CAPR 's CONTRIBUTION IN PEACE BUILDINGS ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENT AS A LOCAL NGO .

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Collectif Des Artisans De Paix Et la Reconciliation (CAPR) is a local Non-Governmental Organization in Rwanda that aims at promoting peace building activities and

Rwandan’s participation in community development RATIONALE

For several years until the early 90’s, Rwanda was disorganized by the civil war which highly weakened the then already fragile economy. This left most of the society and the country’s population poor. As a result, the observance of human rights lowered, the levels of tolerance among the population went down which obviously has a bearing on Peace, Unity and National Reconciliation. The Government of the Republic of Rwanda has since put up considerable measures to uphold Peace in the country, ensure observance of Human Rights, tolerance and Unity among others. These are being enforced through Governmental institutions like Security forces, National Commission for Human rights, National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC) among others. However, these and more face multitudes of challenges in a bid to ensure maximum results in maximum respect to human rights, tolerance, Unity and reconciliation among others. It’s against this background that in 2003, the founding members of CAPR sought to provide workable solutions to these and many more of the challenges faced by some and more of the fore mentioned organizations. The Organization set out objectives that it has since gone on to achieve considerably and continues to perform in that very path. It has and continues to have tremendous success in the Northern, Southern and eastern Provinces and will continue to spread in all the provinces around the Country.

Vision of the Organization

A future where all people have access to basic needs and living in harmony

Mission of the Organization

To empower citizens with skills for successful participation in community Development and Peace Building practices

Objectives

Ø To promote the culture of peace towards the respect of human rights, tolerance , unity and reconciliation among the population

Ø To sensitize and support the population general in development of their country and their own population.

Strategic objectives

a) Community development programs

Community development programs are intended to help local communities improve their financial base, ensure healthy populations in the community and well learned citizens among the population.

Community development activities take a multi range of activities in the health, education and financial abilities. The sub programs which are subdivided into units include the following:-

Economic development subprograms

Ø Income generating activities unit which is intended to create even income distributions among communities.

Ø Village and saving unit which engages communities in saving to create loans that are intended to enhance the culture of saving and helping one another.

Community health sub program

These sub programs are intended to ensure healthy populations in communities. They are also sub divided into units. These include

Ø Nutrition unit

Ø Reproductive health Unit

Ø Prevention of Epidemic and Pandemic diseases

Education and information sharing sub program

In Farmers Field School (FFS) farmers learn by doing and they also do practice at their land at home. In order to fight for food security

Ø Professional training unit

Ø Civic education Unit

Ø Communication and information sharing unit

Ø Support to formal Education Unit

a) Peace Building

Ø Conflict prevention and conflict management Unit

Ø Unity and reconciliation unit

Ø Human rights protection and promotion unit

b) Gender programs

With the mission to ensure that there is gender consideration in all programs and activities of the organization as well as promoting it in the community through programs and activities.

c) Culture of Conservation

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY

To work with the population as key beneficiaries and create opportunities for collaboration and partnership between the Rwandese to build the future from the past experience.

Tools or methodology

Trainings

Debates and dialogues

Educative games and puzzles

Joint plan and joint project

Financial support

Group work and practices

Common evaluation of achievements

Experience, Achievements and Partnerships

o Member of Rwanda Civil Society platform Forum

o Member of Rwanda Youth Organizations Forum

o Partnerships with different international and local NGO’s e.g UNICEF, NPA, MCC

Projects engaged in

1. Conservation Agriculture

CAPR is promoting conservation Agriculture by supporting farmers to cultivate using climate change adaptation technologies like Green House Farming.

It does this by providing training to rural youth ,women farmers and different peoples in poverty to improuve them selves by creating farmers field school (FFS)

in Entrepreneurship and help them to start working in cooperatives and Savings Groups.

Districts covered

Ø Kayonza district

Ø Nyamagabe District

Experience, Achievements and Partnerships

o Member of Rwanda Civil Society platform Forum

o Member of Rwanda Youth Organizations Forum

o Partnerships with different international and local NGO’s e.g UNICEF, NPA, MCC,RGB,...

Projects engaged in

1. Conservation Agriculture

CAPR is promoting conservation Agriculture by supporting farmers to cultivate using climate change adaptation technologies like Green House Farming.

It does this by providing training to rural youth farmers , women , and peoples in poverty escpecialy 1 & 2 class of living categories in Entrepreneurship and help them to start working in cooperatives and Savings Groups.

Districts covered

Ø Kayonza district

Ø Nyamagabe District