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Post Harvest Handling and Storage Project The USAID Post-Harvest Handling and Storage Project capitalizes on increased Rwandan food crop productivity to improve food security by linking smallholder staple crop surpluses to markets. The project works with private sector agribusiness firms and processors to reduce post-harvest losses through investment in storage infrastructure and promotes improvement in the areas of post-harvest conditioning, grading, sorting and packaging. Investment in storage facilities will free smallholders from the need to sell crops at harvest time, when prices are at their lowest. At the same time, increasing the quality of crops for storage helps producers selling surpluses to compete domestically and regionally.
Land Husbandry Water Harvest and Hillside Irrigation Project (LWH) The Land Husbandry, Water Harvesting and Hillside Irrigation Project supports rural farmers to increase agriculture productivity using a modified watershed approach to introduce sustainable land husbandry measures for hillside agriculture on selected sites, as well as developing hillside irrigation for sub-sections of each site.
World Food Programme Rwanda International Distaster Assistance (IDA) World Food Programme Rwanda International Distaster Assistance (IDA)
Rwanda Rural Feeder Roads Improvement Program (RFIRIP) - World Bank (Rwanda):  The Rwanda Rural Feeder Roads Improvement Program (RFRIP) is part of the Mission's Feed the Future strategy. It will enhance market access and reduce transport costs for rural farmers, in order to increase Rwanda's trade competitiveness in domestic and regional staple foods. The RFRIP was originally designed as a five-year program comprising two sub-activities, namely 1) technical support and district capacity building and 2) roads rehabilitation through fixed amount reimbursement agreements (FARAs) between USAID and Government of Rwanda District offices.  With the delay in executing a Government to Government mechanism, the Mission is considering alternatives, including a grant to a Public International Organization such as the World Bank, buying into another international donor agreement, or a direct contract with a local construction firm.  FY 2014 funds will be used to continue the construction of feeder roads through one of these mechanisms.
Evaluation of USAID Investments in Nyungwe National Park Evaluation of USAID Investments in Nyungwe National Park
Rwanda Social Marketing Program (Rwanda):  In FY 2018, through the Rwanda Social Marketing Program (RSMP), USAID will continue to implement social and behavior change and communication (SBCC) activities aimed at improving knowledge of reproductive health, promoting uptake of family planning methods and utilization of maternal and child health services, and supporting malaria prevention and treatment services. The SBCC interventions developed under RSMP will be evidence-based, targeted and cost effective, and will prioritize youth. RSMP will deliver tailored messages through appropriate delivery channels, including community dialogue on various topics, talk shows with health community leaders or subject matter experts, interpersonal communication, drama and mobile video shows depending upon the target audience. RSMP will build on experience from community based organizations, along with proven social marketing tools..RSMP is implemented by the Society for Family Health (SFH) a local partner with strong expertise in delivering health messages to target populations. RSMP directly contributes to the Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) goal of improving the health and nutrition of Rwandans. .
Increased Use of Sustainable Health Services in Target Areas Increased use of sustainable health services in target areas
Rwanda Dairy Competitiveness Project (Rwanda):  USAID's Rwanda Dairy Sector Competitiveness Project II (RDCP II) works with smallholder dairy producers to improve milk quality, reduce transaction costs, and increase investments along the dairy value chain. ~RDCP II activities will reduce poverty by expanding the production and marketing of quality milk, which generates income and employment, and improves the nutrition of rural households. ~With FY 2015 funding, USAID will expand a national milk consumption campaign and build the management capacity of ~milk producing cooperatives. ~The program will help to scale up technologies that enable the adoption of artificial insemination, disease management, and best management practices in animal husbandry. ~USAID will support Government of Rwanda (GOR) agencies to implement an inspection and certification program for dairy products and to build the capacity of the Rwanda National Dairy Platform, an association of dairy sector players that advocates on behalf of members on policy issues and strengthens members' capacity for market expansion.
Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation (CLA) Activity (Rwanda):  The Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) activity will support USAID by providing services designed to improve the application of monitoring, evaluation and learning and CLA to achieve the development outcomes articulated in USAID's 2020-2025 Country Development Cooperation Strategy. The activity will provide expertise and on demand analytic support to the Mission to improve the use of data and evaluations, by helping the Mission to synthesize, visualize, and interpret data. The activity will also develop quality evaluation designs, implement evaluations, and support the Mission to develop post evaluation action plans. The CLA Activity will provide other supporting services including facilitation services to be used for a variety of collaboration purposes (such as activity reviews, activity learning and collaboration, portfolio reviews, mid-course stock takings, design consultations and events, etc.). . The CLA activity enables USAID to be more thoughtful, evidence-based, and data-driven in its activity designs, performance management, and collaboration across the portfolio.
