About us

The Kinamba Community Project is registered both in Rwanda as a local NGO and as a UK charity. It provides educational opportunities for the people of the Urugero and Umutaka communities in the Kinamba area of Kigali, Rwanda. The genocide of 1994 had a devastating effect on the lives and futures of a large proportion of the community. This project offers hope to war widows, genocide orphans, the marginalised and vulnerable people of Kinamba.

The project was established originally by local people in response to a local need for the poorest children to go to school. In the beginning in 2005, there were 28 children attending a small nursery class. Now there are 150 children in 3 nursery classes and 2 primary classes and a growing number of opportunities for the youth and adults in the community.

The adult project provides skills training and support for the people to find income-generating activities to enable them to feed their children, live with dignity and take control over their own lives. We offer training and adviceand training on HIV/Aids awareness and prevention, basic literacy and numeracy, classes for tailoring (supported by the globalgrassroots organisation, see globalgrassroots.org ) classes to learn to make traditional baskets and jewellery for sale. Volunteers, currently from the UK and USA work with us to offer training and ideas for development.

I became interested in this project when I was working with VSO in Rwanda after retiring from my job as a Primary Headteacher in the UK. I decided to support it because it was an idea generated by local people in response to a local need. I visit the project and work with them for about 6 months each year and will continue to do so until the project is self-sustaining.

Meg Fletcher

Kinamba Community Project
Registered UK Charity No.1126601
www.kinambaproject.org.uk