Rwanda: In March, Rusumo leaders pushed for community ownership of the “Doc Taggart” Health Clinic they constructed. In early May, they learned from Kirehe Mayor that clinic ownership would be transferred to their organization. While this is a big challenge,…
We welcome leaders from Nyamata Lutheran Parish to the PICO Rwanda community as they initiate organizing efforts. Leaders have come together for training, are conducting outreach, and beginning work on community issues. After only a couple of months they have…
Presently, women are manufacturing about 2000 tiles per month with back breaking labor. They dig and mix clay from pits deep in the valley, carry it up a steep narrow path to the spot where they shape the tiles by…
A year ago, the PICO delegation witnessed 1000 people dedicate the health clinic in Rusumo that has been serving more than 100 people each day. This year, the PICO delegation arrived to see the clinic closed on the Saturday we…
Five PICO delegates just returned from Rwanda. We saw clinics, schools, houses, water, electricity, community centers and business that people built from the ground up in isolated areas. But we were even more impressed with the confidence exuding from former…
“We are going to combine the strength of all our groups and keep growing our ideas to get further,” said Specioza, one of the 45 leaders who gathered for a three day PICO Rwanda national training session at the Jesuit…
This year, PICO Rwanda celebrated 10 years of successful work. Twenty-three years after the genocide, PICO is helping Rwandans fulfill its vision for economic development and women’s empowerment. Leaders are modeling a democratic approach that claims space for ordinary people…
This year, PICO Rwanda celebrated 10 years of successful work. Twenty-three years after the genocide, PICO is helping Rwandans fulfill its vision for economic development and women’s empowerment. Leaders are modeling a democratic approach that claims space for ordinary people…
This year, PICO Rwanda celebrated 10 years of successful work. Twenty-three years after the genocide, PICO is helping Rwandans fulfill its vision for economic development and women’s empowerment. Leaders are modeling a democratic approach that claims space for ordinary people…
Your support is changing the lives of ordinary people in Rwand, El Salvador and Haiti. “This project has changed my life because ignorance is a disease... Now, we are happy and work together. We are able to build houses....people who…
