Community organizing that began in rural Mumeya, Rwanda, has spread across Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, and Ghana. Grassroots leaders in Rwanda are now working as organizers in 21 communities, teaching and coaching teams in new villages and leading an effort that planted 45,000…
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…
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 Organizing (PICO Rwanda). Participants met with grassroots leaders, community organizers, government officials, and religious leaders, attended…
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,…
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,…
“We have to make sure that when we complete our work, it lasts for generations. Everyone must do their part.” - Charlotte Mutateri Faith in Action leader in Nyarubuye On April 7 – Good Friday in the Christian tradition –…
“We have to make sure that when we complete our work, it lasts for generations. Everyone must do their part.” - Charlotte Mutateri Faith in Action leader in Nyarubuye On April 7 – Good Friday in the Christian tradition –…
