Rwanda is more than memory and recovery, it is children rebuilding life after loss, stigma, and street survival. From Kigali to the Southern Province and rural hills, they ask for inclusion and steady love; we are here to help keep that promise.
In cities like Kigali and Huye, thousands of children live or work on the streets. Many are abandoned, orphaned, or pushed out by poverty, domestic violence, or family loss.
Children with disabilities are often hidden or excluded from school. Many families lack support, and public services remain limited despite inclusive policy efforts.
While Rwanda has fostered national reconciliation, many families — especially those headed by genocide survivors — still live with unhealed trauma, poverty, and loss that affects their children.
Centre Marembo offers girls a front door that opens to safety, study, and quiet honor; the welcome is immediate, the care is whole. Counselors guide healing; teachers run catch up classes; vocational rooms turn skill into confidence; leadership clubs replace shame with voice. Outreach workers stay in touch with girls not yet ready; reunification is prepared with patience; when home is unsafe, alternatives are built. Every plan is personal; progress is noted and celebrated; relapse is met with support, not blame. In a country that values rebuilding, these rooms make rebuilding intimate and real: a bed, a book, a mentor, a future.
Uwezo trains teachers, equips classrooms, and stands beside families until inclusion is not a slogan but a habit. Early education centers welcome diverse needs; mobility and language practice sit beside play and reading; peers learn respect through shared routines. Parents gain tools to advocate; administrators see how small adaptations open doors; stigma loosens when success is visible. Follow up keeps accommodations in place; pride grows as children present work and lead songs. The message is steady: every child belongs, every day, in every class.
The expanded shelter added dorms, classrooms, and a garden designed by the girls; mornings began with a calm meeting; afternoons held study and art. Workshops on mental health, entrepreneurship, and poetry helped stories surface; laughter returned to rooms that once held fear. Staff prepared school reentry plans; alumni visited to mentor; confidence rose with each small success. What began as extra space became a platform for leadership; girls who hid now speak, and others listen.
Teachers, students, and parents gathered for panels, games, and shared learning; children presented songs and art; families told stories of progress. Practical tools were practiced on the spot; commitments were written and read aloud; a network formed that would last beyond the day. Administrators left with checklists and courage; classrooms opened wider the following week. Inclusion felt joyful and doable; that feeling is how change holds.
Promotes youth leadership and mental health through creative education and digital wellness tools.
Engages young people in climate action through awareness, advocacy, and green entrepreneurship.
Empowers teenage girls to become leaders through self-confidence workshops and advocacy training.
Supports street children through personal development, mentoring, and community integration.