Rwanda Integrated Health Systems Activity (RIHSA) (Rwanda):  .The Rwanda Integrated Health Systems Activity (RIHSA) directly contributes to the Mission's Development Objective of  of improved health outcomes and its associated Intermediate Result,  "Health Systems Strengthened for Increased Sustainability," as described in USAID's Country Development Cooperation Strategy, 2020-2025..RIHSA aims to improve the governance of the health system, reduce financial risk, and tailor information systems to provide information for Rwanda's health system decision-makers. RIHSA will improve management and accountability at the Ministry of Health at the central and subnational levels, mobilize domestic financing for health, and improve quality improvement and accreditation systems for both public and private facilities. RIHSA will train healthcare workers at the decentralized level to implement quality standards of care and strengthen Rwanda's Health Management Information System (HMIS). RIHSA will work closely with the Ministry of Health, Rwanda Social Security Board, and other entities to improve Rwanda's Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) management system, ultimately, allowing CBHI to become the bridge for universal healthcare..Rwanda has made great strides in improving its health system through implementation of progressive policies, such as the CBHI and the HMIS, and close coordination with donors. Building on the U.S. government's investments in Rwanda's health system, RIHSA will institutionalize and strengthen advances in Rwanda's health system for sustainability, contributing to Rwanda's quest for sustainable development..
Strengthening Sustainable Ecotourism in and around Nyungwe National Park (SSENNP) Program (Rwanda):  The Strengthening Sustainable Ecotourism in and around Nyungwe National Park (SSENNP) activity supports the transformation of Nyungwe National Park into a viable and competitive ecotourism destination. It strengthens Government of Rwanda (GOR) efforts to generate investment, improve livelihoods, and reduce poverty through tourism sector development. SSENNP builds on past USAID support to the GOR to accelerate growth and conservation efforts in Rwanda's Nyungwe National Park. With FY 2014 funds, SSENNP activities will continue to support the Rwanda Development Board in developing its park and tourism management capacity. This will be achieved by supporting new eco-tourism products and services inside and outside Nyungwe National Park, and leveraging direct private sector investment towards the management, construction, and maintenance of park infrastructure. SSENNP will continue to support community-based ecotourism activities and environmental education of youth.
Gikuriro kuri Bose (INECD) Activity (Rwanda):  .The Inclusive Nutrition and Early Childhood Development (INECD) activity or Gikuriro Kuri Bose, will support the implementation of integrated maternal and child nutrition, Early Childhood Development (ECD), disability, rehabilitation and assistive technology provision, and economic strengthening through savings and lending groups. This activity will work with the Ministry of Health and other government institutions at district, sector, cell and village levels. Interventions will improve the nutritional status of women, children and adolescents; improve ECD, child stimulation and positive parenting; care for children and adults with disabilities and provide cost effective assistive technology devices; and improve linkages between community and health facilities with strengthened referrals, promotion of antenatal care (ANC) uptake, and promotion of maternal nutrition at health facilities in the ten supported districts. The activity will target a total of 750,000 children under six years of age for both nutrition and ECD services and 850,000 women of reproductive age. ..Under this activity, technical assistance to central and decentralized institutions will be integral to achieve sustainable results. The INECD activity will coordinate with other USAID-funded activities on complementary interventions such as nutrition for lactating and pregnant women, market access to nutritious animal sourced foods, water access and sanitation products, and ANC. $500,000 of funding within this activity contributes to the "Micronutrients" earmark..This activity will contribute to a range of outcomes, including promoting peoples' livelihoods; reducing child mortality and child stunting; mitigating domestic conflict; empowering women and girls; and, supporting people with disabilities. This activity will contribute to the USAID Mission's CDCS "improved health outcomes" development objective.
Monitoring and Evaluation Management Services (MEMS) Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Management Services
SUPPORTING TEACHER ACHIEVEMENT IN RWANDAN SCHOOLS (STARS) supporting teacher achievement in rwandan schools (stars) proposes to scale in public primary schools pay-for-performance contracts to raise teachers motivation and effort and improve student outcomes.
Procurement and Distribution of FY 2022 HIV Commodities Procurement and distribution of FY 2022 HIV commodities
Integrated Improved Livelihood Program (Rwanda):  The Integrated Improved Livelihood Program (IILP) aims to improve the livelihoods and food consumption of Rwanda's very poor, particularly women, by building sustainable linkages to financial services, inputs, markets and information - all of which serve as key enabling factors for increased economic opportunities in rural areas. In addition, IILP implements complementary short-term and long-term interventions to ensure that most vulnerable populations are supported in a way that allows them to attain critical skills and knowledge, leading to greater food security and a better understanding of the relationship between diet, nutrition and hygiene. With FY 2014 funds, IILP's activities will include the transfer of agricultural technologies, promotion of functional literacy and financial education programs, and support to community-based savings and lending groups and nutrition groups. Particular focus will be on the scaling up of the cultivation and consumption of iron-fortified beans by farmers and rural households.  IILP will also assist micro-, small-, and medium-enterprises to access loans through local microfinance institutions.
