Rwanda Development Programme 2017-2022: grant awards

A total of £8,776,334 was awarded between 2017 and 2022 to the seven projects listed below.

View the map showing locations of each of the seven projects in Rwanda.

View end of year three (2019 to 2020) reports for all projects

View end of year two (2018 to 2019) reports for all projects

View end of year one (2017 to 2018) reports for all projects.

Please note that our current Rwanda Development Programme will come to an end on 31 March 2024, following an extension of funding to relevant projects to 2023 to 2024. Some individual projects within the current Programme have already been completed or closed. Current status (in financial year 2023 to 2024) of each project is given below.

Project RWA1

Organisation: CBM

Theme: Sustainable Economic Development, Agriculture

Project title: SaveAbility – Socio-economic empowerment of persons with disabilities in Rwanda

Total award: £1,333,792 (2017 to 2022)

Project summary: The project's objective is to improve incomes, economic resilience and involvement in community decision-making for 14,000 persons with disabilities across four Rwandan districts: Nyanza, Ruhango, Rutsiro and Rusizi.

Current status:

Completed at 31 March 2022.

Contact: elfredaw@cbmuk.org.uk

 

Project RWA2

Organisation: WaterAid

Theme: Health, Education

Project title: Improving health and sanitation in vulnerable communities and schools of the Southern Province of Rwanda by 2021

Total award: £1,080,000 (2017 to 2022)

Project summary: This project is designed to improve health and sanitation in communities and schools of Nyamagabe district in Rwanda. It will address sanitation and hygiene with particular emphasis on most affected categories of people including women, girls, disabled people and elderly.

Current status:

Extension funding during 2022 to 2023 (£238,147) and 2023 to 2024 (£238,857), will close on 31 March 2024.

Contact: elizabethmckernan@wateraid.org

 

Project RWA3

Organisation: University of Aberdeen

Theme: Education

Project title: Fostering a social practice approach to adult literacies for improving people's quality of life in Western Rwanda

Total award: £1,191,795 (2017 to 2022)

Project summary: To develop, implement and embed a social practices approach to adult literacies education in Rwanda that can be managed and delivered by local institutions in order to support people's livelihood through poverty reduction and inclusive socioeconomic development.

Current status:

Extension funding during 2022 to 2023 (£238,147) and 2023 to 2024 (£268,629), will close on 31 March 2024.

Contact: p.abbott@abdn.ac.uk

 

Project RWA4

Organisation: Opportunity International

Theme: Sustainable Economic Development, Agriculture

Project title: Strengthening Livelihoods in Rural Rwanda

Total award: £1,200,000 (2017 to 2022)

Project summary: The project responds directly to Rwanda's Poverty Reduction Strategy and builds on an existing DFID-funded project targeting smallholders in Northern and Eastern Rwanda. It will reduce poverty in Western and Southern Rwanda by strengthening the livelihoods of poor rural households. There will be 12,000 direct beneficiaries: 8,500 smallholders (50% women) and 3,500 Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) members (75% women). 48,000 family dependents will indirectly benefit from better access to nutrition, housing, education and healthcare.

Current status:

Extension funding during 2022 to 2023 (£150,000) and 2023 to 2024 (£150,000), will close on 31 March 2024.

Contact: opportunityscotland@mac.com

 

Project RWA5

Organisation: Oxfam Scotland

Theme: Health

Project title: Claiming Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Rwanda

Total award: £1,338,480 (2017 to 2022)

Project summary: The project directly benefits 3,120 people including 1,000 victims of sexual and gender based violence , it facilitates attitudinal change, institutional capacity building and empowerment of women to ensure that women in targeted districts of Rwanda can enjoy equal rights and live free from discrimination and violence.

Current status:

Wider project completed at 31 March 2022; local partner RICH then partnered with Challenges Worldwide in the extension period on Claiming Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights linked to Coffee Market Building for People and Prosperity. See below.

Contact: psparrow1@oxfam.org.uk

 

Project RWA6

Organisation: Tearfund

Theme: Sustainable Economic Development, Agriculture

Project title: Sustainable Economic and Agricultural Development Project (SEAD)

Total award: £1,348,599 (2017 to 2022)

Project summary: The project will contribute towards poverty reduction through increasing alternative income generation activities and improving financial literacy. Climate smart agriculture techniques will improve productivity and food security. Households and community groups will be trained on how to build and use wood energy saving stoves and on sources of renewable energy. The project shall also link them with renewable energy providers (Solar panels), as well as the existing rural energy financing facility funded by the government.

Current status:

Extension funding during 2022 to 2023 (£300,000) and 2023 to 2024 (£300,000), will close on 31 March 2024.

Contact: lorna.mcdonald@tearfund.org

 

Project RWA7

Organisation: Challenges Worldwide

Theme: Sustainable Economic Development, Agriculture

Project title: Rwanda coffee Market building for people and prosperity

Total award: £1,283,668 (2017 to 2022)

Project summary: Promoting sustainable economic development in Rwanda through building the capacity of Rwandan coffee cooperatives and community members.

Current status:

Extension funding during 2022 to 2023 (£242,805) and 2023 to 2024 (£401,232). During the extension period, this project amalgamated with RICH’s “Claiming Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights” (who partnered with Oxfam in the first phase of funding). The full project will close on 31 March 2024.

Contact: dory.mcintosh@Challengesworldwide.com