Our Work - World Light Family

SCHOOLING SUPPORT

We support vulnerable children especially girls with scholastic materials, tuition fees as well as hygienic articles to reduce the school dropout.

PROMOTION OF BIO-INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE

The bio intensive system is organic farming that allows the attainment of a large crop on a minimum plot of land, while increasing biodiversity and maintaining soil fertility. For an area with limited plots to cultivate, this method is really effective and sustainable for a long term period. Through composting, farmers produce organic fertilizers and we provide to farmers training in composting and the production of organic fertilizer. In this regard, we promote the bio- intensive kitchen gardening through training and establishment of demonstration plots.

We also promote the production of mushroom as it is a good source of proteins for the improvement of household diet, but also it is a good source of income, mostly when hotels or international markets are targeted.

We support the distribution of small animal like laying hens, rabbits and she-goats that could increase the improvement of beneficiaries’ livelihood and food security.

PROMOTION OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION

To promote hygiene, health and nutrition status for women, children and vulnerable group, we undertake activities designed to improve women’s knowledge about basic nutrition and diversification of household diet. Stunting is more prevalent among children in rural areas and among mothers who have had no education. This initiative involves disseminating nutritional messages regarding quality and quantity of food, especially for children and pregnant women. In addition, prevalence of diarrhea, anemia, micro nutrient deficiencies, malaria and HIV/AIDS are widespread in Rwanda and are addressed through mitigation and behavioral modification training and monitoring activities.

We use training of trainers’ method to reach a big number of mothers in the area for the health promotion. Home visits are done to reach 1000 households with children less than five years. Through training of trainers groups, each household receive a basic health and hygiene kit. The kit will facilitate adoption of recommended hygiene and disease prevention behaviors such as proper hand washing, mouth and teeth cleaning, dish washing, fruit and vegetable washing, sleeping under an insecticide-treated net, etc.

HANDCRAFTING AND OTHER SMALL-SCALE PRODUCTION

To cope with poverty in the rural area in Rwanda, a country where the majority of rural population does not have any plot to cultivate as well as any activity that can generate income to their household, we support the community based especially the youth in the promotion of handcrafting.

The evolution of the market in Rwanda is promoting handcrafting sector at the international level while the community based are not skilled to be competitive at the market. Most of them did not complete the primary school, others dropped out schools at secondary level, so currently living in the rural area without any work, any plot to cultivate, any expectation or hope for the future. We assist this people in the southern of Rwanda who need the assistance in terms of development skills through vocational practices that should empower them to live longer, have a family and take care of themselves.