Rwanda

World Vision partners with the Ministry of Health to inaugurate hand-washing stations in health facilities

World Vision partners with the Health Ministry to inaugurate modern hand-washing stations

In partnership with the Ministry of Health (MoH), World Vision has inaugurated 49 modern hand-washing facilities set up at hospitals and health centres, to ensure communities are equipped with prevention measures against COVID-19. Earlier this year, we also partnered with the MoH in the construction of improved hand-washing facilities at 47 hospitals and two health centres in different parts of the country, through a RWF 290,000,000 (approximately $300,000) joint project.

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Rose, a young adult on the front line of COVID-19 prevention

Celebrating the hidden heroes helping to tackle COVID-19

Behind every aspect of World Vision's work throughout the last 70 years, Hidden Heroes –ordinary people making extraordinary impact– have risen up in every season. Among them is Rose; a young adult formerly registered under World Vision's child sponsorship programme who is now a youth volunteer on the front line of COVID-19 prevention in Rwanda.

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Children washing hands in Rwanda to prevent COVID-19

World Vision steps up efforts in response to COVID-19 in refugee camps

In collaboration with the Rwanda Ministry of Emergency Management (MINEMA) and UNHCR, World Vision is currently supporting vulnerable children and communities at Rwandan refugee camps in preventive measures against COVID-19. We're currently reaching over 93,000 refugees at Mahama, Mugombwa, Kigeme and Gashora Camps.

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World Vision International President, Andrew Morley, visits Rwanda

Andrew Morley urged staff to strive for excellence, stressing that excellence honors God. “Aim for excellence not because of self-pride, but because you’re doing things to the best of our ability in the work that God has called us to do, we honor God. Through honoring God, we are blessed. Challenge each other to excellence and do not allow each other to be second-best, strive for excellence,” he said.

2019 Annual Review

Some of our highlights from 2019 include providing access to clean water to over 159,000 people; creating over 8,000 more jobs through our Resilience & Livelihoods programme, and ensuring that 51,000 more children have access to reading materials.

See the full impact of our work in our 2019 Annual Report.

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We have been working in Rwanda since 1994. For the first six years, the key focus of our interventions was relief and rehabilitation for the close to 3 million people that were displaced because of the genocide. In the year 2000, we began long-term, child-focused area development programmes in different parts of the country, targeting vulnerable children and their families with interventions in the areas of education and child sponsorship; health and nutrition; water, sanitation and hygiene; and the economic empowerment of households.

Our more than 300 staff in Rwanda currently work in 23 out of 30 Districts, supporting more than 1.5 million people –especially children–through 26 area development programmes.

12.6 million

Population, total

Kigali

Capital City

10.1 billion

GDP (current US$)

Our Work

Education

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Health and Nutrition

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Livelihoods and Resilience

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Improving Education

Our teams are working hard to make sure every child is not only attending school, but that they have the tools they need to succeed. In 2018, 84,413 students received learning materials (including starter kits and book). Also, some 100 community libraries were stoked with more than 10,000 new books, to help children fall in love with learning.

Clean Water = Healthier Bodies

Access to clean water and proper sanitation facilities are foundational for children to be healthy and enjoy their lives. We are working to make sure there piped water and/or rainwater harvesting systems in all communities so that children and their families can enjoy better health. As access to water and proper sanitation facilities has increased, reports of disease and illness have gone down proportionately.

Empowered Opportunities

Our interventions in this sector intentionally target families with very low incomes and/or those whose production is not providing enough food/resources to meet a family's basic needs. We work with families by offering training in modern agricultural methods and new skills (such as breeding animals or sewing). Their new skills are multiplied through access to savings groups and/or microfinance institutions.