Through a variety of education and community programs, REAP aims to support the rural population of the Musha community in the Rwamagana District in their efforts toward educational enrichment, community leadership and social equity, community resilience, healthy families. Our Community Learning Center and Library hosts community events such as workshops, parent cohorts, movie nights and educational programming in areas of leadership, parenting, teacher training, food access, and gender equality. Additionally, our Ihuriro Community Center is dedicated to entrepreneurial initiatives for students and the local community. We partner with local schools for educational enrichment and to provide scholarships for students to attend schools of excellence. REAP staff are neighbors to students and their families, and work alongside community members at large, to improve lives, generate opportunity, and promote community stability and resilience.
PETER VROOMAN, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO RWANDA, READS TO STUDENTS AT THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER AND LIBRARY.
We seek a strong and vibrant Musha Sector community where everyone has opportunities to thrive in a spirit of shared hope, trust, and inspiration.
We strive to create an integrated and innovative approach to education and community development that improves literacy rates and fosters socio-economic well-being with the active support and leadership of the community.
Bolster primary and secondary students’ learning and social emotional development with a specific focus on the skills of reading, writing, public speaking, technology, leadership, and exposure to entrepreneurship.
Strengthen community by supporting adult literacy and leadership, gender equality, and inter-generational learning.
Foster primary health prevention through prenatal and early childhood nutrition programs, sustainable agricultural development, improved hygiene standards, malaria prevention, HIV prevention, and sexual and reproductive health.
Facilitate learning communities that nurture the capacity of people to engage with one another in ways that promote and support the dignity and equality of all.
Stimulate economic empowerment and growth through a comprehensive community-led initiatives focusing on income generation and employment through the formation of local cooperatives.