Each time Trustees visit the Diocese, they are made aware of pressing needs and it is good to have funds at their disposal to make an immediate, but prioritised, response. There has been one Trustee visit during 2019, but due to travel restrictions no visits are scheduled for 2020. 

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The Trust set up an appeal to help the diocese cope with coronavirus. It was our most successful appeal yet, and over £20,000 was raised and sent over to the country. This is to be used at the discretion of the Bishop, but to include helping teachers in church schools whose salaries have been reduced: and for pastors who still receive a portion of the Sunday collection as a salary. With churches closed, their salary has been reduced. 

 Along with these initiatives, the Bishop has provided food and washing stations to minimise the spread of the disease.  

The trustees who visited Rwanda recently were delighted to see a new initiative in the diocese – ceramic water filters being produced. These pots are made by mixing ground rice husks into the clay which when fired create tiny holes through which water can be filtered to extract dirt and microbes. A simple solution. 

These pots are made in the diocese, and have been tested and approved by the government as providing safe drinking water. GrassRoots Rwanda would like to buy one for every church leader. In this way, the effectiveness of the pots will be shown to all parishioners and the word will spread. Clean water for all and employment too! Each pot costs about £5 to produce and we need to raise £1,500 to see one in every parish. After that money is needed to provide pots for the poorest families and to renovate the pot which needs to be done after about 5 years of usage.