Skill Building with Girl Guides

REAP is currently engaged in a mutually supportive partnership with Rwanda’s Girl Guides. One of our shared goals is to help young women develop skills that allow them to step into income-generating power. Through this partnership, twenty of our Girl Guides are involved in a six-month sewing training program at the CLCL in which the girls are learning about garment creation and alteration. (The Girl Scouts at Leman Manhattan donated two sewing machines for this special project.)

Once the training is complete, the girls will undertake projects such as making toys and uniforms for REAP’s Early Childhood Development Center, slated to open next year (more info to come on this initiative).

REAP and Girl Guides Rwanda: Supporting Female Leadership and Empowering Girls in Musha!

With the aim to continuously foster the empowerment of women, REAP has formalized a collaborative relationship with Rwanda’s Association of Girl Guides (AGR).

AGR is an international nonprofit working to enable girls, and young women, to acquire skills leading to their development and autonomy and to become agents of positive change as responsible citizens. As part of the collaboration, AGR uses REAP’s Community Learning Center and Library to conduct a ten month training for fifty young girls, ages 6 to 18—all hailing from Musha. This training has been designed to equip the young Rwandans with leadership skills, life skills, and tools for social as well as civic engagement. In the course of the training, the girls are expected to conduct practical projects in the community to showcase their skills and leadership.

On Wednesdays, the Girl Guides’ weekly meeting and activities are lead by REAP staff members.