Friday, July 18, 2008

Meeting the President

Good Morning,

Yesterday afternoon Deo from ALARM Burundi, Michael Bambach, Tim Coblentz and Lori Michael from Watermark met the President of the Republic Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi.

A message from Deo:

I informed him that the team has come as a result of ALARM ministry and that this was a response to the request he made when he received Todd (Wagner of Watermark) and his team in October 2006. He told us that the measures he has taken of having children do their primary school studies free of charge, children below 5 having medical treatment free of charge and having women maternity care free of charge has contributed to conflict resolution and reconciliation since these are some of the issues that contributed to the conflict in Burundi.

He highly appreciated the contribution of ALARM in that area especially by building the health center at Muyange, he gave thanks to the team from Watermark for having left their families, others sacrificing their time and holidays, even their resources to contribute to this noble work of availing health care to Burundians. He confessed that there is a lot to be done in the area of education and health, and invited ALARM to continue to give the contribution whenever possible.

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