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