A GROUP of worshippers from Selby Abbey will be setting off to strife-torn Rwanda tomorrow.
The Reverend Gareth Wardell and nine others are going to the African country for two weeks to help impoverished communities.
Mr Wardell said: "I will be travelling to Rwanda as part of a small group organised by the Church Mission Society in order to learn more about their work.
"We want to educate and inform people about the genocide that lasted for exactly 100 days between April and July 1994 in which almost one million people were killed.
"We are also interested in health-care, AIDS awareness programmes and the provision of training for church leaders.
"On our return, we hope to be able to share some of the things we have learned and so increase understanding and insight within our own congregation."
In preparation for the trip, the group have been learning and praying about Rwanda at their Monday night fellowship group.
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