Lolly's Rwanda TripView Slideshow

Job Skills Training 2011View Slideshow

Learning and WorkingView Slideshow

Images from a trip to Rwanda show the daily lives of the women and their families in Women for Women International-Rwanda, learning skills, celebrating and working in the fields. Get a snapshot of their lives by browsing our images.

• Learning and Working
  The Women for Women International-Rwanda country office is located in Kigali in central Rwanda.
• Learning and Working
  WfWI-Rwanda participants working collectively to prepare a field for crops.
• Learning and Working
  WfWI-Rwanda participants displaying a recently completed piece of tie-dyed fabric.
• Learning and Working
  WfWI-Rwanda has served over 38,000 women since the office opened in 1997.
• Learning and Working
  After Women for Women International training, 73% of participants said their ability to send their child to school improved.
• Learning and Working
  Only 6% of WfWI-Rwanda participants report attending secondary school.
• Learning and Working
  A mound garden is a common form of gardening in Rwanda used to save space.
• Learning and Working
  Former Country Director, Berra Kabarungi, operating a machine to cut grass for animal feed.
• Learning and Working
  Ninety-six percent of WfWI-Rwanda participants do not have electricity.
• Learning and Working
  A women performs a local Rwandan dance.
• Learning and Working
  Basketweaving, bag-making and tailoring are some of the options the Women for Women International-Rwanda participants can choose for training.
• Learning and Working
  WfWI-Rwanda participants handcraft paper bead jewelry to sell in local markets.
• Learning and Working
  Women participating in tailoring training are taught to use sewing machines.

Programs, Job Skills and Classroom TrainingView Slideshow

WfWI-Rwanda participants receive bi-monthly training in life skills and rights, business and skills training. Below are images of participants learning during the 12-month program.

• Programs and Classroom training
  A wall in a classroom with letters from sponsors of participants
• Programs and Classroom training
  Francine with a picture of her sister sponsor
• Programs and Classroom training
  Zainab Salbi with her sister who she sponsors through the program
• Programs and Classroom training
  Jeneane, a participant in the program, smiles as she talks about how Women for Women International has helped her
• Programs and Classroom training
  Two women in the program listening to the teacher discuss subjects during a lesson
• Programs and Classroom training
  Two children were intrigued by the camera while their mother listened in on class
• Programs and Classroom training
  A WfWI-Rwanda participant listening during a training session.
• Programs and Classroom training
  A boy stands in front of the chalkboard that the women use for literacy training
• Programs and Classroom training
  Jeanette, a women in the program, at her home in Rwanda
• Programs and Classroom training
  A group of women sit outside in make shift classrooms
• Programs and Classroom training
  Participants can select tailoring as their vocational track to make clothing for retail in local markets.
• Programs and Classroom training
  Clothing, blankets, and other materials will be made from cloth the women make
• Programs and Classroom training
  Plastic baskets are woven together to make a sturdy carrier for the women, or to sell in the market
• Programs and Classroom training
  Long strips of brightly colored plastic strips will be hand woven to make baskets.
• Programs and Classroom training
  The baskets these women make will be useful both to themselves and to those who wish to purchase them
• Programs and Classroom training
  Tailoring is a skill that participants can use for income generation opportunities after graduation.
• Programs and Classroom training
  WfWI-Rwanda participants using sewing machines during skill training in tailoring.
• Programs and Classroom training
  A WfWI-Rwanda staff member gives participants instructions on how to use solar flashlights.
• Programs and Classroom training
  Demonstration of a sustainable agricultural technique.
• Programs and Classroom training
  WfWI-Rwanda’s Commercial Integrated Farming Initiative is an agribusiness project targeting large numbers of women for training in organic crop production or animal husbandry.
• Programs and Classroom training
  Goats are part of WfWI-Rwanda’s training in animal husbandry.
• Programs and Classroom training
  A WfWI-Rwanda participant standing outside one of her livestock shelters.
• Programs and Classroom training
  A woman stands next to her vegetable stand where she sells produce that she has grown

Enrollment and Graduation in RwandaView Slideshow

From standing in line to enroll into the program to the celebration of graduation – these images depict the journey that women in the Rwandan office take during the program.

• Graduation
  Zainab Salbi sits among women who are sitting on the ground after so much time standing in line to get enrolled into the Women for Women International program in Rwanda
• Graduation
  Women waiting to be enrolled in the program dance and sing to show their excitement about being enrolled
• Graduation
  Hundreds of women show up, sometimes standing for hours, hoping to enroll in the program.
• Graduation
  Women with children are allowed to move to the front of the line so that they can tend to their children
• Graduation
  During enrollment, WfWI-Rwanda staff members collect important socio-economic data and take each woman’s picture.
• Graduation
  WfWI-Rwanda graduates celebrating during graduation.
• Graduation
  Graduates sing and dance before receiving their graduation certificates.
• Graduation
  Former US Executive Director, Rania Attalla, hugging a graduate.
• Graduation
  Women celebrate their accomplishment during the graduation ceremony.
• Graduation
  WfWI-Rwanda graduates proudly display their graduation certificates.
• Graduation
  WfWI-Rwanda graduates hold up their graduation certificates in a group photo with former Country Director Berra Kabarungi and special guests.
• Graduation
  Batwa dancers celebrate on graduation day