During this world pandemic crisis 2020
During this world pandemic crisis, several lives have been [...]
Livestock for the vulnerable Child Headed Households
After assessing on the level of how livestock (cows) have successfully and efficiently changed our beneficiary’s livelihoods, Strive Foundation Rwanda has gone ahead to supply these livestock(cows) to more Child Headed Household in the context of improving their lives to a sustainable level, the most...
Easing lives of CHH with Energy saving cooking stoves
Since 2011, Strive Foundation Rwanda and the Human Help Network and Aktion-Tagwerk have been very instrumental towards supporting the vulnerable Child Headed Households in Rusizi and Nyamasheke Districts in the aspects of Health, Education, Youth empowerment, and social protection in general in-order to improve livelihoods of their beneficiaries...
Solar-lamps for a lasting change!
For our communities to thrive, interventions must not last for a short period of time. The impact in the community should last for a very long period of time. Long lasting change begins with solutions that are resilient and good for the environment, solutions that can be passed on from generation to generation...
The Great Nyungwe Forest Belt – Bee keeping Scheme
In June 2019, Strive Foundation Rwanda organized full week training in modern beekeeping. The training objective was to help its Child Headed Household beneficiaries around the Nyungwe Forest acquire relevant knowledge in modern beekeeping techniques, specifically on beehives setup and...
MID-TERM REVIEW MEETINGS
SFR is a Non-Governmental Organization that has extensively implemented one of its Child Headed Household project funded by THE HUMAN HELP NETWORK in Rusizi and Nyamasheke Districts. From July 15th-19th 2019, a team headed by SFR’s Executive Director, annually conduct mid-term review meetings
YEWE Clubs workshop
SFR organized a workshop for headmasters and teachers in charge of clubs in order to get a common understanding on YEWE Clubs, share progress, challenges, lessons learnt and the next steps. The workshop took place in Progress Hotel on 14 th June 2019, from 9h00 to 2h00.
Good Governance Program
SFR views Good Governance as a key crosscutting issue throughout all of the thematic areas in our programs. However, in addition, a direct approach to promoting good governance and civic participation is also necessary. SFR’s specific aims in Good Governance are: • To promote good governance and full civic participation as key crosscutting issues.
Women & Youth Economic Empowerment Program
Strive Foundation Rwanda’s flagship Women’s Economic Empowerment Program is a big focus of the organization’s programmatic activities that focus mainly on capacity building-allowing vulnerable women to help themselves out of poverty and extreme susceptibility. For Strive Foundation Rwanda, women empowerment is about making it possible for vulnerable women in the communities to participate fully in the society through creation of off-farm jobs to fight poverty.
Child Rights and Women’s right Program
Since 2003, SFR has intervened with five key projects based around protection and promoting the rights of children. Several have already been mentioned in detail above; Early Childhood Development, Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Vocational Training for Out-of-School Youths, and People with Disabilities. In addition to this, in 2009/10, SFR partnered with the Global Fund, and the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF)...
Vulnerable Families
SFR is partnered with Human Help Network (Germany) to provide families with shelter and income generating activities. The family shown in the photograph below was stigmatized as a result of one of the children suffering from epilepsy. Consequently the family found it extremely difficult to find housing. SFR with HHN assisted the family by building them the house shown in the photograph below.
People with Disabilities
Those groups living with disabilities, both physical and mental, are some of the most vulnerable in Rwanda, often subject to stigmatization and limited opportunity. This program aims to combat both aspects of this through the following aims:
Fighting Gender Based Violence
In the past, SFR has partnered with UN Women to implement a community-policing project in order to fight gender-based and domestic violence at the grassroots level.
Nutrition
The objective of Strive Foundation Rwanda’s nutrition program is to provide vulnerable children and youths with adequate sources of nutrition and hygiene. This program manifests in two projects; Early Childhood Development and Orphans and Vulnerable Children living in child headed households (CHH).
HIV/AIDS
The objective of Strive Foundation Rwanda’s HIV/AIDS program is to improve the economic situations and livelihoods of vulnerable people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS through income generating activities support, skills and business management training. In addition, the program facilitates improved access to ARV drugs, treatment and care, and is dedicated to sensitizing communities to ensure that everyone is involved in preventing and fighting against the spread of HIV/AIDS.