This month, our partners Comfort Rwanda held a very special graduation ceremony for the ex-street kids who are now no longer in need of support from the Street Kids Rescue Project. Below, Comfort Rwanda Director David Gasana tells us of a day they will all remember for a long time:
A day of new beginnings
On 22nd November 2025, something truly special happened at Gasanze. It was more than just a graduation and normal Saturday gathering – it was a day of freedom, restoration, and hope for young men who once lived on the streets with no direction, and are now stepping forward boldly into their futures.
Tangible Support Given
As a sign of support, dignity, and empowerment for their next steps in life, we provided:
- 16 goats for income through rearing
- 1 bicycle to support entrepreneurial taxi work
- Food packages for every project household to carry home
These were not simply gifts, they were seeds of independence, responsibility, and livelihood.
A Celebration Filled With Life
The environment was full of energy and emotion, sunshine, smiles, songs, and genuine joy.
Everyone played a role:
- One group packed food with laughter and fellowship
- Another group lifted voices in prayer, singing, and dancing
The parents’ circle gathered to reflect on their sons’ long journeys, from street survival, addiction, and struggle … to dignity, discipline, and maturity.
Stories of Transformation
Two of the graduates, once without identity or belonging, were supported to:
- access professional driving training
- obtain their licenses
- secure trusted employment
They are now employed as official drivers at The Dump, a job of responsibility and reliability.
The moment they arrived at the celebration, each sitting proudly behind the wheel of a garbage truck, cannot be forgotten. The children and parents rushed out to meet them, cheering, hugging, celebrating not just employment, but transformation.
These young men became living testaments of change.
Hirwa (one of the truck drivers) said to his sponsor, “Sometimes I think about what my life might have looked like without your support and I know that everything I have achieved has been possible because someone like you chose to believe in me.’’
Voices of Hope
One young graduate, who received goats to begin his rearing business, said with confidence, “I have been working hard, and I am happy to say I have passed my provisional driving test. I have big dreams to be someone who impacts the community and people around me everywhere I go.”
His words touched every young person present. They saw in him a mirror of their own potential.
God’s Hand in Their Journeys
We took time to remember:
- where these boys came from
- who they used to be
- and who they are now
Boys once sleeping outside in cold nights…
Now driving heavy vehicles with competence…
Boys once overlooked and forgotten…
Now speaking of purpose and destiny…
This is not only human progress, it is God’s restoration in motion.
Gratitude to Supporters
None of this would be possible without our beloved Gasanze supporters – people whose kindness, prayers, and generosity have shaped the futures of these young people.
Your support did not just feed a child or pay school fees, it built identity, pride, belief, discipline, and destiny.
May God bless every person who has sown into these lives. You may never see the full impact on earth but heaven records it.
Closing Reflection
The graduation at Gasanze was a reminder that:
- broken lives can be rebuilt
- forgotten children can become leaders
- and seeds of love planted patiently over years eventually grow into forests of blessing
These young men are no longer “former street children.” They are future fathers, citizens of value, workers of integrity, and role models of transformation.
