Donate to the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village

The Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village is an attempt to deal with the devastating aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. In addition to meeting physical, emotional and academic needs, ASYV’s philosophy is aimed at producing young adults who are committed to making their community and the world a better place.

Donate online

You can make an online donation via the JDC’s “Open Mailbox” secure online system.

Donate by mail

JDC: JDC-IDP: ASYV Rwanda
132 East 43rd Street
P.O. Box 530
New York, NY 10017

Please make your personal check payable to: “JDC-IDP: ASYV Rwanda”.

Donate by phone

Credit card donations may also be made by phone. Please call 212-687-6200 to contribute.

Contact ASYV

You can contact us by emailing us at info@agahozo-shalom.org

or write to us at:

The Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village
P.O. Box 1884
Livingston, NJ 07039

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Genocide in Rwanda

Nearly one million people were murdered in 100 days in 1994. Hundreds of thousands of survivors became traumatized and the country was left in ruins. As a direct aftermath of the genocide, over 1.2 million children remain orphaned today — forever robbed of their parents, communities, homes, and any hope for a viable future.

Life disrupted…Life restored

The Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village (ASYV) aims to create a safe and structured community for orphaned children in Rwanda. A place where these traumatized youth can “dry their tears” (Agahozo) and “live in peace” (Shalom).

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Within this environment, the “rhythm of life” will be restored: a child rises from his/her bed in the morning, eats breakfast with siblings and “parents,” walks to school and back home in the afternoon.

The result is healthy adults who are not only able to care for themselves and their families, but who are committed to making their community and the world a better place.

You can help build a village!

This unbelievable and rare global movement involves everyday people who are coming together to bring hope to the children in Rwanda. Rally for Rowley is supporting something unbelievable: A man crossing the Gobi Desert in China. For seven days, Rowley will run the equivalent of one marathon per day, on the last day he runs two marathons. He is raising funds for the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village’s (ASYV).

Rowley is from England, works in Hong Kong for a company headquartered New York. His friends all around the world will be supporting him by wearing a different colored sock for each of the seven days of his race, Rowley will be wearing the same colored sock as his supporters each day. It will be our way of “walking along with Rowley” to support Rwanda.

Often, when you see terrible news on TV, you feel helpless because there is not a lot you can do to help. You probably felt this way when the genocide was happening in Rwanda. Now you can make a difference by joining this global effort. You too can be part of this movement!

Make your pledge today by visiting www.firstgiving.com/rowleysgobitrek. All donations will be sent through the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. (AJJDC) and distributed directly to the ASYV. The AJJDC is a registered charity and all donations are 100% tax deductible.