FRIENDSHIP

SPONSORS

$5,000

• Thank you Don MacKay – Movement Mortgage

Signature Station Sponsorships – $3,500

Includes: Your name and sponsor level displayed on the African Road website and at the event | Four tickets for entry to 5K and Festival

Togetherness Women’s Bakery, Rwanda

sponsored by

Diana Boyer

Fragrant, fresh, nutritious bread, skills and income- we love the Togetherness Bakery and the hope and health and empowerment this small business brings. Your support makes it possible to share the story of progress and sustainability that marks the work of African Road and celebrates these women in business.

  Soccer for Community Transformation

sponsored by

Wilson Smith III

Join in to share how soccer has impacted Togetherness Youth Cooperative. Soccer has and continues to bring hope and progress to an entire rural area in Rwanda. Soccer is used to build community, foster teamwork, promote conflict resolution, empower girls and youth, and facilitate peace and reconciliation. With the support of friends of African Road and The Portland Timbers and Thorns, a Phase I FIFA Junior field has been completed and a vision for Phase II is strong.

Learning Station Sponsorships – $1,000 each

Includes: Your name and sponsor level displayed on the African Road website and at the event | Two tickets for entry to 5K and Festival

Batwa Education: SPONSORED – thank you, Bend Presbyterian Church! 

Three Batwa indigenous rural villages have now been able to send their children to school for seven years. Prior to this partnership, few Batwa children in these villages were enrolled in or able to complete school. This project is lifting up a people group once known as invisible. Not only do children receive essential education, but, as they attend school with their neighbors, stigma and negative stereotypes are being dismantled and the seeds for real integration are being sown.

Batwa Farming, Burundi: SPONSORED – thank you, Bend Presbyterian Church! 

Three rural villages are being equipped to feed their own children with food they have grown themselves. These Batwa people in Kayanza Province can now grow and harvest corn, rice, beans, potatoes, and cassava. These harvests feed 650 people and bring new farming skills for life. African Road ‘Village to Village’ partners at Bend First Presbyterian, along with help from friends at Valley Presbyterian in Portola Valley, CA, are investing in lasting change through long-term funding commitments and purposeful relationship building.

Batwa Culture and Housing

 Join in to share the story of the indigenous Batwa people of Burundi, who are known for their dancing, medicinal arts, and beautiful clay pot making. In the face of systematic discrimination, they continue forward. African Road partners with Evariste Ndikumana and the ASSEJEBA team, African Road to address inequities and systematic injustice. Most Batwa live as internally displaced people, having been evicted from their ancestral forest homes. Efforts to secure land rights and  acquisition, as well as access to secure housing for three partner villages, are included in this effort. 

Togetherness Preschool- International best practices for education: SPONSORED – thank you, Rachel Macy Stafford!

Innovation in education for a new generation. A business and a service to the village.

110 village kids ages 3-6 have a place to be and to learn while their parents work in the fields and the marketplace. Teachers are learning international best practices for early childhood education to make this one special school. Hands-on learning replaces desks and rote memorization and young minds learn creative thinking skills.

All Souls – Ebenezer Women’s VICOBA Cooperative and Sewing Business

A long-held dream became a reality in 2020

Thanks to friends of African Road, the 42 women of the All Souls, Ebenezer VICOBA group launched a full-fledged sewing business at Togetherness in 2020 and it is thriving. School uniform orders, security guard uniforms, children’s backpacks, and women’s fashion creations mean a steady stream of work and income for these women. The Ebenezer seamstresses have even started teaching other women in the surrounding community how to sew. This sharing of skills equips and empowers more women to support themselves and their families.

Legal Marriage Rights: SPONSORED – thank you, Beth Habecker and Steve Delamarter!

Identity Kits change everything for the indigenous Batwa of Burundi. Entire villages receive Indentity at one time, leading to a village wide celebration and wedding ceremony conducted by government leaders.

Couples who have been together for years, who have raised children and shared life, gain the right to have their marriage legally recognized. This is a powerful symbol of respect. Legally recognized marriage has significant impact for the whole family, including reduction in domestic violence, end to polygamy, harmony in the home, peace for all family members, a sense of stability and security, joy and pride expressed by children, and a respect for the contribution and the voice of women. 

House of Bright Hope: SPONSORED – thank you, Dennis and Janie Henderson!

Several years ago, African Road and friends, acquired a “forever” home for Steven and Providance Turikunkiko, and their created family, including 23 orphans. The challenge of independently supporting such a large and dynamic household is no easy task. Safe, spacious, and permanent, the House of Bright Hope serves to further sustainability and security for the Turikunkiko family as they serve others faithfully. 

REACH – Peace and Economic Justice

New Hope for Girls – Family: SPONSORED – thank you, Dennis and Janie Henderson!

Consoler and Eliya Wilbert are a dynamic duo that care for, support, and empower nearly 60 girls and young women in their own home, plus hundreds more in Dar es Salaam. Their family is called New Hope for Girls. Young women and girls in this family have come from vulnerable and violent circumstances; through the loving care of the Wilbert, they experience healing and joy, and they are equipped with education and life skills to grow into independent women.  

New Hope for Girls – Businesses: SPONSORED – Thank you, Delpha Macy!

Since 2015, African Road has partnered with New Hope for Girls to support their goal of becoming self-sufficient through expanding income-generating activities. By tapping into available resources, and investing in the young womens’ passions and growing skills, the New Hope for Girls family builds foundations for sustainability through growing business ventures. New Hope for Girls’ latest income-producing ventures include a sewing shop, steadily growing pig farm, and yogurt and pili pili hot sauce production. Together, we are working for a sustainable future for this special family. 

New Hope for Girls – Forever Home: SPONSORED – thank you, Dennis and Janie Henderson!

The long-time dream of the New Hope for Girls family, and the next step in their journey of financial stability, is the construction of a ‘Forever Home.’ Currently, the family rents a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house in Dar es Salaam. The house is bursting at the seams with this family of more than 60 people. Proper housing means increased relief from financial pressure and increased capacity for Consoler and Eliya to support the young women in their home, as well as space and joy for decades to come. 

Event Features Sponsorships – $500 

Includes: Your name and sponsorship displayed on website| Two tickets for entry to 5K and Festival

Support key elements of this special event: breakfast for the runners, goodie bags, festive beverages, and more.

Thank you LMC Construction

Thank you Wilson Kubwayo – WK Social 

Thank you Longbottom Coffee