Rwanda

OVERVIEW

Water for Rwanda

Rwanda, also known as “the land of 1000 hills”, is a densely populated country located in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa with a total population of 13.7 million people. in rural areas, families completely lack safely managed water sources and approximately 40% of families rely on open and/or distant water sources¹. In Rwanda, 3.9% of children die before the age of five².

With an annual income GNI per capita of $930 USD³, providing affordable safe water is paramount in solving this crisis. We provide a comprehensive water program with one of the lowest-cost water purification solutions in the world.

1. UNWATER/UNESCO JMP (2022) WASH Data. https://washdata.org/data/household#!/
2. UNICEF. (2021) Monitoring the situation of children and women. https://data.unicef.org/sdgs/country/rwa/
3. World Bank (2022) GNI per capita Uganda. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNP.PCAP.CD?locations=RW

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IMPACT

Water for all five provinces

In October of 2021, Roger (Founder) and Rob (Director) traveled to Rwanda to conduct a Training of Trainers with the Peace and Development Network, a collaborative effort of NGOs representing all five provinces of Rwanda. With your generosity, we have are implementing community-led water programs throughout Rwanda. We are focusing on households in socioeconomic categories four and five (according to the Rwanda’s Ubudehe classification poverty index) and selected randomly with a focus on areas with greater need. These areas are typically made up of families earning less than 45,000Rwf ($45usd) per month.