Rwanda is especially vulnerable to climate change. Increasingly severe floods, droughts, and landslides are directly impacting life across the country, including the work that PICO Rwanda has done to build houses, clinics, schools, roads, and economic development projects in rural…
“It was never heard of that a little person would go to the office of the Minister of Health and speak. Even for me, it seemed impossible.” – Pastor John Rutsindintwarane This is the seminal story of organizing in Rwanda…
Rwandan small farmers are increasingly seeing their crops lost to drought, hillside garden soil washed away by unseasonably heavy rains, and roofs blown off by strong winds. Now communities in the Kirehe District are joining together to take practical steps…
The Role of Grassroots Organizing in Overcoming Development Challenges in Africa and Beyond January 22-26, 2024 Twenty-four people from the U.S., Ghana, Tanzania, and Namibia traveled to Rwanda to learn from Faith in Action's Rwandan affiliate, People Improving Communities through…
Two hundred sixty nine people made donations of $195,118 that were matched by our friends, John and Sue Sobrato. This investment helps plant seeds of Growth in Africa Community organizing that began in rural Mumeya, Rwanda, has spread across Rwanda,…
Peace Lutheran Church in Grass Valley, CA, hosted Pastor John Rutsindintwarane to learn about his work supporting grassroots organizing in Rwanda and across Africa. More than 100 people participated. Events included a Walk for Rwanda to raise much-needed funds. Donations…
Rwanda is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, which is bringing stronger floods and mudslides and drier dry seasons. In September, heavy storms severely damaged buildings and crops in Eastern Rwanda, killing four people in Nyarubuye, including…
Faith in Action International’s approach to grassroots organizing is built on the fundamental notion that power to cause change lies in the connections everyday people make with one another that enables them move together to take informed action. In El…
Thirty grassroots leaders gathered for their second national leadership development session at the end of June to develop skills to expand their organizing efforts into new communities. Faith and government leaders provided testimony about the success of this organizing approach.…
Thirty-eight grassroots leaders from across Rwanda gathered in Rusumo for two days to map out plans to grow their successful organizing efforts across Rwanda, starting in Kirehe District. They moving ahead with hiring four veteran leaders Ezra Nkubana, Poline Usabyemeza,…
