Rwanda

Improving Adaptation Capacities for Vulnerable Households in Nyamagabe District

Project completed

Organisation

Initiative pour la Promotion de la Famille et du Genre (IPFG)

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Support area

Adaptation to climate change

Funding

119385 €

Project duration

Oct, 2022 – Sep, 2024

The Nyamagabe district in the south of Rwanda is impacted by frequent droughts, floods, and other extreme weather events. Therefore, identifying and implementing targeted measures to adopt to climate change, is essential for local communities. The local organisation Initiative pour la Promotion de la Famille et du Genre executed a project funded by IKI Small Grants to support vulnerable people to adapt and improve their circumstances. It enabled 300 households to tackle the negative impacts of climate change through provision of climate change related trainings and materials in agroforestry.

Capacity development

IKI Small Grants supported IPFG in their organisational capacity development through:
• Fundraising activites
• Training on gender and climate change mainstreaming in project planning and activities
• Evaluation and development of a strategic plan for 5 years
• Training on participatory natural resource management
• Development of IPFG’s IT and data protection policy

According to project manager Janvier Ngabo, the IKI Small Grants funding helped in aquiring new funding for the Rwandan organisation. © IPFG

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About the organisation

IPFG is a non-governmental organization founded in 2002 based in Nyamagabe District in Rwanda. All members are concerned about the welfare and full development of the family based on gender equality and the participation of men and women in all programmes aimed at strengthening fairness and democracy. Its mission is to promote and reinforce complementarity between man and woman and to encourage their participation in actions aimed at social and economic development.