Rwanda

Sanitary towels are not trivial, nice-to-have items - they’re essential tools in the fight against poverty and injustice. That’s why this Menstrual Hygiene Day, we’re talking about the importance of fighting period poverty.  Read more

In Rwanda, mothers like Emerance struggle to find enough work to feed their families. British MP Jeremy Lefroy joined ActionAid UK staff to visit one of our projects in Muko, northern Rwanda, to see how ActionAid support has changed the lives of women and children living there.  Read more

Today ActionAid's Rwandan Country Director Josephine Uwamariya joins staff at ActionAid UK in London to talk about the 20-year anniversary of the genocide. Read more

In Rwanda, in the space of 100 days during 1994, between 800,000 and one million people – mainly from the Tutsi minority group but also several thousand moderate Hutus – were killed by Hutu militias. Read more