{"id":74282,"date":"2026-05-15T16:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaziospadoni.org\/hic-sum\/rwanda-africa-progetto-36-di-72\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T11:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:35:40","slug":"rwanda-africa-project-36-of-72","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spaziospadoni.org\/en\/hic-sum\/rwanda-africa-project-36-of-72\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda – Africa | Project #36 of 72"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sister Luminatha – Ruhunda (Rwanda)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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PROJECT 36 of 72<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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MISSION<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Location<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwamagana<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Diocese<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kibungo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Country<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Continent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Africa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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GPS coordinates<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-1.95372 30.43816<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Time zone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UTC+2<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CONGREGATION<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Congregation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fraternit\u00e9 des Consacres de la Communaut\u00e9 Ingoro Y\u2019Urukundo (Demeure de la Charit\u00e9)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Motherhouse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huye<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Diocese<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Butare<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Country<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Continent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Africa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Congregation Feast Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feast of Pentecost<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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GPS coordinates<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-2.60697 29.74359<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Time zone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UTC+2<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Contact persons<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sister Luminatha and Sister Esperance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mother General<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sister Germaine Mukamugema<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Website<\/p>\n\n\n\n

hhcj.it<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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TRAINING ORGANISATION<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Name<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Misericordia di Uzzano<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Uzzano (PT)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Italy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Continent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Europe<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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GPS coordinates<\/p>\n\n\n\n

43.88189 10.70851<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Time zone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UTC+1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Start date<\/p>\n\n\n\n

06\/06\/2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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End date<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tutor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luca Pucci<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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REAL SPACE<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Project manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sister Luminatha and Sister Esperance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Start date<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Type<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bread of Mercy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bread of Mercy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Upon returning to the community of Ruhunda, Rwanda, Sister Luminatha quickly developed a very small social enterprise producing bread and other foods, thanks to financial support from spazio + spadoni. It is a kind of \u201cshop\u201d that sells bread as well as small confectionery products and more. In 2024, spazio + spadoni provided funding for the purchase of a cow, which would make the enterprise even more self-sufficient and productive.<\/strong> Sister Luminatha also brought together around thirty volunteers, with whom she carries out apostolate and Works of Mercy each week among the village\u2019s poor and needy. <\/strong> Sister Luminatha belongs to Congregazione Suore Dimora della Carit\u00e0, which also has a small community of two sisters in Italy, in the Diocese of Lucca. Upon her arrival in Italy on 6 June 2022, she was accompanied to the Convento di San Cerbone, where training was under way for sisters involved in HIC SUM projects. One of her fellow sisters, Sister Agnes, was also taking part while carrying out her project at Misericordia di Stiava. Sister Luminatha completed her six months of training at Misericordia di Uzzano and was hosted by Congregazione Missionaria Sorelle di Santa Gemma. During her months in Italy, she also had the opportunity to participate in the training on the Works of Mercy organised by Spazio Spadoni in Loppiano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more<\/strong> Rwanda | \u201cEven two wheels can become a driving force for mercy\u201d<\/a> Sister Luminatha and the Volunteers of the Works of Mercy<\/a> Monsignor Blaise Forissier<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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03.02 | Start of relationship<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

Congregazione Suore Dimora della Carit\u00e0 joins the HIC SUM project<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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06.06 | Sister\u2019s arrival<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

Sister Luminatha arrives in Italy and begins training at Misericordia di Uzzano<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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06-09.06 | Training<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

spazio + spadoni technical training at the Convento di San Cerbone (LU) <\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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June | Training<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

Sister Luminatha improves her Italian with the help of a private teacher<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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July and August | Training<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

Practical cooking training at Congregazione Missionaria Sorelle di Santa Gemma<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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July and August | Training<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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July and August | Training<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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07-11.09 | Convention Fare Spazio al Coraggio<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

Sister Luminatha takes part in the Convention created and promoted by spazio+ spadoni at the Convento di San Cerbone (LU) <\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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09-10 | Training<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

First-aid course<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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October | Training<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

Agricultural training<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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21.11-16.12 | Training on the Works of Mercy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

Sister Luminatha takes part in the training course on the Works of Mercy and the Economy of Communion in Loppiano (FI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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07.12 | Sister\u2019s departure<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

The sister returns to Rwanda, to the community in Ruhunda<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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16.01 | First funding disbursed<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

The funding is intended for the purchase of the oven and equipment for bread production<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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16.01 | First funding disbursed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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02.02 | Training on the Works of Mercy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

Sister Luminatha trains students on the Works of Mercy's importance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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02.03 | Works of Mercy with volunteers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

Sister Luminatha and the first volunteers of the Works of Mercy<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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May | Start of sales<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

Sales of the bread produced begin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May | Start of sales<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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29.05 | Works of Mercy with volunteers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

The activity's periodic continuation involves OPERA M volunteers serving the village of Ruhunda<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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26.07 | Works of Mercy with volunteers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

Report on the Works of Mercy \u2013 OPERA M<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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26.07 | Works of Mercy with volunteers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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20.09 | Second funding disbursed<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

The funding is intended to strengthen the Social Enterprise and spread the Works of Mercy \u2013 OPERA M<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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November | spazio + spadoni meets the sisters in Rwanda<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

During a missionary trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Selene travels to Rwanda, to Butare and Rwamagana, to meet and greet Sister Agnes, Sister Esperance and Sister Luminatha<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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06.09 | Third funding disbursed<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

The funding is intended to strengthen the Social Enterprise's operations, purchase a cow and produce scarves for OPERA M volunteers' use<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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10.11 | Delivery of volunteers\u2019 scarves<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

The OPERA M volunteers receive the scarf during the celebration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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23.11 | Volunteers\u2019 feast and scarf presentation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

The volunteers' group held its annual feast to mark the anniversary of its founding. On the occasion's programme, scarves were blessed and distributed to new volunteers. This special day's celebrations were further enriched by the presence of a delegation of volunteers from Butare, accompanied by Sister Esperance and Sister Agnes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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28.02 | Works of Mercy with spazio + spadoni residents<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

Visit and distribution of food to patients at Rwamagana Hospital's wards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Project Assessments<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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June 2022 The Social Enterprise project<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

consists of setting up a small bakery<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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July 2022 Monitoring of the activities that<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

Sister Luminatha is carrying out in Italy<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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September 2022 Definition of the Social<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

Enterprise<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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October 2022<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

Monitoring<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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December 2022 The presence of Sister Esperance,<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

the Congregation\u2019s project contact, in Italy for the course on the Works of Mercy, provides an opportunity to discuss in person the project that Sister Luminatha will develop in Rwanda<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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February 2023 Monitoring. Analysis of<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

purchase invoices<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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March 2023 Report sent on<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

expenses<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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May 2023 Update on the progress<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

of the Social Enterprise<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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June 2023 Monitoring together with Sister<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

Esperance<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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July 2023 Request to also establish a<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

small livestock farm<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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January 2024 Online meeting with Sister<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

Esperance for updates on the Social Enterprise<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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March 2024 Update from Sister Luminatha<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n

on the Social Enterprise and the Works of Mercy \u2013 OPERA M<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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