Every year, we make a trip to Rwanda available for our donors, friends, & child sponsors. 2018 will be no exception.  We are currently planning on 2 public trips to Rwanda in 2018, one in June/July and another over Thanksgiving week. 

The trips are customized based on each individual who travels.  Travelers can choose a variety of hotels options, based on their budget preferences.  Travelers can also choose additional excursions in Rwanda, including a guided safari to Akagera National Park to see all of the big animals like elephants, lions, and giraffes.  Options are plentiful, giving each traveler a great experience based on their budget.  Our trips also include a couple of nights in London, adding to the experience.

The trip costs, including coach airfare, lodging, & ground transportation in Rwanda, usually average $3000-$4000 for a basic package.  If you'd like to receive more information as the trips come together, email us at info@riverspromise.com

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2017 was a great year for "River's Promise"!   Here are some highlights:
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• Our founder, Jimmy Lakey, took 3 trips to Rwanda.  Each trip was a great reminder of the life-changing work that River's Promise is accomplishing among orphaned & vulnerable children.  
• We now have over 50 children in our Sponsorship Program thanks to the generosity of sponsors & donors in the USA.  Sponsorship provides a child education, school uniforms, scholastic materials, health insurance, & other basic life amenities.  You can sponsor a child through River's Promise by CLICKING HERE.  
• For older children in our Sponsorship Program, we were able to help some begin attending Trade School.  This is such an important option for a child who began school late - but is now over 16.  This new program allows these children the opportunity to gain a skill that to provide for themselves & future families.  Trade school costs us an additional $15-$30 per month (depending on the school).  
• We hosted our 1st Annual Charity Golf Tournament in September and it was a huge success.  Big thanks to our sponsors!  Here is a list of our GOLD sponsors of the tournament . . .

Layman Lewis Financial Group

Chip Beake State Farm Agency

Hecker Sports & Regenerative Medicine

Quintess

Barlow's Cigars

Lakey Cigar Company

​The Water Shed

We just completed our 2nd trip of 2017 to Rwanda.  Here are some great photos.  Every smile tells a story!  Thanks to everyone who sponsors a child through River's Promise.  

In May 2007, Jimmy & Carrie Lakey made their first trip to Rwanda.  They had begun the process of adoption and this would be when they met their son (River) for the first time at an orphanage in the Gikondo District near Kigali.  They had seen his photo but this was the first time to meet him in person.  

It was on this trip, they were faced with the reality that once their son was at home with them, his earliest friends would still need help.  This led to a simple promise.  The Lakey's promised to take care of the children who remained in Rwanda.  This was the birth of "River's Promise".   

It would be September 2008 before River left Rwanda to join his parents, Jimmy & Carrie, in the USA.  But "River's Promise" launched following the trip in 2007 and it has been kept now for 10 years.   

All of the children in the orphanage have since been placed in adoptive homes in Rwanda and the orphanage is permanently closed.  Many of the children are adults now and are doing well.  The younger children are doing great and River's Promise stays in contact with them.   Every year, Jimmy Lakey delivers  a school photo of River to give to his earliest friends.  These children know they are not forgotten.   

The Lakey's made a promise to their son & they're not breaking it!  Thanks to everyone who helps us keep "River's Promise".  

We just recently returned from Rwanda!  It was our 2nd trip in 2017 and another amazing journey!  We saw many of our sponsored children.  Their smiles tell the story.  Each of them recognize the great opportunity that our sponsorship program provides them.  Without sponsorship, these children would not be able to attend school and their prospects for the future would not be bright. 

We also informed 4 children that they were newly sponsored.  They were speechless.  Their future is now filled with hope and opportunity.  3 of them have now started Primary school  1 of them just turned 16 and she has begun attending a trade school.

Thanks to every sponsor who participates in our sponsorship program.  

"Education is the ladder that a child can use to climb from the pit of extreme poverty!"

In early March, Sam Barnett (Owner of Barlow's Premium Cigars & Pipes) in Lafayette, Colorado, saw our 2015 goals.. After reading the goals he contacted our founder, Jimmy Lakey, and said he wanted to be a part.

Within several days, Sam was hosting a fundraising event at his cigar shop. The event featured the involvement of other businesses/vendors in the area, a charity poker tournament, and lots of cigars. The event raised funds to build 4 houses and added 7 new child sponsors.
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We are grateful for the generosity of Sam Barnett & Barlow's Cigars. We look forward to future events and leading an upcoming trip to Rwanda for many of the attendees at the event.

Our Child Sponsorship program is a simple way to make dynamic impact. Your sponsorship changes a child's life forever by providing access to education, scholastic materials, school uniform, basic life-amenities as needed, and health insurance.
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All of this is accomplished with just $35 per month. Please take a moment right now to select a child and begin your sponsorship. 

As we began helping orphans and vulnerable children through child sponsorship, we found a great problem that had to be overcome. Many of the children were homeless.

This presented many problems for the welfare of the child including difficulty in studying and taking care of their school supplies. Of course, good health & hygiene also were made more difficult.
To solve this problem, we began building houses for area widows who were also homeless and already doing their best to serve as "moms" for the homeless children.
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It takes only $3.000 to build a 4-room home in this remote area of Rwanda. Please consider building a house with your family, your community group, or your church. The entire donation goes 100% toward home construction. Build a house and save lives.