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Clean water means a better life
Growing up in the rural Rwamiko Sector, Gicumbi District in the Northern part of Rwanda, Theogene Ndayishimiye always struggled to access clean water. Every day, as a young boy, Theogene got up early morning and walked downhill to fetch water – dirty water from a stream that runs in the valley. He remembers missing classes…
Read MoreA DROP OF OPPORTUNITY
When she married ten years ago, Alphonsine Mukanoheri moved from her home village in the east of Rwanda to her new home in Rurembo Village, Gicumbi, a district in the north. As happy as she was to have married the love of her life, Alphonsine knew she would face one big challenge – accessing water.…
Read MoreClean water means good health
Growing up in a remote, rural part of western Rwanda, Immaculée Mukamutesi, 47, always struggled to access clean water. Every morning, she says, women and girls got up early and walked long distances to fetch water in a valley downhill. “It took us about an hour and a half to get to the water source,”…
Read MoreA LEADER’S DREAM FOR CLEAN WATER
Jean De Dieu Bamwinegwire is a proud leader. When he speaks, his words are enlightened by the pride of seeing his neighbours able to access clean water just a few metres from their homes. In the village that he heads in Gicumbi District, North of Rwanda, people are happy that, after many decades, they now…
Read MoreWords from Bruce Uwonkunda, Deputy Chief of Party
Water For People and the Isoko y’Ubuzima consortium members are very happy to participate in this formal launch of the Isoko y’Ubuzima and Gikuriro Kuri Bose projects. We are honored to have been selected by USAID to implement Isoko y’Ubuzima program to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in Rwanda.
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Sound Stakeholder Engagement:
the Foundation for Isoko y’Ubuzima success
Isoko y’Ubuzima’s successful implementation depends on a sound strategic collaboration with stakeholders to ensure synergistic working relationships and effective management of resources.
Read More“Our clothes had lost their original colors”
Josephine Nibamuhoze, a 40 year’s old mother who lives in Mbabe Cell, Masaka Sector of Kicukiro District, still remembers the days when she would come from farming hungry and instead of going to cook, she would instead pick a jerrycan and head downhill to collect water. On other days, she had to wake up as…
Read MoreSAFE WATER CREATES WEALTH
For almost 20 years, Pierrine Bagwaneza struggled to cope with the pressure of finding water for her family. Every morning, she would wake up early in the morning and walk for over an hour in search of water – water that was dirty and unsafe for human consumption. On good days, Bagwaneza would be back…
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