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is key to preventing gender-based violence and protecting the most vulnerable. When communities are informed and engaged, they can create safer and more inclusive environments for everyone.

From 9 to 12 December, led an awareness-raising campaign in Gatsibo, Gicumbi, and Nyanza Districts, bringing these messages directly to families, leaders, and children. Through family dialogue sessions, talks led by local leaders, and child-friendly activities such as reading moments and traditional games, the campaign reached different community members in meaningful and accessible ways.

The initiative was part of AVSI interventions under the EU-funded United Project and the Humura Shenge Project, implemented by AVSIRwanda with the support of Support International e.V.., to prevent gender-based violence and support adolescent mothers, including those with intellectual disabilities.
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n'ingenzi mu gukumira ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina no kurengera abatishoboye cyane. Iyo abaturage basobanukiwe nibo nkingi y’umuryango utekanye.

Kuva ku ya 9 kugeza ku ya 12 Ukuboza, yakoze ubukangurambaga mu Turere twa Gatsibo, Gicumbi, na Nyanza, Binyuze mu b**aniro byagejejwe kumiryango, ib**aniro bikaba byarayobowe n'abayobozi b'ibanze, ndetse hari hanateguwe ibikorwa byo gusoma ku bana n'imikino gakondo urusoro ndetse n’amakarita , ubu bukangurambaga mukurwanya ihohiterwa rishingiye ku gitsina bwageze ku baturage batandukanye mu buryo bufite akamaro kandi bunogeye.

Iyi gahunda yari imwe mu bikorwa bya AVSI aho biterwa inkunga n'umushinga w'umuryango w'Ubumwe bw'u Burayi ndetse n'umushinga wa Humura Shenge nawo ushyirwa mu bikorwa na AVSI Rwanda ku nkunga ya Support International e.V., mu gukumira ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina no gushyigikira abana babakobwa babyaye bakiri bato, hanitabwa kubafite ubumuga bwo mu mutwe.

Bringing awareness to life in !

As part of the Improved Green Culture and Climate Change Resilience within Rwandan Rural Communities project - implemented by AVSI Rwanda and Rural Environment and Development Organization recently celebrated in Ruhango District.

The goal? To spark community action on environmental protection, soil conservation, and proper land management.

What made this day special was the interactive ways the messages were shared, ensuring that everyone, young and old, was actively engaged:

🌱 Role-play performance: Community volunteers staged a lively drama showing why planting and protecting trees matters, and how land plays a vital role in sustaining our environment.

🌱 Environmental ambassadors in action: Their energy and commitment helped drive the message home, inspiring others to join the cause.

🌱 Q&A session with prizes: Participants tested their knowledge on land use and tree planting. Winners proudly took home fruit tree seedlings to plant in their own compounds.

🌱 “Box Image” awareness sessions: Using innovative tree-education materials developed by community-based volunteers, participants explored how trees support ecosystems and livelihoods.

🌱 Relay Run game: Learning met fun through a community race, with prizes for the winners, reinforcing teamwork and the value of caring for the environment.

Through these engaging activities, the community not only learned land and trees matter, but also experienced how everyone can play a role in protecting the environment. Together, we continue to grow a greener, more resilient .

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Binyuze mu muhsinga wo kurengera ibidukikije, ushyirwa mu bikorwa na AVSI Rwanda ku bufatanye na Rural Environment and Development Organization ndetse na AVSI Rwwanda yizihije umunsi wihariwe ubutaka uwo munsi wizihirijwe mu karere ka Ruhango.

Intego nyamukuru yari ugukangurira abaturage kugira uruhare mu kurengera ibidukikije, kubungabunga ubutaka no gucunga neza imikoreshereze yabwo.

Icyatumye uyu munsi hakozwe ibikorwa bitandukanye mu gutanga ubutumwa, byatumye abantu bose abakiri bato n’abakuze bagira uruhare rugaragara:

🌱 Ikinamico : Abakorerabushake bo mu baturage berekanye ikinamico igaragaza akamaro ko gutera no kurengera ibiti, n’uruhare runini ubutaka bugira mu kubungabunga ibidukikije.

🌱 Ambasaderi b’ibidukikije mu bikorwa: Umurava n’ubwitange byabo byafashije kugeza ubutumwa kure, bituma n’abandi bashishikarizwa kwinjira muri uru rugendo.

🌱 Ikiganiro cy’ibibazo n’ibisubizo : Abitabiriye basuzumye ubumenyi bwabo ku ikoreshwa ry’ubutaka no gutera ibiti. Abatsinze batahanye ingemwe z’ibiti by’imbuto zo gutera mu ngo zabo.

