Kimironko: Peace and Hope Initiative donates school materials to children from vulnerable families
Through the project entitled “Equip Children and Women Beggars as well as Persons with Disabilities with Skills for Life”, Peace and Hope Initiative as the project implementing Organization has donated school materials to 30 children from poor families living in the Kimironko sector of Gasabo District in the city of Kigali.
The donations are made up of a variety of materials including school materials, notebooks and pens, school bags, school uniforms, hygienic materials as well as Face-masks to protect children from attracting COVID 19 virus.
Peace and Hope Initiative’s Equip Children and Women Beggars as well as Persons with Disabilities with Skills for Life Project, aims to help poorer communities thrive through entrepreneurship and child development through education with a view to achieving Sustainable Development in the beneficiary families.
The beneficiaries of this UNDP- RGB sponsored project are made up of 70 families including persons with different disabilities, former street beggars and the elderly persons who are no longer able to make living on their own.
Albert Musabyimana, the Founder and Legal Representative of the Peace and Hope Initiative explains that children were selected in a non-discriminatory approach since one of the pillars in the project implementation is to make sure that every child is able to access basic school materials regardless of his or her status despite any disability.
The same organisation is using the similar approach in Kinyinya Sector where it has Peace and Hope Academy-Nursery and Primary school that provides education to children a big number of them came from vulnerable families.
Commenting on Monday’s school materials donated to 30 children in Kimironko sector, Musabyimana reminded that in the past there have been parents who denied education rights to their children and more particularly to children with disabilities.
He said, “Today, we donated school materials to 30 children, including five with disabilities.”
“We believe that a child with a disability has the same rights as the one without disabilities.” He noted
Musabyimana further added that through this project which is currently being implemented in Kimironko Sector, they support 70 families from vulnerable category that need special assistance.
“So, what we envision is to make our beneficiaries rise from extreme poverty to the level of self-reliance.” Musabyimana added.
The one-year project has started with 70 beneficiaries among them are 35 beggars and 35 persons with disabilities selected from three cells of Kimironko Sector of Gasabo District in the City of Kigali.
The project was developed in close collaboration with the Rwanda Governance Board and UNDP with the aim of empowering beneficiaries through skills for life training and also empowering them by creating profitable opportunities as well as enabling their children to have access to education.
“We hope that by the end of this one-year initial stage, these families will be at the level of sustaining the family’s livelihoods through the most lucrative projects they will develop as they are set to benefit life skills throughout the project implementation.” Musabyimana said.
