In 2009 several young women at the Rwanda Multi Learning Centre started their own business baking cakes and biscuits, which they sell to the Kigali ex-patriot community. Motivated and determined, they are now making a profit.

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More than 400,000 children were orphaned by the genocide. Many were left to look after each other in child-headed households, sacrificing their own education in order to bring up the younger orphans. Our learning centre gives 120 students a year a chance to learn English and IT, and the possibility to complete their education.

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Our hospital and health clinic is reaching out to 17,000 people in rural Rwanda, helping prevent women from dying in childbirth and curing many opportunistic infections, which take a massive toll on Rwandan families.

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Based at our Learning Centre, the music centre was founded in 2009 by two dedicated English volunteer musicians. Offering group and individual music lessons, it also has a choir and band. Music can reach and heal people where words fail, and enables young people to learn new skills and discover their musical talents.

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Half a million women and girls were raped in the genocide, many of whom became pregnant and infected with HIV. Vulnerable and living in dire poverty, they need education and training. Aspire supports 50 such women a year equipping them with the skills, knowledge, confidence and support network to become self-sufficient and empowered.

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