Ron shares about his visit to one of our partner schools, and the impact this firsthand look had on him.

Our Team was excited as we started day four of our vision trip. Today we learned more about Wellspring’s School Development Program and had the opportunity to visit a school about twenty-five kilometers away in the hills of Kigali. It’s an experience that we shall never forget.

As we approached the school we saw hundreds of children rushing towards the bus to greet us. As we stepped off the bus we are hugged and cheered as though we are heroes coming to save the day. The reality is, it’s the Wellspring leaders and trainers who have dedicated themselves to a God given vision who are the heroes. A vision that includes developing and delivering tools at the local level that will transform schools through values based education grounded in Christian principles. A training program that teaches and empowers school staff to believe that they have the ability not only within themselves but within their community to change lives.

We were invited into the classrooms to observe teachers and later to sit with the school leaders, to hear their stories of how the Wellspring training program has positively changed their interaction with their students. Students also shared with us how their teachers have changed, the children are happy and they want to learn.

The Rwandan government’s vision for education is “to improve the quality of education through curriculum development, setting quality standards, development and management of teachers and providing assessment.” Wellspring’s School Development Program success has opened the door to partner with the government in developing curriculum and training that will ensure that current and future generations will build a strong nation. We now see the journey first-hand and are encouraged as Wellspring expands the School Development Program into other districts in Rwanda.

What a privilege it has been to see and experience God’s blessing upon Rwanda through Wellspring’s work here.