Thrive Transforming Rwanda Medical Supply (RMS) Activity Task order 1 - HIV/AIDS commodities procurement, shipping, distribution and warehousing.
Twubakane Decentralization and Health Program Twubakane, the Kinyarwanda word meaning Lets build together, united many partnersthe Government of Rwanda, USAID, nongovernmental organizations, health care providers and communities. Launched in 2005, the Twubakane Decentralization and Health Program supported the Government of Rwanda in addressing the many challenges it faces in meeting the growing populations priority health care needs. Twubakane focused on: 1) Increasing the use of quality family health services in health facilities and communities 2) Strengthening the capacity of local governments and communities to support improved health service delivery at decentralized levels. High rates of maternal and child illness and death hinder social and economic development and burden a health care system also suffering from resource gaps, inconsistent quality of care and a need for improved community health services.
Private Sector Development - Agriculture (PSD Ag) (Rwanda):  The goal of the Private Sector-Driven Agricultural Growth (PSDAG) activity is to increase smallholder farmers' incomes by facilitating private sector investment in agriculture. PSDAG is USAID's main vehicle to help the Government of Rwanda (GOR) transform the agriculture sector from subsistence farming to a market-oriented engine of growth. PSDAG will increase the GOR's capacity to attract private investment by developing an investment promotion strategy and other investment facilitation tools such as an agricultural investment database, and the Agricultural Land Information System (ALIS) online tool that investors worldwide can access for data on available agricultural land. In FY2017, PSDAG will provide technical and financial assistance to cooperatives and agribusinesses, including U.S. businesses working in Rwanda, to expand operations and provide market opportunities to smallholder farmers. With FY2017 funds, PSDAG will reach 44,394 beneficiaries in 27 districts.
Administration and Oversight (Private Sector) Supports the following illustrative program-funded costs: salaries of US, FSN, and TCN and other staff such as PSCs, RSSAs, PASAs, CASUs working for the US Government managing, administering, and supporting programs and their program-funded benefits such as housing, travel, transportation, education allowances etc; institutional contractors that provide such staff, rent, IT services, the program-funded share of utilities, staff training costs and the cost of developing and administering training programs, equipment and supplies, ICASS, vehicle fuel and maintenance, maintenance contracts, janitorial services, operational unit web page development and maintenance, outreach such as publications and the cost of their preparation (including staff costs), and technical assistance to ensure USG compliance with regulations.
Gikuriro Activity (Rwanda):  Due to high rates of chronic malnutrition in Rwanda, particularly among children under two years of age, USAID will continue its support for the Gikuriro (Well Growing Child) integrated nutrition and water, hygiene and sanitation (WASH) activity. The goal of Gikuriro is to improve the nutritional status of women of reproductive age and children under five years of age, with an emphasis on the 1,000 day window of opportunity from pregnancy until a child's second birthday. Gikuriro promotes WASH activities, including hand washing practices and safe water use to prevent diarrheal diseases that interfere with nutrient absorption among children.  With FY 2018 funds, Gikuriro is expected to reach a total of 253,480 children under five years of age and their mothers with nutrition and hygiene interventions, and maternal and child health services at community level. Gikuriro will promote maternal health by counseling pregnant women to attend at least four antenatal care visits at health facilities in five districts. Catholic Relief Services, the implementer of Gikuriro, will continue to apply its technical expertise serving the most vulnerable people especially women and children.  A concerted focus on the 1,000 day window is crucial to accomplishing the Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) goal of improving the health and nutrition status of Rwandans...
Ingobyi Activity (Rwanda):  Ingobyi refers to a cushion to carry infants or sick people. USAID's Ingobyi activity  provides technical assistance at all levels of Rwanda's health system to improve the capacity of health professionals to prevent maternal and child deaths. The activity is focused in 20 of Rwanda's 30 districts. .Ingobyi will train, mentor and supervise doctors, nurses and midwives to improve clinical competencies in antenatal and postnatal care; emergency obstetric and newborn care; management of childhood illnesses; family planning; infection control and prevention; and management of sexual and gender-based violence at the facility level. At the community level, Ingobyi will train and supervise community health workers to correctly diagnose and treat malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea and to provide reproductive health services. $250,000 of funding within this activity contributes to meeting the required "Gender Based Violence (GBV)" earmark of $250,000..Ingobyi will improve the quality of data captured in the Health Management Information System and its use in decision making. Ingobyi will also support social and behavior change interventions to improve adoption of healthy reproductive, maternal, child, and adolescent behaviors, including hygiene, sanitation, nutrition, and malaria management and control. .Rwanda's pre-service medical system is weak and lacks experienced professionals to provide ongoing clinical mentorship. Ingobyi will continue to partner with the Government of Rwanda and local medical professional associations to provide in-service training to raise the overall clinical competencies of providers in order to build a more professional cadre of medical providers. .... .. ... .
