Rwanda Development Programme 2017-22

The successful applicants have now been announced, with £8,776,334 being awarded to 7 projects between 2017 and 2022.

Project 1

Organisation: Challenges Worldwide
Theme: Sustainable Economic Development, Agriculture
Project Title: Rwanda coffee Market building for people and prosperity
Total award: £1,283,668 (2017-2022)
Project Summary: Promoting sustainable economic development in Rwanda through building the capacity of Rwandan coffee cooperatives and community members.

Project 2

Organisation: CBM
Theme: Sustainable Economic Development, Agriculture
Project Title: SaveAbility – Socio-economic empowerment of persons with disabilities in Rwanda
Total award: £1,333,792 (2017-2022)
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.

Project 3

Organisation: Oxfam Scotland
Theme: Health
Project Title: Claiming Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Rwanda
Total award: £1,338,480 (2017-2022)
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.

Project 4

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 (2017-2022)
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.

Project 5

Organisation: Tearfund
Theme: Sustainable Economic Development, Agriculture
Project Title: Sustainable Economic and Agricultural Development Project (SEAD) Total award: £1,348,599 (2017-2022)
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.

Project 6

Organisation: Opportunity International
Theme: Sustainable Economic Development, Agriculture
Project Title: Strengthening Livelihoods in Rural Rwanda
Total award: £1,200,000 (2017-2022)
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.

Project 7

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 (2017-2022)
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.