Vision and Mission

Vision

Residents of "sustainable villages" lead healthy and self-determined lives, have access to education and professional training, earn a good living in their village environment on their own, and at the same time are connected to the outside world.

Mission

Development in rural areas is rarely holistic. It is typically concentrating on one element only, for example water, electricity, clean cooking, agriculture&food, health, education or income generation.

In a first step, Sustainable Villages Foundation (SVF) however is carrying out a pilot project in Rwanda where the natural synergies of all the development aspects mentioned above are brought together.

Many villages in Juru, south of Rwanda’s capital Kigali, have neither electricity grid nor water supply. People cook indoors on open fireplaces. Children temporarily drop out of school because they have to carry water and firewood from far away or get sick from contaminated water and a poor diet. Education options are limited. Income levels are extremely low.

SVF started implementing sustainable solutions in two villages in 2020 and has since expanded the pilot to the entire Juru Sector, where the holistic approach’s aggregate impact will be demonstrated.

In the next step, SVF will extend its activities to a much larger number of villages in Rwanda based on the holistic village development model derived from the experience gained in the pilot. The aim is to extend the number of village agglomerations to 100 by 2030 with a total of 250,000 beneficiaries.

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

The Foundation is guided by the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, among others: