EMPOWERING RWANDANS TO A RESILIENT FUTURE

Advocating for inclusive and sustainable development, scaling up innovative, cost-efficient and community-grounded solutions

UNDP, Government of Rwanda, Private Sector Federation and UN WOMEN award private companies and public institutions for promoting gender accountability

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UNDP is leveraging technology to support the visually impaired

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Green Amayaga Project Launch: Forest Landscape Restoration in Rwanda’s Amayaga Region

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The Government of Rwanda and UNDP Rwanda launch a retrofit electric Motorcycles project

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Transforming social and gender norms

A speech by Maxwell Gomera, UNDP Resident Representative in Rwanda, on the occasion of Gender Equality Seal Recognition event, on 20 March 2021

*Recognized companies include Bank of Kigali, Development Bank of Rwanda, Mata Tea Company, MTN Rwanda, Nyabihu Potato Company, Rwanda Energy Group, Rwanda Interlink Transport Company (RITCO) and Wolfram Mining and Processing Company.

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UNDP and the Government of Japan partnered to support capacity strengthening of regional security actors.

Kigali – 24 Rwandan military, police and civilian personnel have attended a one-week long course on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) organised by Rwanda Peace Academy (RPA) in partnership the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Rwanda and the Government of Japan.

The objective of the course is to equip participants with required knowledge and skills to minimize Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Peace Keeping missions.

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In Rwanda, UNDP has been working as a key development partner of choice since 1977, to achieve sustainable human development in economic, social and environmental fronts. Working closely with the Government, civil society, the private sector and communities, UNDP aims to eradicate extreme poverty, and reduce inequalities and exclusion to protect both people and the planet.

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UNDP Rwanda Annual Report 2021 | Financing Innovation and Innovating Finance

Rwanda’s journey from division to unity, poverty to prosperity, pandemic to recovery is one of innovation and resilience-and 2021 was a year that required both. UNDP Rwanda is proud to be part of this journey, helping to build a Rwanda that leads in sustainable, equitable development and leaves no one behind. In 2021, COVID-19 challenged the economic, health and social gains of the past two decades. Yet, Rwanda rose to meet the moment. Its swift response to curb the pandemic was followed with an ambitious government-launched Economic Recovery Plan. UNDP Rwanda has strived to do our part. In 2021, we identified key opportunities to finance innovation and to generate innovative finance wherever it would make the biggest difference.

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12,955,736

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of Rwanda

67.8

Years

Life expectancy at birth

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