Organization Name: HELP A CHILD INITIATIVE (HCI)
Organization Type: NGO
Registration No: 833/RGB/NGO/LP/06/2022
Thematic Focus

Child protection

Digitization & Innovation

Education

Emergency response

Empowerment of persons with disabilities

Gender equality & women empowerment

Human rights, citizen participation & democracy

Livelihoods & employment

Youth empowerment

Mission

HCI exists to shape a resilient and well-educated future generation, ready for personal growth, empowered to catalyze significant change locally and globally. This is done through providing comprehensive childcare, protection, and education services for vulnerable children and youth in Rwanda.

Key past projects:

#1 Project Title: Early Childhood Development Center

Start date: 2022-07-17

End date: 2024-03-07

Project location: Nyarugenge

Early childhood education lays the groundwork for future well-being and success, HCI has been establishing ECD schools for young children in underserved areas of communities and plans to open two new ECD schools for at-risk 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds to prepare them for elementary school.

Key beneficiaries targeted: 2-3-4-5 years Children

Donor(s) & Implementing partners: Membership Contribution and Global Giving

#2 Project Title: Injishi, End of Orphanage, Rwanda

Start date: 2015-07-01

End date: 2020-07-01

Project location: Rulindo, Rwamagana, Gasabo District

The project aimed to reintegrate,educate children from streets and orphanages into loving families. This is done by mobilization of local communities on alternative care and identification of foster families to receive abandoned children. Tailored support is provided then.

Key beneficiaries targeted: 256 placed in foster families from orphanages, street and abandonments.

Donor(s) & Implementing partners: EX NCC(Current NCDA), Hope and Homes for Children, Global Giving