Cards From Africa Pt 1

Last March when I was in Rwanda, I had the opportunity to visit Cards from Africa. I was so impressed that I thought I would share about this ministry.

THEIR MISSION - to improve the quality of life for orphaned youth in Rwanda by providing employment handcrafting greeting cards that embody better lives.

How It All Began
“The idea for Cards from Africa came to British founder, Chris Page, in 2004, inspired by a Kenyan doctor who had started a similar endeavor to generate income for women in a Nairobian slum. Chris teamed up with Rwandan artist Gabriel Dusabe and together they learned how to make paper and create simple card prototypes.

Their first employee was a young orphaned woman named Ariette. After one month's time they asked her to bring another friend to train but she brought two! Shortly after, twenty more orphaned youth were trained and the business was born. Our profits are continually reinvested into company operations as well as the lives of our staff. Our hope is to grow to provide steady employment to 300 orphaned young people in Rwanda and to provide a model for sustainable job creation in Africa.”