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Since 1992 ; Pro-Femmes/Twese Hamwe dedicated to women’s empowerment, gender equality, peacebuilding, and development in Rwanda. By today, the umbrella has grown to 52 member organizations from across the country. For the past over 30 years, PF/TH has served as a model for creating a peaceful and stable Rwandan society free of all types of gender discrimination and defined by gender equality and equity, as part of a larger process toward sustainable development.

Community mobilization, advocating for women’s participation in decision-making processes, economic development for women, and combating Gender Based Violence is among the notable accomplishments.

Pro-Femmes/Twese Hamwe believes that development cannot be achieved or sustained at the community, district, or national levels unless women are included and their rights are respected in all areas of development.

Women with vision can speak up and contribute to national development, with a special emphasis on vulnerable people having equal rights and opportunities for sustainable livelihoods and benefits from both household and national resources, which justifies the existence of Pro-Femmes/Twese Hamwe.

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From victims to Champions

KANKESHA Claudine from Gahotore village, Nkora cell, Kigeyo sector in Rutsiro district is a mother of four. Currently, an active member of VSLA women’s cooperative ‘Mugore - Mukobwa Tuzamurane Kigeyo’ before the formation of their cooperative in 2023 Claudine was a traditional beer business woman Urwagwa (a local brew made out of crushed bananas) to earn a living, however, with the help of her husband she was given three bunches of banana worthy 15,000 Rwf as a loan to start the business which she paid back after 8 days. At the beginning of the WORK project, she was presented with an opportunity to join the cooperatives and is now a member. In the process, she applied for a loan of 20,000 Rwf from the cooperative which she used to buy a piglet and raised it to be sold at 182,000 Rwf after 10 months. Me and my husband jointly own land from my contribution and we have another piglet. We managed to pay the medical insurance to my whole family. This is due to the benefits of working together as women in cooperatives and through trainings women can identify profitable businesses to invest in. Joyfully said, Claudine.

During this reporting period, a proportion of 1400 WICBTs were supported by saving initiations. WICBTs received capacity building on how to initiate saving within their groups/VSLAs, they were encouraged to save as a group and were trained on the importance of saving that promotes their togetherness as a group.

Currently, WICBTs groups have managed to save fifteen million five hundred thirty-three thousand eight hundred twenty Rwandan francs (15,533,820 Rwf). The next step is to link WICBTs to financial institutions after proving the level of business development and the need for financial institution intervention. All cooperative members have equal rights to access these loans with a small interest.