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.
Banda is a remote and isolated community, made up of five villages, located on the edge of Nyungwe Rainforest in Southwest Rwanda. Banda has impressive natural beauty, but a major development...
The high school Rurenge village has a student-run business club that provides students with training on accounting, basic business skills, and entrepreneurship. This project will provide start up...
This project will build the capacity of 45 community health workers to reduce the rates of stunting and malnutrition by offering trainings on nutrition and maternal and child health, equipping them...
In the district of Nyamasheke, 39.2% of the population lives in extreme poverty. In an effort to address the prevalence of stunting and malnutrition, this project will train community health workers...
The 33 community health workers affiliated with the Kibondo Health Center are vital for the surrounding eleven villages, as they act as the link between the villages and the health center to...