End of the second semester in our Early Childhood Development program

Today marks the end of the second semester for the young learners in our Early Childhood program, and it's a moment for celebration. Parents were impressed by the remarkable progress their children have made across various crucial domains. From fostering physical fitness, practicing healthy nutrition, to nurturing social-emotional connections, cognitive abilities, and language skills, our collective efforts have borne fruit.

International Women's Day

Friday, March 8th was International Women's Day and March is Women's History month. The children in our mobile library program are celebrating by supporting the women in their community. After a reading session they helped an elderly woman with a disability with her housework.

Public Health Event

In partnership with Awaken Her NGO, REAP held an event on Friday to screen for and help build awareness for breast and cervical cancer.

Ineza Vocation Training Center

Our Vocational Training Center opens today. The goal is to teach sewing skills to youths who drop out school and teenager mothers so that they can start businesses to generate income.

Early Childhood Development and Education training

Our Early Childhood Development and Education staff received training in planning and curriculum development by our partner, NGO Teach Rwanda which specializes in teacher education.

Rollins University staff visit in Rwanda

Rollins University staff traveled from Florida to visit the Ineza Center and see the projects they’ve collaborated on first hand.

REAP Community Board

Our community board helped a REAP beneficiary in community work to make a home garden where she can grow vegetables and fight malnutrition

GLOW club end year celebration

This Saturday our GLOW (Girls Lead Our World) club ended the year by celebrating their achievements and making plans for next year.

Campaign against Gender Based Violence

In recognition of the 16 day campaign against Gender Based Violence, REAP is supporting GBV victims by offering scholarships in our vocation training center for them to learn sewing skills.

REAP Executive Director visit

REAP's Executive Director, Ed Ballen, was on site in Rwanda for 2 weeks. He was able to see many of our projects and he had a good time visiting members of the community.

Get tested, Stay healthy, End HIV stigma!

Through our partnership with the University of Rwanda’s School of Nursing, we are conducting community public health outreach every three months. This time, 39 people tested positive for HIV/AIDS. Twenty people tested positive for non-communicable diseases. They all met with nurses for additional care and counseling.

REAP conducts a community-wide campaign on sexual and reproductive health education and sexually transmitted diseases

Our Sexual and Reproductive Health Education club collaborated with INEZA Football Academy (our community children soccer team) to conduct a community-wide campaign on sexual education and the prevention of teen pregnancy and school dropout. Jerome (our football coach) ran a community-wide soccer tournament where youth teams from all six communities in Musha played knock-off matches and the big finale.

REAP Country Director selected by the U.S. Embassy in Kigali to lead a cross-border civic engagement program

Hosted by the American Centers at U.S. Embassies in Kigali and Kampala, the program focuses on understanding and developing strategies to strengthen civic engagement and youth leadership. Because of his ten-year experience in youth leadership and civic engagement, Jean Paulin Mutatsineza was selected as a panel speaker during this three-session event.
This international program targets youth leaders, journalists, social media practitioners, and members of civil society.

REAP was appointed to represent other NGOs on the Musha Sector early childhood council!

Comprising various partners in early childhood education and development, such as the Musha Health Center, Musha Sector leadership, and community health workers, the committee meets every three months to evaluate and initiate early childhood strategies that support the holistic growth of children under 6 in Musha. The strategies foster proper nutrition, maternal health, and quality preschool instruction. REAP's Early Childhood Manager was selected to represent all other NGOs working on early childhood in Musha.

Mobile library project

Our mobile library project continues to operate throughout the summer vacation. Readers meet children at 7 church sites. They will teach children Rwandan proverbs, do read alouds and play games such as soccer.

Vacation at Ineza Center

During the summer vacation, children will still come to the Ineza Center to learn English, use the library and to listen to read alouds.

Garden project

REAP is partnering with the Duha Complex School to sponsor a garden project in which where primary school students have the opportunity to apply what they have learned about nutrition and the importance of vegetables

Community of Practice

 In order to stimulate early thinking, early literacy and numeracy, social-emotional skills and curiosity at early age while supporting children’s holistic growth we established the Ineza academy as a quality nursery school, which can serve as a model for early childhood education throughout Musha and beyond. 

REAP’s ECD (Early Childhood Development) director visited one of the public nurseries in efforts to support their teachers by giving them model lessons, school supplies and a read aloud session

The Duha School primary girls basketball team

The Duha School primary girls basketball team (made up of girls ages 13 -14) recently won the district-wide school basketball championship. Winning a championship often provides children the opportunity to go to schools of excellence with sports scholarships. REAP funded and built the basketball court that helped make the team successful. This is just one of the ways the REAP is making impact and providing opportunities to children.

REAP Scholarship

Peninnah is one of the many success stories of REAP scholarship recipients. She received a scholarship while working on farms in her community to help support her family’s household needs. She has since graduated from veterinary school and owns her own agro-veterinary pharmacy. She’was also able to support her family by building a house for her mother.

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