The members of Izere Ukore cooperative that does crafts compositions and COPROCHA cooperative that grows mushrooms say forming cooperatives and working together has made the war against poverty an easy walk. While commending on the role of cooperatives in development, Members of said cooperatives said working as a team has removed them from poor conditions [...]
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Nyamirama: Rwanda women in crafts compositions
Women working with Save Our Souls (SOS) Rwanda in Nyamirama Sector Kayonza district call upon their fellow women to come together and learn art and crafts. This would reduce women dependence on their husbands explains Doroteya Mutegwamaso a member of a cooperative funded by SOS Rwanda. SOS Rwanda usually supports orphans through paying their school [...]
Women’s hope reviving through sowing & knitting training
Fifty two underprivileged young women and girls are attending three-month training in sowing and knitting conducted by ‘Rise to Shine’ an organization operating in Rusheshe of Masaka sector, Kicukiro district. Rise To Shine is among the seventeen winners of the first round of the Skills Development Fund (SDF) grants awarded by the World Bank through [...]
Rulindo: District donates cows to women coffee growers
Rulindo district administration has donated cows to the women coffee growers who embarked on improving coffee production in Rulindo district. The event was held on May 14th 2013 in different sectors of Rulindo district. Women coffee growers reveal that they embarked on coffee growing program because it’s a cash crop that has led them to [...]
Ngoma District women train on job creation
About 52 women that represent other women in Ngoma district who recently completed the training on job creation projects were warned on learning thoroughly their projects before working on them. Though most of the women in Ngoma district say they are no longer afraid on doing business, some of them invest their capital and lose [...]
Huye: Women called on to embrace job creation program
The call was made in a meeting on April 26th 2013 three days before the best participants were chosen to start training which had been scheduled to commence on April 29th 2013. Robert Ruhamisha, an expert working with SORWAFFA (Société Rwandaise de Fabrication des Fayers Ameliorés) that was chosen to visit ‘hanga umurimo’ program participants [...]
Rusizi: REMA enlists women in environmental protection
Women are the responsible beings that usually stand up to what they believe in, the same reason the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) have solicited the influence of women in the environmental protection through training in Rusizi district on climate changes and environment degradation. REMA did this as a way to involve climatic changes in [...]
Burera women growing bamboo for environmental protection
ARECO Rwanda Nziza appreciates the role of women in Burera District in the environmental protection by growing bamboos when traditionally such projects were meant for men. For Dancille Mukakamari the coordinator of ARECO Rwanda Nziza says women in Burera who reside in parts neighbouring Muhabura volcanoes are set to increase the production of bamboos through [...]
Sleeping positions, what pregnant women should avoid
Research conducted in New Zealand, Australia and Ghana in Africa shows that a pregnant woman who lies on her back while sleeping increases the dangers of giving birth to dead baby. According to The Daily Mail, research shows that ¼ of the baby deaths can be prevented if women sleep by the left side of [...]
Nyamagabe: credit cooperatives, a means for women development
These women in Nyamagabe District say joining associations, credit giving groups, working with financial institutions as well as other projects have developed them and their families. This has revealed the secret behind women development in the area as it includes forming cooperatives and sharing developmental ideas. These women form credit groups to collect the little [...]
