• Our Programs

    1. UMURAGE Program (Legacy Program)

    Program Description: The objective of the program is to allow vulnerable children’s to gain hope. 

    Different projects converge on this program’s goal:

    -  Scholastic project (reinsertion of OVCs at school: paying school fees, uniforms, school material…)

    -  Mutuelles de santé project (help poor families to pay contribution of this community-based health insurance in Rwanda

    -  Small Livestock project: A number of pigs will be grown by the association and this will help them to consolidate their fraternity. Around this project they will share problems and advice. With the benefit of this project they will be able to participate a little to their children’s school expenditures

    Expected outcome: 

     -   Children will   join the school with this program 

     -  Children will have easy access to health system because of community-based health insurance (“Mutuelle de santé”) and the medical cost will be the lowest. 

     

     -  Through the support provided because of poverty, the Economic power of the poor family will increase. 

     

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    2. ICYEREKEZO Program (Vision Program)

    Program Description: 

    The objectives of this program are to improve the rights of the child and to stimulate integration of the poorest. 

    Enhancing solidarity with the poor family, the program seeks to integrate her in the save-credit system and to build her economic capacity.  “Micro-credit project” is the pillar of the program. HIC tries to reinforce liquidity available for small credits in VSLAs (Village Saving and Loan Associations). 

    There is like a contract that each member of VSLA must improve positive behaviors according to schooling children, keeping clean environment, improving healthy nutrition…

    Training are organized for sensitization.  

     

    Target: 

    -  About 100 families will be developing small business and this will participate to strengthen family economy and the country’s one. All families in villages will have “mutuelle de santé” (community-based health insurance) 

    - All children of the sector go to school 

    - All families have improved their nutrition behavior: have and use kitchen garden, covered toilets and hand cleaner disposition at home.… 

    - Gender based violence reduced by 60% in the families 

    - Small social project will born with participation of this project