January, 2011
The Just.Equipping Team leaves January 24, 2011, for three months in the Great Lakes region of Africa. We will be headquartered in Gisenyi, Rwanda. This year the emphasis will be less on group teaching sessions and more on nurturing and journeying with key leaders with whom J. E. has been involved in recent years. These leaders – ordinary extraordinary people – are living out important restorative justice projects at great personal sacrifice. They are heroes in need of encouragement and respite.
We count on your support and prayers!
May - June, 2010
Just.Equipping was delighted to host two international students: Deogratias Gashagaza, Prison Fellowship, Rwanda and Father Babychan, Prison Care Support Network, South Africa.
Deo and Babychan attended the Restorative Justice Spring Intensive session at Queen's School of Religion, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. They then accompanied several Canadian prison chaplains in their various assignments and spent a little bit of time relaxing in Quebec. Special thanks to Father Stan in Kingston, the Quebec and Ontario chaplains who were such gracious hosts, and Eileen Henderson. Deo returned home with more challenges than planned: he broke his ankle playing soccer in Chaplain David Shantz's backyard!
We are deeply saddened by the death of Just.Equipping Board Member,the Reverend Rod Carter, May 2010 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Rod was an inmate, a teacher and a prison chaplain. He became Regional Chaplain, Ontario and was seconded to Queen's Theological College where he was Director of the Restorative Justice program. He was part of our teaching team in India and Africa, he was involved in IPCA, and he taught Week One during the Restorative Justice Spring Intensive session at Queen's. He met many of our international friends and had a heart for justice before God. He was no stranger to depression, but like so many before him, he used it to write intensely moving stories and articles. His personal tragedies - the death of his son Jeff and wife Sally - marked him indelibly and the hill became harder and harder to climb. In the end, he went home to God- where he wanted to be....We miss him. He was a friend, a wise man, a mentor and a prophet. We thank God for his life.
January, 2010
The Just.Equipping team is leaving on February 1st until April 26th for Mission # 5 in Rwanda, RD Congo (north Kivu area) and Burundi. A number of teachers such as Philippe Landenne (Belgium), John de Vries, Eileen Henderson, John and Joan Palardy are joining te team at different times during the mission. The challenges are great, the money is scarce but we are moving on with the confidence that 'in Him all things hold together' (Col. 1:17). Thanks for your continued support which makes these missions possible. Without you we would never get off the ground! - Pierre and Judy
October, 2009
Judy Allard, Pierre Allard and Jeff Denault are leaving on October 18th for three weeks in Rwanda and RD Congo. Supervision of the ongoing projects where Just.Equipping is involved, meeting with correctional officials, planning teaching sessions at the Butaré University and interviews with survivors and genocide perpetrators are the main focus of this mission. A Just.Equipping teaching team will return to the Great Lakes region of Africa for three months in early February 2010.
Summer 2009
Sr. Joe Eke, Nigeria, Justin Mabouth, Cameroon, John Ngabo, Rwanda and Simeon Muhunga, RD Congo took the three weeks intensive training in Restorative Justice at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. This was followed by involvement with Correctional Service of Canada chaplains in a variety of institutional and community projects. What a great summer of training and renewal for these four leaders!
Videos 2009
Three new videos have been added to our website. ‘What about us?’- The Bugesera Project; Three Prison Chaplains (featuring Simeon, Kizungu and Adolphine); Trois aumôniers de prison (mettant en vedette Siméon, Kizungu et Adolphine).
Pierre Allard was interviewed on 100 Huntley Street on September 30th, 2009. This interview is also available on the web.
April, 2009
The team is back safe and sound from Africa. Please have a look at our report available here, or on the menu bar on the left. We will also be adding more pictures to the report and posting a new gallery.
The French version will follow as soon as it is available. Thanks and God Bless to all those who helped us along the way.
Africa Great Lakes Region and Cameroon, 2008
We are back after nearly 3 months in the Great Lakes Region and Cameroon.
Hard to describe our incredible adventures. Check out the 2008 report for details.
