Who we are
We are a group of fourteen (originally eighteen) women that begun a self-help group called the Nyamirambo Women's Centre (NWC) in Kigali, Rwanda. It is a diverse and heterogeneous group bringing together socially de-privileged and marginalized, hard working women (mothers) and girls from different social, cultural and religious backgrounds.
Blog
We have decided that the best way to show what we do and to present our progress is to start a blog. Florian, who has been in Kigali since August will write it once a week. Here are his first thoughts:
Current projects
We have decided that the best way to show what we do and to present our progress is to start a blog. Florian, who has been in Kigali since August will write it once a week. Here are his first thoughts:
"My name is Florian and I started my work at the Center a couple of weeks ago. I’m a 25-year old former King’s College London grad student of International Conflict Studies, and my interests concern issues of peacebuilding & conflict prevention, international cooperation / development, and international political economy.
I arrived here in Kigali in late August and was immediately thrown in at the deep end, for I was informed only five minutes prior to teaching a class in ICT that was already waiting in the classroom next door."
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Current projects
Women for Women
Purpose and main goal of the project is to empower the capacities of already existing NWC and to increase its influence in local community in the fields of formal and informal education, economic empowerment of deprived women, encouraging the role of women in local authorities, awareness-rising about sexual and reproductive health, human rights and women's rights.
Purpose and main goal of the project is to empower the capacities of already existing NWC and to increase its influence in local community in the fields of formal and informal education, economic empowerment of deprived women, encouraging the role of women in local authorities, awareness-rising about sexual and reproductive health, human rights and women's rights.
NWC sustainability – socioeconomic engagement and poverty reduction in local community Nyamirambo in Kigali
General goal of this project is to empower already existing independent women’s center as a stable local and regional well-placed organization of civil society in one of the poorest post-conflict region of the Great Lakes.
General goal of this project is to empower already existing independent women’s center as a stable local and regional well-placed organization of civil society in one of the poorest post-conflict region of the Great Lakes.
Get involved
We appreciate greatly help from our volunteers. If you would like to contribute with your skills and expertise to the development of the NWC, please let us know. We would be happy to hear from you.
This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union and the Government of the Republic of Slovenia. The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of Nyamirambo Women's Centre and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union or the Government of the Republic of Slovenia
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