Meet Our Alumni

Eddie & Bonita (Friesen) Mwunvaneza

(1990-1992 College & 1986-1991 College)

September 2009

Bonita & Eddie standing at the front on either side with the Counselling students from Calgary.

Eddie and Bonita (Friesen) Mwunvaneza, two of our College alumni worked with some of our Seminary Counseling students this past summer in Rwanda. There was a great need to provide trauma counseling to this war torn country, so Eddie and Bonita decided to move back to Eddie’s home country of Rwanda and create a compound where people of the community can heal. As missionaries with the Evangelical Free Church of Canada Mission, they hoped for a center where people could find help with counseling, training, and support for not only basic needs but also psychological, emotional, and spiritual needs. So they initiated CenterPeace Rwanda, which is currently in infancy, but with increased support and finances will soon become a thriving resource for Rwandese.

A small group of student counselors from Providence Seminary’s Calgary extension took a two-week journey to teach Rwandan ministers methods of counseling for post-traumatic stress disorder. It was a very rewarding and challenging time for them.  Hear more of the story.

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