Amahoro Foundation - public benefit organization

Public benefit organization

Public benefit organization is a term used in Polish law introduced on 1 January 2004 by the statute on public good activity and volunteering. Organizations of public good are allowed to receive 1% of income tax from individuals, so they are tax deductible organizations...

 established on December 2001 in the Hague

The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

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Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 by Heather Kilner and Stefan Stec

Stefan Stec (UN peacekeeper)

Stefan Stec was a major of the Polish Armed Forces. In 1994 he served as a peacekeeper in the UNAMIR forces in Rwanda under general Roméo Dallaire. For his dedication in saving lives during Rwandan genocide at the risk to his own he was awarded the Cross of Merit for Bravery by Polish President...

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The foundation has been established to assist war affected children in Rwanda

Rwanda

Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

 and its neighbouring countries. The aim of the foundation is to stimulate development in Rwanda and on the other hand provide the international community with an effective and reliable way of helping. Amahoro Foundation helps children, in particular orphans, advances education, and relieves poverty in Rwanda.

In Kinyarwanda, amahoro means peace.