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.
The all-female Mama Dunia Cooperative has traditionally organized itself around agriculture, harvesting and selling vegetables to support women and their families in rural Rutsiro District,...
In 2009, a group of 28 expectant mothers living with HIV formed at the Nyacyonga Health Center in the hills just outside of Kigali, Rwanda. These women were bound together by a common goal: to...
Imigongo is a traditional art form in Rwanda that utilizes dried cow dung to create spiral and geometric designs on wood, walls and pottery. With World Connect's support, a small co-op in the village...
Throughout Rwanda, access to quality dental care is difficult at best. In the Kivu Sector region, there is one dental therapist who rotates from community to community, serving a population of more...
Let Girls Learn is a U.S. government-led initiative aimed at improving girls’ access to quality education and breaking down barriers that are preventing 62 millions girls around the world from...