These photos are from Jana's silk painting classes with the students at the Ubumwe school, in Rwanda. We are engaged in exciting projects with the Ubumwe Center, and will be co-sponsoring an event with the Morris Squire Foundation entitled, "Our Family in Rwanda" a portrait exhibit, presentation and fundraiser for the Ubumwe Center, April 24th, 4 [...]
Another Santa Barbara community delegate is headed to Rwanda from January 28th through Feb 15th, 2016, as a way to enrich and strengthen the connection with our community. Jana Brody, an artist and arts administrator who leads several workshops for CBB, will be using her Art, English and Sign Language skills while volunteering for 2 [...]
The Ubumwe Preschool Project began in the Fall of 2010. Our goal was to build a preschool for the children of Gisenyi, Rwanda and to raise awareness here at CBB about the on-going effects of the Rwandan genocide that took place in 1994. With several other Santa Barbara organizations we raised all of the funding [...]
The Inzu Y’Abana Preschool CBB’s Global Justice Committee has been focused on building a preschool in the village of Gisenyi, Rwanda. We have partnered with various community organizations as well as our friends in Rwanda and have identified a need for a preschool to serve the young children of Gisenyi, Rwanda. Frederic Ndabaramiye, a [...]