This report presents an overview of the work done by AAR from January 2023 to December 2023.
The year 2023 was an important year for ActionAid Rwanda; the legitimacy of our programs is structured and guided by the transformative Development based on Rights and Dignity CSP2 2018-2023 and Global Strategy, “Action for Global Justice, 2018-2023”. In the course of the year, we unrelentingly continued working for Climate Justice through campaigns, which we remain committed to for the next three years.
Core among the things we have been doing is tackling the structural drivers of violence against women and girls and their economic justice and resilient livelihoods in view of changing climate conditions. That has involved facilitating access to markets and credit for women smallholder farmers, enhancing agricultural production, and reinforcing food systems.
In 2023, ActionAid Rwanda intensified advocacy against gender-based violence, reaching a total number of 72,303 people with awareness campaigns. A total of 193 families living in conflict were trained on conflict management and family law, while 3,492 families were supported in sharing the burden of unpaid care to create more time for productive activities.
One of the cornerstones of our initiatives remained education, whereby 2,154 girls have benefited from establishing girls’ rooms in schools, while 642 girls participated in our educational camps.
We are elated to help profile important milestones, including the granting of five grants in collaboration with very respected partners such as UKAID, IDRC, EU, and UNWOMEN, critical to executing our objectives. We thank our sponsors, donors, partners, and stakeholders whose invaluable contributions made these achievements possible.