| Location: | Gatsibo, Rwanda |
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| Category: | Infrastructure & Economic Development |
| Published: | 31 October 2007 |
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In Rwanda more than 65.4 % of the population live below the poverty line. Almost every second adult is illiterate. The situation of the Batwa, an ethnic minority which belongs to the so-called pygmy groups, is especially difficult. The Batwa live in abject poverty. They don’t own anything, and due to lacking school education, they are not able to read or write. Many of them must go begging or feed their children with rubbish and leftovers.
The Batwa are socially discriminated by huge parts of the Rwandan society. Due to this discrimination, the Batwa have little chances to find a paid job except for menial and low-paid work as servants or performing backbreaking work for a starvation wage on a building site.
How can CARE help?
In the Gatsibo region in the east of Rwanda, CARE implements a literacy and education programme. The Batwa are taught how to read and write and are informed about their rights. In the framework of this project, CARE is now also planning to offer the Batwa concrete help in the fields of income, education and health. By receiving a training, for example as beekeepers or potters, people learn a skilled trade from which to derive income.
CARE also helps them to make the necessary purchases. In the area of health care, CARE is planning to conduct workshops which deal with the topics of family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention. Small credits which are granted to the people by saving groups shall enable them to pay their health insurance.
The Batwa are socially discriminated by huge parts of the Rwandan society. Due to this discrimination, the Batwa have little chances to find a paid job except for menial and low-paid work as servants or performing backbreaking work for a starvation wage on a building site.
How can CARE help?
In the Gatsibo region in the east of Rwanda, CARE implements a literacy and education programme. The Batwa are taught how to read and write and are informed about their rights. In the framework of this project, CARE is now also planning to offer the Batwa concrete help in the fields of income, education and health. By receiving a training, for example as beekeepers or potters, people learn a skilled trade from which to derive income.
CARE also helps them to make the necessary purchases. In the area of health care, CARE is planning to conduct workshops which deal with the topics of family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention. Small credits which are granted to the people by saving groups shall enable them to pay their health insurance.
