last Saturday of the month, where everyone contributes to cleaning up their neighborhood

//Economy//

Rwanda is a rural country with about 90% of the population engaged in subsistence agriculture and some mineral and agro-processing

In 2015, 39% of the population lived below the poverty line, according to government statistics, compared to 57% in 2006

  1. Industry: cement, agricultural products, small-scale beverages, soap, furniture, shoes, plastic goods, textiles, cigarettes
  2. Agriculture: coffee, tea, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), bananas, beans, sorghum, potatoes; livestock
  3. Exports: coffee, tea, hides, tin ore (Export Partners – Democratic Republic of the Congo 19.8%, US 10.8%, China 10.3%, Swaziland 7.9%, Malaysia 7%, Pakistan 6.2%, Germany 5.9%, Thailand 5.5% (2015))

Currency: Rwandan Franc

//History//

  • Gained independence from Belgium in 1962
  • Civil wars between ethnic Hutus and Tutsis have marked the country’s history
  • In 1994, the genocide of some 800,000 Tutsis by Hutus occurred before Tutsi forces could gain control of Rwanda. Hutu militias fled Rwanda and continued to attack Tutsis from Zaire until Rwandan forces invaded Zaire in 1997—where they remained until 2002, when the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) agreed to help disarm Hutu gunmen.
  • In 2003, Rwanda’s first election in a decade installed Paul Kagame as president.
  • Later that year, multiparty parliamentary elections consolidated Kagame’s power, but observers declared voting was marred by irregularities and fraud.
  • In November 2007, Rwanda signed a peace deal with the Democratic Republic of Congo in which the DRC agreed to hand over refugees suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide.

//Religion//

Religion: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Seventh-day Adventists, Islam 4.9 %, Ethnic Religions 4.5%, Non-Religious 1.7%

Largest Religion: Christian (89.12%) 

Religion                                      Pop %                    Annual Growth

Christians – 9,159,051                  89.12                       2.7

Evangelicals – 2,761,140              26.9                         3.0

//Prayer//

I ask that you would join me in praying for Rwanda. 

PEACE ~ healing ~ CoMfOrT ~ FORGIVENESS ~ Provisions for the sick, poor, orphaned, and widowed ~ LOVE ~ unity ~ Recovery from pain ~ HOPE ~ Rising up local workers and leaders ~ THE CHURCH ~ PhYsIcAl HeAlInG ~ spiritual and emotional healing ~ Missionaries ~ JOY ~ light in the dark ~ Believers standing firm with a willingness to fight the battles ~ May people know —

JESUS

To God Be The Glory 

Forever…AMEN!

 

Click the link below to watch a video on how you can pray for Rwanda: 

Prayercast: Rwanda

Let Heaven Come. 

 On Earth As It Is In Heaven. 

To God Be The Glory! 

Amen!  

// Your HOPE-FILLED daughter //

LoVe, 

Cary  

Information Gathered From: 

CIA World Factbook

National Geographic Travel

Operation World 

Joshua Project

Ethnologue

Prayercast