Supporting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Kigali Schools
Since I was a young girl, I always had a dream that when I grow up I will help vulnerable families in my community to overcome poverty. I wanted to encourage young girls to be more confident and self-reliant.
This dream came through in June 2021 when I founded a local NGO named Grown to Help. For almost two years now, we’ve provided adolescent girls with information in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), self-leadership and confidence.
We’ve reached more than 200 girls in Kigali, Rwanda. In addition, we train women who are heads of vulnerable families in financial literacy and small businesses creation. We group them in a saving groups, support them financially to help them start their income-generating activities, with an aim of improving their livelihoods and ultimately being able to sponsor their children’s education.
Rwanda has made significant progress in improving its healthcare system since the 1994 genocide, which left the country in ruins. However, access to sexual and reproductive health and rights education and services is still limited, especially in public schools.
