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.
At G.S Bare school, the students have designated time to exercise and play, but limited recreational facilities. This project will build a multipurpose sport court to hold basketball and volleyball...
At G.S. Kibondo Secondary School, and many schools around the world, one of the biggest challenges preventing girls from staying in school is their menstruation cycle. With the associated stigma and...
At G.S. Nyakigando school, there is a high drop out rate for girls, many of whom leave school to marry at a young age for economic reasons. As a result, they are often left with minimal skills to...
Banda is a remote community on the edge of Nyungwe Rainforest in Southwest Rwanda. The community suffers from extreme poverty, very limited economic opportunities, no electricity, and poor sanitation...