Improving children’s access to Early Childhood Development Centre is among our key priorities Early childhood development (ECD) refers to a comprehensive approach to policies and programmes for children from birth to nine years of age with the active participation of their parents and caregivers. Its purpose is to protect the child’s rights to develop his or her full cognitive, emotional, social and physical potential. According to the Rwanda Education policy, ECD is primarily the responsibility of parents. Parents are the owner of Early Childhood Development Centres. Bamporeze through the integrated child centered community development program in Rulindo District supports parents…

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Responding to the issue of Child Right to play Play is essential to development because it contributes to the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional well-being of children and youth. Play is integral to the academic environment. It ensures that the school setting attends to the social and emotional development of children as well as their cognitive development. It has been shown to help children adjust to the school setting and even to enhance children’s learning readiness, learning behaviors, and problem-solving skills. Despite the benefits derived from play, many children in Rwanda are often deprived free time for play due to…

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Supporting youths to become economically self-reliant One of the major challenges for Rwandan youth is unemployment and limited access to finance. Even if the problem seems to be common for both educated and not educated youths, it becomes worse for rural youths who dropped out school before completing 9 years basic education. Only youths who finished at least senior 3 are eligible in the formal Technical Vocational Education &Training (TVET) system. Therefore, rural and uneducated youths are less competitive on the job market. The only sustainable solution that can help uneducated youth in rural area is empowering them through rural…

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