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.
Supporting Fashion Design graduates of Root Foundation trainings to start a business
Root Foundation, a local NGO in Batsinda, a remote, low-income community on the outskirts of Kigali, has been training mothers of street children enrolled into their programs in order to tackle to...
Empowering Teen Mothers from Rural Banda Community through Vocational Sewing Training
Banda community in Nyamasheke District is a very remote and isolated community down the Nyungwe rainforest. Due to the isolated nature of this community, there are high levels of poverty and very...
Women combating poverty and food insecurity through Irish Potato seed banking & multiplication.
Women for women farmers Cooperative will use $4,924.90 coinvestment fund from World Connect to overcome food insecurity and poverty in Rambura community of Nyabihu district in the Western Province of...
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Manihira Sector in Rutsiro district, western Rwanda is home to 19,386 people. There is no vocational training center in the entire sector. Youth who need to learn skills must travel about 3 hours to...
Isuku Soap making to combat neglected tropical diseases, improve education and increase household incomes
This project seeks a $4,616 investment from world connect to match a $5,180 community contribution to expand a soap making initiative aimed at training 40 teachers and community members to make bar...