RWANDA

The land of the Mother of the Word

CATHOLICS

47%

POPULATION

13.8 MILLION

Current status: Radio Maria in Kibeho has been operational since 2018. The headquarters allow us to create many prayer bridges on a weekly and monthly basis. Every Monday, for example, a Holy Rosary is prayed in Swahili for peace in the East African region, connecting Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, two cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Goma and Bukavu) and Rwanda. On Tuesday, all the Frenchspeaking African Radio Maria stations, together with Radio Maria France and Radio Maria Suisse Romande, pray the Holy Rosary together. Every Friday, listeners of all African English-speaking Radio Maria stations join in communion of prayer for the Holy Rosary. Kibeho also participates, every Friday, in the weekly Holy Rosary of the Portuguesespeaking Radio Maria stations (Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique and Cape Verde). From Kibeho, there are many other prayer bridges for broadcasts with Italy, Spain, the German-speaking Radio Maria stations, Belgium, Slovakia and Guatemala. Every Saturday, all French-speaking Radio Maria stations connect with the Kibeho studios for the programme “Let’s prepare for Sunday” (meditation on Sunday’s liturgical texts). The same programme, from Kibeho, is also available, every Saturday, for English-speaking Radio Maria stations. It should be noted that, thanks to the presence of Radio Maria in this precious part of Rwanda, the messages of the Mother of the Word of Kibeho are reaching the whole world, just as Our Lady had wanted. Even the visionary Nathalie Mukamazimpaka, who lives in Kibeho, is delighted to witness the evangelising mission of Radio Maria.

Project: In addition to the many prayer bridges between Kibeho and other African, European and Latin American Radio Maria stations, for three years, training has been organised in Kibeho for priest directors and editorial assistants. These work and prayer sessions greatly motivate the participants. They are helped to feel more strongly the desire to work for Our Lady, for Her radio. In 2023, the goal is to train fifty directors and editorial assistants, the majority of whom will come from Nigeria, where ten new substations are being set up. For training and ordinary expenses, the total cost is 100,000 Euros. The biggest expenses are electricity and the participants’ flight tickets.

Training at Kibeho headquarters and ordinary costs management

100.000 EURO