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

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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!

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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.

Community of Practice

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 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

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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

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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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Build a culture of literacy and Peace

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Members of our staff have been trained by TLC (Transformation Leadership Center) an NGO dedicated to empowering communities to promote education and peace by developing centers for literacy and learning for the children of Rwanda. REAP is working to build a culture of literacy and peace in Musha through our Early Childhood Development program and by reading aloud in our communities with our mobile library program.

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Musha Alumni Association Launch

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Musha Alumni Association was open to the public for the first time. Among the guests were: World Connect representative and youth leaders at the district and the Sector level,and the community. The Musha Alumni Association presented their activities including a short film, a talent show and computer skills workshop.

Positive parenting workshop

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Today we conducted a workshop on positive parenting and child protection with 48 parents of our new students at Ineza Academy. Our goal is to enhance positive parenting and child protection which are important components of our Early Childhood development program.



Rwamagana District visits and commends INEZA Academy

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The Rwamagana District, through its health office, is inspecting early childhood centers with specific emphasis on health practices. For Musha Sector, REAP’s Ineza Academy was selected as a model program and the district team visited the center on January 9, 2023.

They appreciated and commended our integrated early childhood program that includes two hand-washing sinks, a proper kitchen, children's boiled drinking water, clean bathrooms and vegetable gardens. They further recommended that the Sector’s agronomist should replicate the vegetable gardens to all Cells (government level under the Sector) in the Sector.