Integrated Health Systems Strengthening Project (IHSSP) The Integrated Health Systems Strengthening Project (IHSSP) is assisting the Rwanda Ministry of Health in widening its scope to the strengthening of information systems and human resources management in a decentralized structure. Institutionalizing the practice of systematic quality improvement, the Project will work to support the government's efforts to extend quality public health services to the entire country.
Employment and Entrepreneurship (E&E) activity (Rwanda):  The Employment and Entrepreneurship (Hanga Akazi) activity plans to use FY 23 funding to continue working with GOR, private sector and civil society representatives to design and implement coordinated activities that address the problem of insufficient employment opportunities and limited entrepreneurial success for Rwandans. Using a market systems approach, the activity will facilitate capacity development of Rwandans in the key technical and soft skills required to participate in a modern workforce, focusing on opportunities surrounding the agricultural economy and food system more broadly, including supporting the growth of inclusive enterprises. Interventions will include rural, urban, and peri-urban areas within the Feed the Future Zone of Influence, in 13 rural districts and Kigali, given its importance as the nation's commercial hub. ..$1.6 million within this activity contributes to meeting the "Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises" earmark of $9.6 million. Additionally, the activity is allocating $1,093,653 in year 2 to its social inclusion component to incentivize businesses to grow more inclusively by conducting a constraint analysis, providing recommendations, and supporting advocacy for improved compliance with anti-discrimination regulations. This focuses on addressing the challenges faced by underrepresented youth, women and persons with disabilities in the labor market. The activity will also use $500k in FY23 Higher Education funding to expand tertiary TVET programming to youth and women, and offer second chance programs to marginalized youth and youth with disabilities. ..This activity contributes to USAID's Country Development Cooperation Strategy Objective 3, "Increase Inclusive and Sustainable Private Sector Driven Growth" and to USAID's Global Food Security Strategy, and contributes to the GOR's National Strategy for Transformation I, Economic Transformation Pillar..
Sustaining Partnerships for Rural Enterprises and Agricultural Development (SPREAD) The project aims to expand economic opportunities in the Rwandan agricultural and rural development sector by enhancing value-added production, processing, and increasing market-driven private sector growth
INCREASED USE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDING HIV/AID Increased use of community health services including HIV/AIDS
Nguriza Nshore (Rwanda):  <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->.The Nguriza Nshore (Lend To Me, So That I May Invest) activity's objective is to drive rural economic growth by facilitating the emergence of a dynamic agribusiness sector.  The activity will do this by providing technical assistance to the banking and finance sector focused on alleviating constraints to investment and increasing access to finance in order to facilitate the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the agribusiness sector, thereby increasing employment and reducing poverty for rural populations. It will provide technical assistance to support Cogebanque implement its SME strategy. It will also build the capacity of the Association of Microfinance in Rwanda (AMIR) to establish a microfinance investment trust fund and will provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Finance (MINECOFIN) to reduce interest rates from 24 percent to 14 percent. It will also provide technical assistance to SMEs to be investment ready, and will provide technical assistance to the Government of Rwanda to implement its Entrepreneurship Development Policy (EDP) and to draft a Private Equity law, thereby strengthening the business enabling environment... ..Limited access to finance is a major constraint to the development of Rwanda's private sector and agribusiness, which remain nascent and small. By improving the ability of investors of agribusiness SMEs to access finance, the private sector will be much better positioned to start new ventures, and expand existing enterprises, thereby increasing incomes and employment for Rwandans in agribusiness... ..The activity supports the Embassy's Integrated Country Strategy (ICS) Goal 2, to "Increase bilateral economic growth, trade, and investment" and will also contribute to the achievement of the Global Food Security Strategy objective 1 "Inclusive and Sustainable Agriculture Led Economic Growth"...
the THRIVE Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Activity (IGIRE-Gimbuka) thrive orphans and vulnerable children (ovc) - determined, resilient, empowered, aids-free, mentored, and safe (dreams) activity (oda) locally named igire-turengere abana (be resilient  let us protect children) program will reach at-risk adolescent girls and young women (agyw), orphans and vulnerable children (ovc) and their households with interventions to reduce hiv incidence and vulnerabilities as this activity requires. the program will be targeting to achieve four main intermediate results: sustained adoption of essential practices by families and communities for most vulnerable children and youth; improved health and prospects for at-risk adolescents and youth; strengthened prevention and response to violence against children and youth; and improved community/facility level coordination and delivery of quality health and social services for children and youth.