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Ruanda

Handicap International (HI) in Ruanda arbeitet an inklusiven Bildungsprojekten, damit alle Kinder zur Schule gehen können. Gleichzeitig sorgen wir für einen verbesserten Zugang zur Gesundheitsversorgung für Menschen mit Behinderungen und Geflüchtete.

Ein kleiner Junge mit zwei Beinprothesen ist dabei zu sehen, wie er einen Ball schießt.

Longini hier beim Fußballspielen auf dem Schulhof. Er hatte zuvor neue Prothesen von HI erhalten. | © S. Wohlfahrt / HI

Laufende Aktivitäten / Our activities

Text ab hier in Englisch

In Rwanda’s refugee camps, HI is promoting access to care and protection for vulnerable people, particularly those with rehabilitation needs. By facilitating access to technical aids, such as wheelchairs and walking sticks, the programme is working to eliminate existing inequalities and barriers and make people’s daily lives easier. It is also developing an innovative project to print custom-made orthoses and prostheses using 3D printers. As well as supplying the equipment, we have teams training Rwandan actors to use these technologies to ensure this service is sustainable.

HI also supports people with specific needs, such as people with disabilities and older people, to help them learn about and assert their rights.

To provide greater access to rehabilitation services, we are rolling out a countrywide telerehabilitation project. A technological tool that enables patients to access care at a distance and provides remote follow-up services, telerehabilitation is a valuable asset in breaking down the geographical and financial barriers that limit access to healthcare services. Our teams are helping to monitor and develop this tool and training healthcare professionals and patients. Meanwhile, the programme is actively lobbying for its wider deployment.HI also works with children with disabilities on inclusive education projects. The programme supports the national authorities to ensure access to education for all by training teachers or making buildings accessible to these children. Our teams have developed handbooks and educational tools such as Braille textbooks to cater to their different needs. They also organise awareness-raising sessions for local actors and communities, and facilitate the dissemination of good practices, notably by participating in working groups.

HI also runs projects to improve the nutritional care and harmonious development of very young children. These projects facilitate access to care in the first few days after birth, with a focus on accessible services for babies with disabilities. Our teams support and train parents and guardians to provide a safe and appropriate environment for children, thereby helping to foster their development and learning.

To help fight sexual and gender-based violence, our teams also carry out awareness-raising and advocacy activities with the communities. They accompany survivors of sexual violence through art therapy sessions, for example, and train the medical, psychosocial and legal actors who are helping them to provide appropriate support.  HI also organises awareness-raising campaigns, particularly in schools, and works to break down the barriers that prevent women and children who are victims of violence from accessing the necessary services. Our teams work with men, especially community leaders, to raise awareness and prevent violence.

Hintergrund / Background

Karte des HI-Einsatzes in Ruanda

Rwanda has seen rapid growth since 1994. Gross domestic product has increased, while poverty and inequality have decreased.

Rwanda is a small and landlocked country, hilly and fertile with a dense population of about 12.46 million. The country’s political, social and economic context remains profoundly affected by the genocide against the Tutsis in 1994. Between April and July 1994, more than 800,000 people lost their lives. Since then, Rwanda has enjoyed political stability and general security, low levels of corruption and liberal legal frameworks.

Rwanda has set itself the ambitious goal of becoming an upper-middle income country by 2035 and a high-income country by 2050. These goals build on the remarkable development successes achieved over the past two decades, including high growth and rapid poverty reduction due to medium-term economic development and poverty reduction strategies. Rwanda's gross national income per capita rose by 130.9% between 1990 and 2019.

Despite the government's achievements in ensuring strong and sustainable socio-economic growth, there are still major challenges to address, such as the poor state of the country’s infrastructure, a lack of access to electricity and investments that are heavily dependent on foreign aid. The protection and integration into society of people with disabilities or vulnerable people also need to be improved. Despite economic growth and the recent development of basic services, such as health, housing and education, Rwanda still has a large number of economically and psychosocially vulnerable people.

Number of HI staff: 75

Programmed opened in: 1994


 

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Ruanda: Schulstunden im TV
© HI
Nothilfe Vorsorge und Gesundheit

Ruanda: Schulstunden im TV

Auch Ruanda ist von der Coronavirus-Pandemie und Ausgangssperren betroffen. Unsere Teams klären auf und verteilen Schutzmasken sowie Lebensmittel. Außerdem bieten sie Online-Kurse im Fernsehen für Schüler/-innen mit Behinderung an. 

Ruanda 25 Jahre nach dem Völkermord
© Diana Vanderheyde/HI
Vorsorge und Gesundheit

Ruanda 25 Jahre nach dem Völkermord

Handicap International (HI) gedenkt Ruanda der über 800.000 Opfer des Völkermords. Selbst 25 Jahre nach den Taten lastet dieser Genozid immer noch schwer auf der ruandischen Bevölkerung. Viele Menschen leiden weiterhin unter posttraumatischen Belastungsstörungen. Hl hat direkt nach dem Völkermord mit Hilfsprojekten begonnen und hat seitdem mehr als 25.000 Betroffene psychologisch unterstützt. 

„Das muss man allein mit fünf Kindern erstmal stemmen!“
© Neil Thomas/HI
Inklusion Nothilfe

„Das muss man allein mit fünf Kindern erstmal stemmen!“

Weltfrauentag: Die Geschichte einer starken Frau aus dem Mahama Flüchtlingscamp in Ruanda
Unser HI-Botschafter und „Model mit Prothese“ besuchte Ende Februar das Mahama Camp für burundische Geflüchtete in Ruanda. Mario traf viele Menschen, hörte viele Geschichten, bewegende Schicksale. Eine davon ist die der 42-jährigen Jane*. Allein mit ihren fünf Kindern floh sie 2015 von Burundi nach Ruanda.

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