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7 January 2026
Over 6,500 fruit trees distributed and planted!
The new year is off to a good start. Sustainable Villages Foundation, together with ‘Here for Hope’, has distributed over 6,500 fruit trees to households and schools.
18 December 2025
New smart classroom for Katarara School!
With the support of the German Embassy in Rwanda, the largest school in our project area, with 2,300 pupils, has been equipped with a modern smart classroom.
4 December 2025
Agricultural project with over 1,600 beneficiaries launched!
In this 18-month project, 300 farming households will be trained and women's savings groups with 150 members will receive a revolving fund.
24 June 2025
Pitching event at the residence of the German Ambassador!
The German Ambassador invited five organizations supported by the embassy to present their work in the garden of the residence.
25 April 2025
Solarpowered center with cold storage for vegetables goes into operation!
With financial support from Portuguese energy company EDP, we have completed an agricultural center with solar-powered cold storage for vegetables.
18 February 2025
New school building with two smart classrooms inaugurated!
We have built a new building for the Juru Vocational School with two smart classrooms and two seminar rooms.
22 January 2025
Learn programming among banana fields!
Together with the training center “The Gym,” we are training young people in “coding clubs” at the Juru Vocational School to develop software.
9 December 2024
Ambassador and Mayor inaugurate drinking water facility!
Immediately after the visit to the vocational school, the German Ambassador and the Bugesera Cistrict Mayor inaugurated a drinking water system at Cyirabo Primary School.
9 Dezember 2024
The German ambassador visits new computer classrooms!
The German Ambassador to Rwanda, Heike Uta Dettmann, has visited the new IT classrooms at the TSS Juru vocational school in Bugesera.
9 September 2024
The 2024 scholarship programme launched!
In 2024, we awarded four vocational school scholarships to attend Akagera International School. Two in tourism and two in IT.
26 July 2024
448 households now have electricity for the first time!
Thanks to EDP's "Access to Energy Program", over 2,200 people in 448 households have lights in their homes, can charge their mobile phones and listen to the radio.
26 April 2024
New building for nursery school in Rugarama Village!
A new modern brick building was added to the one classroom nursery school we built last year.
22 March 2024
100 rainwater tanks of 5000 liter each installed!
In collaboration with Sparkassenstiftung, the local co-operative bank and local savings groups, 100 households were supplied with water in a pilot project. More are to follow.
22 December 2023
Gatora Primary School has electricity and smart classroom now!
The Youth Foundation of Saxony made it possible to electrify Gatora Primary School and equip it with 48 laptops, a projector and a print/copy device.
18 December 2023
2023 gave us a great boost!
The end-of-the year newsletter of the foundation shows: 2023 was a good year for the local community in our project area.
11 November 2023
Once again a roof over their heads!
A family of seven who were provisionally housed now have a home again.
1 September 2023
Funding commitment for the electrification of the Gatora Primary School received!
With its "genialsozial" programme, the Youth Foundation of Saxony is funding the electrification of the "Ecole Primaire Gatora", the installation of a computer room and various training programmes.
11 August 2023
Electrification of Cyirabo Primary School completed!
A Rwandan solar company completed the solar installation with batteries and the AC electrical installation with lamps and sockets after three weeks of construction.
28 July 2023
House for a homeless family is under construction!
Sustainable Villages Foundation builds a model house for a homeless family in Rugarama village.
30 June 2023
English training is extremely popular!
At the request of many, Sustainable Villages Foundation (SVF) has been offering English training for teachers at Juru Primary School since April 2023.
11 May 2023
One goat or one sheep for each farmer!
In addition to the distribution of goats/sheep, the agricultural training focused on topics as diverse as hygiene, microfinance and networking with local authorities.
3 April 2023
Grand opening of the nursery school!
After six months of construction, the first phase of the nursery school was opened with a celebration. Over 100 officials, parents, children and other guests attended the celebrations.
17 March 2023
Great progress in agricultural training!
Since December 2022, 50 smallholder farmers have been trained in agricultural techniques with an agroecological approach.
24 February 2023
IT training of teachers is progressing well!
Right after the Smart Classroom was set up at Ecole Primaire Juru in October 2022, IT training began. The more than 20 teachers can now all use the laptops.
Older News
- 31 January 2023 Two more primary schools are to be electrified
- 14 December 2022 Training of 50 farmers started!
- 21 October 2022 International visit to the pilot villages!
- 14 October 2022 "Smart Classroom" set up!
- 06 October 2022 Construction of the nursery school has started!
- 09 September 2022 The primary school now has solar power!
- 01 August 2022 Baseline needs assessment finalized!
- 20 July 2022 Memorandum of Understanding for construction of a nursery school signed
- 29 June 2022 Memorandum of Understanding on school electrification agreed
- 25 May 2022 Board of Trustees Chairpersons elected
- 20 April 2022 95% of households now have electricity!
- 11 April 2022 Agreement with MINALOC and RGB
- 24 September 2021 Household electrification via local savings groups
- 11 August 2021 The school has water again
- 11 May 2021 First projects launched
- 28 April 2021 Successful household survey and needs assessment
- 19 February 2021 Website goes online!
- 11 November 2020 Founding act completed
- 07 November 2020 Pilot village identified