Returnees Reintegration Project

 

Location: Kirundo, Muyinga, Ruyigi, Rutana and Makamba
Project timeline: 2020-2022
Supported by: IOM

Returnees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and host community members contributed towards the rehabilitation of community infrastructures through Quick Impact Projects (QIPs). Over the course of 2 years, Help a Child established and supported solidarity groups in returnee reintegration communities through which beneficiaries accessed business skills development training, vocational skills, and modern agricultural and livestock breeding skills development training.

Main results

2,656

formerly unemployed people accessed cash for work

1,700

formerly unemployed people received TVET and AVET

43

community infrastructures (re)built