B312 Economic empowerment of conflict-affected communities in Rwanda

Lifting the most vulnerable women and their families out of poverty through land ownership and cooperative organic farming.

In the aftermath of the 1994 genocide, women in the country were disproportionately affected. The horrific campaign of genocidal sexual violence resulted in a high prevalence of HIV and thousands of children were born of rape. Some women and female orphans of the genocide were forced into sex work as the only way to make a living.

This project aims to work with women from Rwanda’s most vulnerable and economically marginalised groups who have a limited capacity to find employment. Through land ownership and cooperative organic farming, this project is designed to lift them, their families and their communities out of poverty and to build food security.