{"id":1978,"date":"2021-09-23T10:57:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T10:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/6-million-project-to-help-tackle-poverty-in-rural-areas"},"modified":"2021-09-23T10:57:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T10:57:18","slug":"6-million-project-to-help-tackle-poverty-in-rural-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/6-million-project-to-help-tackle-poverty-in-rural-areas","title":{"rendered":"$6 million project to help tackle poverty in rural areas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Rwanda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Rwandans living in rural areas are to benefit from a $6 million project, which has been designed to create more small businesses and income-generating activities.<\/p>\n

The Advancing Citizen Engagement Project (ACE), initiated by the government of Rwanda, Japan and the World Bank is projected to benefit 76,000 people \u2014 of which half are women \u2014 from 17,750 households. At least some 249 rural poor villages will benefit from the project through small grants.<\/p>\n

Claudine Marie Solange Nyinawagaga, the Director-General of the Local Administrative Entities Development Agency (LODA), said the project will also help train government officials on how to engage citizens in local development planning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis project will enhance our platforms for citizen participation at the local level, build the capacity of local and national authorities to lead development planning at the village level that involves and empowers all Rwandese,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The project will be implemented by Spark Microgrants in partnership with local governments in Burera, Gakenke, Gicumbi, and Huye Districts. According to Rolande Pryce, the World Bank Country Manager, citizen engagement is critical to strengthening grassroots participation and sustainable rural livelihoods in Rwanda.<\/p>\n

She added that the support to local businesses will also help them recover from the impacts of Covid-19. Over 70 households in each target village will benefit from capacity-building for planning and savings groups. The support will include the identification of livelihood projects, and build villagers\u2019 capacity for procurement, banking and record-keeping.<\/p>\n

Rolande Pryce ,World Bank Rwanda Country Manager and Masahiro Imai, the Japanese Ambassador for Rwanda during the meeting on September22.<\/b><\/p>\n

Masahiro Imai, the Japanese Ambassador for Rwanda, said that the support which comes in the wake of an unprecedented crisis, Covid-19, is timely as it will tackle challenges affecting the most vulnerable population.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this project, more than half of the grant will go directly to small-scale, co-managed livelihood improvement activities that are essential to revive rural economies affected by the pandemic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added this is fully in line with Japan Social Development Fund philosophy of supporting community-driven development and poverty reduction projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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