Stories
COVID-19: Informal workers unable to feed their families, relying on Food relief
The COVID-19 shutdown negatively impacted households which depended on daily income to survive as most breadwinners in households were not working, yet daily expenses had to be catered for. This
Cash transfers helping single mothers and teen mothers to meet daily subsistence during the COVID-19 pandemic
On 11th June 2020, ActionAid Rwanda in partnership with Faith Victory Association through Speak out Project supported 240 single mothers and teen mothers from Nyanza, Gisagara, Nyaruguru and Karongi
COMMUNITY SCORECARD HELPING TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN AUTHORITIES AND COMMUNITIES
“I traveled all the way from Shyingiro to come and have a say in my development. It is amazingly thrilling to see our leaders justifying themselves to us. I feel empowered. I feel like our leaders
Public Dialogues, a platform for Citizen Participation in Policy Formulation
Several public dialogues have been organized to discuss pertinent issues affecting society with the support of ActionAid Rwanda through the SCAB Project, funded by the European Union.
The national
Civil Society Platforms present Budget Framework Concerns to Parliamentary Committee
Among the challenges CSOs cited included farmers limited access to agriculture financing/loans, the need to invest in the capacity to do soil analysis and audit to improve proper land use planning and
Civil Society Platforms present Budget Framework Concerns to Parliamentary Committee
The Civil Society platform organized by CLADHO submitted and presented their feedback and concerns regarding the Budget Framework Paper (BFP) 2018/2019 to the Parliamentary Budget Committee.
Empowering women through skills development
Meet the merry mother of 7, Theresa Mukasine. She is 56 years old. Her face is always lit with gaiety. Mukasine is a member of Isangano Cooperative, based in Karongi District. This cooperative is made
Liberata’s new dawn after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi
Liberata Mukamana is 44 years old and a mother of five children. She lives with her grand child too, and another mother and her child, who she took in because they had nowhere to stay. She got married
Eight years of a GBV-filled marriage, a life time of amplified happiness ahead
“We were famous in our neighborhood for mainly one thing-violence. I spent eight years of my marriage being beaten & bruised and I started retaliating by hurling insults back at my husband. Our home
Early Childhood Development Centers (ECD’s); an intervention leading to the reduction of Unpaid Care Work (UCW) in Rwanda
Early Childhood Development Centers (ECD’s); an intervention leading to the reduction of Unpaid Care Work (UCW) in Rwanda