🌱 Amasomo y’ubukangurambaga: Hakoreshejwe imfashanyigisho ku bidukikije byakozwe n’ abakorerabushake bo mu baturage, abitabiriye basobanukiwe uko ibiti bifasha urusobe rw’ibinyabuzima n’imibereho y’abaturage.

🌱 Umukino: Kwiga byahujwe n’ibyishimo binyuze mu isiganwa ry’abaturage, hatangwa ibihembo ku batsinze, bishimangira gukorera hamwe no kwita ku bidukikije.

Binyuze muri ibi bikorwa byimbitse kandi bishishikaje, abaturage ntibamenye gusa impamvu ubutaka n’ibiti bifite akamaro, ahubwo banabonye uko buri wese ashobora gutanga umusanzu mu kurengera ibidukikije.

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Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Sicurezza Energetica

AVSI Rwanda, through the Improved Green Culture and Climate Change Resilience within Rwandan Rural Communities project, distributed 150 improved cookstoves and briquettes to households in the sectors of Ruhango, Ntongwe, and Kinazi. This is part of a larger goal to reach 4,800 households by the end of the project in 2026. Improved cookstoves produce less smoke, helping families stay healthier and breathe cleaner air. They cook faster, use less firewood, save time and money, and reduce pressure on the environment. They also make kitchens safer and cleaner by lowering the risk of burns and house fires.

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AVSI Rwanda, binyuze mu mushinga wo guteza imbere umuco wo kurengera ibidukikije no guhangana n’imihindagurikire y’ikirere mu bice byicyaro cy’u Rwanda, mu mirenge ya Ruhango, Ntongwe, na Kinazi ingo 150 zahawe amashyiga yo guteka hamwe na briquettes. Iyi ni imwe mu ntego yo kuzageza amashyiga ku ngo 4800 mbere yuko umwaka wa 2026 urangira. Gutega kumashyiga bituma hagabanywa umwotsi, bifasha imiryango gukomeza kugira ubuzima bwiza no guhumeka umwuka mwiza. Bateka vuba, bagakoresha inkwi nke, bagakoresha igihe neza n'amafaranga make kubicanwa. Bituma batekera mu igikoni gitekanye kandi gifite isuku mukugabanya ibyago byo byinkongi z’umuriro.

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Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Sicurezza Energetica

Meet Ntabanganya Felix from Gasange Sector, GatsiboDistrict District. He joined the Distance Support Program in 2015 when he began bringing his child to Centre Uri Inzira due to malnutrition. At the center, parents were taught by health workers how to prepare balanced meals. Another child, 12-year-old Ntizadutererana Gilbert, was also identified as coming from a vulnerable family, and the program stepped in to support his school fees.

Later on, through the project, Felix received one pig. That single pig produced ten piglets, and by selling them, he was able to buy land for the first time in his life.

His journey didn’t stop there.
Felix joined savings groups, learned from others, and eventually received training in macadamia farming. With support from investors and access to markets, he began earning a steady income enough to build a house, purchase more land, and even rent additional houses for extra income.

Today, Felix harvests around 300 kg of macadamia nuts, buys and sells macadamia from other farmers, and transports it to Kigali as a local investor.
Most proudly, he is now able to pay university fees for his other children.

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Ntabanganya Felix atuye mu Murenge wa Gasange, Akarere ka GatsiboDistrict. Yinjiye muri poroguramu ya Distance support mu 2015 ubwo yatangiraga kuzana umwana we muri Centre Uri Inzira aho umwana we yaratangiye kugaragarwaho imirire mibi. Muri centre, ababyeyi bigishijwe n'abajyanama bubuzima uburyo bwo gutegura indyo yuzuye. Undi mwana, Ntizadutererana Gilbert wari ufite imyaka 12 y'amavuko na we yishyuriwe amafarabga y’ishuli abanza nayisumbuye, binyuze muri porugaramu ya DSP.

Nyuma, binyuze mumushinga, Felix yakiriye ingurube imwe. Iyo ngurube imwe yabyaye ingurube icumi, aho mu kuzigurisha, yashoboye kugura isambu bwa mbere mu buzima bwe.

Urugendo rwe ntirwagarukiye aho.

Felix yinjiye mu matsinda yo kuzigama, yigira ku bandi, aza no guahabwa amahugurwa mu buhinzi bwa macadamiya. Abifashijwemo n'abashoramari no kugera ku masoko, yatangiye kwinjiza amafaranga ahagije yo kubaka inzu, kugura amasambu menshi.

Uyu munsi, Felix asarura ibiro 300 by'imbuto za macadamiya, agura akanagurisha macadamiya ku bandi bahinzi, akazijyana i Kigali nk'umushoramari.

Ikintu kimunezeza cyane nuko kuri ubu abasha kwishyurira abandi bana be amafaranga y’ishuli muri kaminuza.

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