Organization: Equipping Restoring and Multiplying Inc
Mission: To help the poor and vulnerable people in Rwanda and to give them economic opportunities through vocational training.
Activities: VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS: Rwanda Rise has vocational training programs in 2 locations in Rwanda. Hope Vocational Training Center (HVTC) was established in 2008 in the community of Kabuga, a town near the metro area of Kigali, the Capital City of Rwanda, and later in the village of Rugengabari. HVTC continues to increase in programs and student population since its beginning.In 2019, we sent a team to Rwanda that included a Seattle architect and a General Contractor for the purpose of master planning our campus. This master planning initiative helps us to reach our goal of additional facilities and graduating 500 students per year, up from our current nearly 300 graduates per year. Our program goals include expanding our accredited programs to 6 with the addition of a Mechanics program.In 2019 the vocational training programs graduated a total of 244 students in its 5 schools of Culinary Arts, Hairdressing, Masonry, Sewing, and Welding. HVTC offered 2 government certified and accredited training levels: Level 3 year-long training programs are for new apprentices and Level 1 training programs are for those students living in extreme poverty and not able to afford to finish public education. Level 3 graduated 101 students and Level 1 graduated 143 students. The breakdown of the number of students in each school is as follows: 49 students in Culinary Arts, 104 students in Hairdressing, 7 students in Masonry, 74 students in Sewing, and 10 students in Welding. The approximate percentage of students in all programs break down to the following: 20% in Culinary Arts, 42.6% in Hairdressing, 2.8% in Masonry 30% in Sewing, 4% in Welding. The gender breakdown of our student body is 76% women and 24% men. In 2019, a new opportunity was given to those living beyond commuting distance to be part of the Boarding Student program. Boarding was secured within the immediate neighborhood for housing and a cook was hired for meals on campus. We had a total of 52 boarding students.
ORPHAN SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM: Rwanda Rise began in Rwanda after the 1994 Genocide to help the disproportionate number of widows and orphans who were left displaced and in poverty. The sponsorship program was designed to give monthly support for food and supplies for widows and school fees for orphans. While the organization has expanded greatly into vocational training programs for young adults, Rwanda Rise continues to provide direct financial support to 16 orphans for their public schooling fees and programs for children in the community on the campus of Hope Vocational Training Center.
NTEE category: International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Secondary category: Community Improvement & Capacity Building