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WFP increases food assistance for refugees in Rwanda
Kigali: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has increased food assistance for refugees in all five camps across Rwanda by 43 percent to help them meet their basic needs following the increase in food and energy prices globally. From February 2023, refugees...
European Union increases support to people in need of international protection with additional grant of €22 million to UNHCR to operate the Emergency Transit Mechanism in Rwanda until 2026.
Kigali, Rwanda – 9 February 2023 – The European Union has announced a €22 million support package to the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) in Rwanda operated by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Government of Rwanda. The ETM provides a life-saving channel to...
Digital education improves teaching experience in refugee-hosting schools
Connected learning programme is implemented in 15 refugee-hosting schools across Rwanda, reaching more than 16,000 upper primary refugee and Rwandan students and 681 teachers.
Refugee health volunteers help strengthen primary health care in Mahama camp
Each village in Mahama Refugee Camp has two community health volunteers who take care of pregnant women, their babies and undertake treatment of some illnesses.
After age of darkness, education restores hope
In a white coat, Eric Nshizirungu is carefully reading patients’ prescriptions, measuring the correct amount of medication before distributing them to customers in a pharmacy located in Kigali city. He is doing what he loves the most since his childhood. “My passion...
UNHCR welcomes renewed funding from Germany to support refugees in Rwanda
Kigali, 13 December 2022 – The Government of Federal Republic of Germany has announced a grant amounting to USD 940,000 to UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, to boost the refugee response in Rwanda. Mrs. Aissatou Ndiaye, the UNHCR Representative to Rwanda, applauded the...