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26 July 2024
448 households now have electricity for the first time!
Thanks to EDP's "Access to Energy Program", over 2,200 people in 448 households have lights in their homes, can charge their mobile phones and listen to the radio.
26 April 2024
New building for nursery school in Rugarama Village!
A new modern brick building was added to the one classroom nursery school we built last year.
22 March 2024
100 rainwater tanks of 5000 liter each installed!
In collaboration with Sparkassenstiftung, the local co-operative bank and local savings groups, 100 households were supplied with water in a pilot project. More are to follow.
22 December 2023
Gatora Primary School has electricity and smart classroom now!
The Youth Foundation of Saxony made it possible to electrify Gatora Primary School and equip it with 48 laptops, a projector and a print/copy device.
18 December 2023
2023 gave us a great boost!
The end-of-the year newsletter of the foundation shows: 2023 was a good year for the local community in our project area.
11 November 2023
Once again a roof over their heads!
A family of seven who were provisionally housed now have a home again.
1 September 2023
Funding commitment for the electrification of the Gatora Primary School received!
With its "genialsozial" programme, the Youth Foundation of Saxony is funding the electrification of the "Ecole Primaire Gatora", the installation of a computer room and various training programmes.
11 August 2023
Electrification of Cyirabo Primary School completed!
A Rwandan solar company completed the solar installation with batteries and the AC electrical installation with lamps and sockets after three weeks of construction.
28 July 2023
House for a homeless family is under construction!
Sustainable Villages Foundation builds a model house for a homeless family in Rugarama village.
30 June 2023
English training is extremely popular!
At the request of many, Sustainable Villages Foundation (SVF) has been offering English training for teachers at Juru Primary School since April 2023.
11 May 2023
One goat or one sheep for each farmer!
In addition to the distribution of goats/sheep, the agricultural training focused on topics as diverse as hygiene, microfinance and networking with local authorities.
3 April 2023
Grand opening of the nursery school!
After six months of construction, the first phase of the nursery school was opened with a celebration. Over 100 officials, parents, children and other guests attended the celebrations.
17 March 2023
Great progress in agricultural training!
Since December 2022, 50 smallholder farmers have been trained in agricultural techniques with an agroecological approach.
24 February 2023
IT training of teachers is progressing well!
Right after the Smart Classroom was set up at Ecole Primaire Juru in October 2022, IT training began. The more than 20 teachers can now all use the laptops.
31 January 2023
Two more primary schools are to be electrified!
The foundation has included two more primary schools in the electrification programme. Both schools are also to be equipped with laptops.
14 December 2022
Training of 50 farmers started!
We started the training of 50 farmers in the pilot villages. Six drip irrigation systems will be built in the course of the project.
21 October 2022
International visit to the pilot villages!
As part of the Offgrid Solar Forum in Kigali, 60 participants from all over the world visited the two pilot villages.
14 October 2022
"Smart Classroom" set up!
Sustainable Villages Foundation, together with the "Ecole Primaire de Juru" and with financial support from the Schmitz Foundations' Small Projects Fund, has set up a Smart Classroom with 31 Windows laptops.
06 October 2022
Construction of the nursery school has started!
After a short delay, the construction of the nursery school /ECD (Early Childhood Development) has now started. The first phase consists of a classroom, an office, a kitchen and sanitary facilities.
09 September 2022
The primary school now has solar power!
In cooperation with a local Rwandan solar company, the electrification of the "Juru Primary School" with almost 900 pupils and 20 classrooms was completed today.
01 August 2022
Baseline needs assessment finalized!
We have been working on the basis of the needs assessment data since last year. After intensive work, it has now finally been completed as a document.
20 July 2022
Memorandum of Understanding for construction of nursery school signed!
Earth Enable, a social enterprise that offers affordable and durable earthen housing solutions, and the Foundation signed a MoU for the construction of the model house in the pilot village Rugarama.
29 June 2022
Memorandum of Understanding on school electrification agreed!
Juru Primary School and the Foundation signed a MoU to electrify the primary school with a solar system, to install a smart classroom with laptops and to support teacher training in IT and English.
25 May 2022
Board of Trustees' Chairpersons elected
Francine Munyaneza, the CEO and Founder of Munyax Eco, has been elected as Chairwoman of Sustainable Villages Foundation’s Board of Trustees. Olivier Kraft, an Independent Consultant in Finance, has been elected as Deputy Chairman. Both are based in Kigali.
Older News
- 20 April 2022 95% of households now have electricity!
- 11 April 2022 Agreement with MINALOC and RGB
- 24 September 2021 Household electrification via local savings groups
- 11 August 2021 The school has water again
- 11 May 2021 First projects launched
- 28 April 2021 Successful household survey and needs assessment
- 19 February 2021 Website goes online!
- 11 November 2020 Founding act completed
- 07 November 2020 Pilot village identified