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 Karama Beauty Salon project aims to establish a unisex salon to provide essential grooming services and create economic opportunities for residents of the Karama IDP Model Village. Led by the...
The Fresh Milk Business project aims to establish a milk distribution enterprise in the Karama IDP model village addressing the community's demand for fresh milk and providing employment...
The project will provide sewing and knitting machines to 46 young women and girls who were trained in sewing and knitting through a phase 1 grant from World Connect in 2022. These women will graduate...
Kinigi Sewing Project Phase 2- Equipping tailoring training graduates with tools to start earning income
Following a successful phase one of the project which trained 29 local women in Gacinyiro village, Kinigi sector, this project is the second phase of Tuzamurane sewing group, that is designed to...
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To tackle the unemployment challenge in Rubavu district and the shortage of chicken meat in Rubavu all being excerbated by the insecurity in the neighbouring DRC, youth in Rubavu district have...