World Connect Rwanda
Supporting locally-led development in Rwanda by investing in the solutions of Rwandan communities to address their most pressing challenges.
World Connect
Rwanda
Since 2012, World Connect Rwanda has invested $870,450 in 187 community-led projects toward which communities have co-invested $325,748 and raised an additional $243,663 from other funders.
Our investments have improved education, health, economic opportunity, environmental protection, water, hygiene and sanitation, and agriculture while empowering women and youth to lead these local development initiatives.
Through a network of local development champions, World Connect Rwanda has supported locally-led development projects across all the four provinces of Rwanda and the City of Kigali. These projects are designed and implemented by local community members who ensure that the initiatives solve their most pressing issues and continue to sustain benefits for their communities beyond the seed investment from World Connect Rwanda.
Our co-investment partnership model leads to skill growth, expanded trust and unity, and readied communities with localized development leadership.
By The Numbers
We work with our community partners to track 400+ indicators across our 2,200+ investments using a custom built database.
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By The Numbers
WWe work with our community partners to track 400+ indicators across our 2,200+ investments using a custom built database.
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Project Co-Investments
World Connect Rwanda reaches the most remote communities, improving livelihoods for vulnerable communities while building trust for local development champions. 48% of our project leaders are first time grantees.
This project will be implemented in Mahama Refugee Camp, located in Kirehe District in the Eastern Province of Rwanda, which is comprised primarily of refugees from Burundi and the Democratic...
The market women of Twihangirumurimo Cooperative, alongside Jerome Ndayambaje, have witnessed households making less than $1/day struggle to attain food during the country-wide COVID-19 lockdown....
Through this project, Self-Advocacy Initiatives for People with Disabilities (SAID) will support 50 parents of children with disabilities in launching poultry farming and agrucultural projects at...
This one-year project aims to empower women with the knowledge, skills, and ability to contribute to decision making processes regarding biodiversity conservation. 100 indigenous rural women will be...
The soil in Kanama, Rwanda is infertile due to overcultivation, which has drastically reduced the agricultural productivity of the village. The community struggles with high rates of food insecurity,...