Gatovu Welding Project

About this Project

Gatovu Integrated Development Program (IDP) Model village, located in Gataraga Sector of Musanze District, Northern province of Rwanda is home to 312 people living in 64 households with semi-detached houses of four housing units each. 32 of the households are female headed.  The village was constructed by the government of Rwanda in 2019 to provide shelter for the poor and vulnerable residents of Musanze district who were living in areas putting their lives at risk or lacked decent shelter. Other than the shelter provided by the government, residents of Gatovu model village do not have land or any other source of livelihood. They survive on finding casual work in the community such as farming for other people or working on construction sites. 

This project seeks to train a group of residents of the model village in welding so that they can start to produce metal fabricated materials such as doors, windows, etc. for sale. Through this, they will create jobs for those involved especially youth as well as earn income form sale of these products