But one program helped a family of refugees get a fresh start. The Ruvugwas are Tsutsi and lost many friends and family members during the genocide in the nineties.

"I'm scared to live in Rwanda because I don't think they'll do the genocide again, but I'm scared to live there," Felicite Ruvugwa said.

Felicite and her family just moved in to a new house built by Habitat for Humanity. They say they're trying to make a new life in Columbia and 4-H members came to help make that life happen.

"This has been a wonderful learning opportunity for the young people, to help increase their skills and giving back to the community, and its been a wonderful relationship to get to know the family better," 4-H leader Alison Copeland said.

The decorating of the home are part of a program affiliated with the MU extension program. The family says they can't express how gracious they are and soon the program might not be able to provide others with the same gift.

Governor Nixon recently asked the Board of Curators to cut the MU extension programs funding in half.

"Pretty unlikely to be able to continue doing the same sorts of programming if we had a fifty percent cut financially," Copeland said.

At least they were able to help one family with broken memories to create new ones.