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.
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The project aims to address the critical issue of water scarcity in Kivomo Village, located in Nyamagabe District, Rwanda.This rural community of approximately 1,400 residents faces severe water...
Water for All: Empowering Bugarama Village through Sustainable Access to Clean Water
Bugarama village is one of the communities that has limited access to water due to being geographically located at a highly elevated hill on the outskirts of Kigali city and the national water supply...
Funding for this project will support Urwiru Mushishiro beekeeping cooperative to acquire a house that will serve as a honey collection, harvesting, processing and storage space for the beekeeping...
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In 2022, WC provided the first grant to Abesamihigo group of Ruganda village to construct and ECD center for their children. Unfortunately, the funds could only construct one classroom, a kitchen and...
Creating small businesses for Teen mothers with a soap making initiative in Gakenke District.
This project seeks a $4,879 co-investment from World Connect to provide skills, tools, and startup costs in manual soap making to 30 vulnerable teen mothers in Gakenke district, Northern province of...