New Leadership Ushers in Exciting Chapter for Rwanda Village Community Promoters (RVCP)
Rwanda Village Community Promoters (RVCP), the renowned youth-led, non-profit organization, has appointed a new leadership team ready to take the organization to even greater heights. This exciting transition comes after a well-deserved extended term by the outgoing team, led by Dr. Mashyaka Emmanuel and his colleagues, who navigated the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic with […]
Sexual and Reproductive Health & COVID-19 Rapid Response Project in Kigeme camp.
“Boosting Sexual and reproductive health information and services’accessibility to young adolescents” One in three women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence mostly by an intimate partner. Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation.Since the outbreak of COVID-19, emerging data and reports from those on the front lines, have shown that all types […]
Job Title: Research Assistant (Full-Time) Duration : 10 months Reporting to: CCC19 project Principal Investigator (UK), and Co-Investigators and Partner in Rwanda Main Purpose of Role: The main purpose of this role is to provide research and administrative support to the Principal Investigator, Co-Investigators and Partners of the project Climate Change and COVID-19 (CCC19): Ensuring […]
SCORR_Ubuzima Application
Sexual and Reproductive Health & COVID19 Rapid Responses (SCORR-Ubuzima) Project Volunteers application
RVCP-Campaign: Fight against impacts of SARS-CoV-2 in Rwanda
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, life has also changed in Rwanda. As in most countries, the Rwandan Government also enforced people to stay home in order to weaken the pandemic spread. The lockdown particularly affected poorer social classes, where people are mostly dependent on daily wages. Due to the economic trading and service restrictions, these people […]
Updates on Umucyo project: Single mothers are able to support themselves by Umucyo
Background Unintended pregnancies are a remarkable issue in Rwanda. Due to culture and traditions, single mothers experience social exclusion. The single mothers’ children live uncomfortable life associated with their mothers’ social exclusion and poor living conditions hence some getting malnourished. Most of girls who get pregnant at their young age do not get a chance […]
Voluntary based action on Rheumatic heart Diseases (VOBRA project)
On 11th, January 2020, more than 30 nurse practitioners and medical student volunteers were gathered in UR-Huye campus for one day training. The training was about Rheumatic Heart Disease eradication. This was prepared by VOBRA Project of Rwanda Village Community Promoters (RVCP). VOBRA, Voluntary Based Rheumatic Heart Disease Action Project aims at creating RHD action […]
Nyagatare Car Free Day
Nyagatare car free day (sport for all) is an initiative initiated by Rwanda Village Community Promoter (RVCP) Nyagatare Chapter with Aims of preventing an incidence increase of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as an organization belong in members of non-communicable diseases alliance (NCDA). As its name suggests Nyagatare Car Free Day is all about physical actions and […]