Réseau Culturel Sangwa (RCS) contributed to the increment of women leadership for resilience and self-confidence. In addition to that, it contributed to the mobilizing and sensitizing men, women and youth on improving/restoring family dialogues for pacific cohabitation at household level and in the community, to ensure sustainable development.
All projects in regards to this theme targeted the following beneficiaries in the area of R.C.S interventions :
- 270 couples from the community,
- 508 people including 207 males and 301 females of schools clubs members’,
- 191 youth including 48 males and 143 females and 85 adults including 34 males and 51 females of out of schools clubs members’,
- 8814 adults’ people from the community including: 1664 males under 18 years and 2207 males over 18 years; 2152 females under 18 years and 2791 females over 18 years.
- 24 males and 56 females from cooperative members’.
The following results have been registered:
- Establishment of “Sangwa Center” at Rwikiniro Cell, Rwimbogo Sector, which is an open space for Girls Get Equal Campaign dissemination, space for professional training, for free discussions and information on all theme covered by Réseau Culturel Sangwa,
- “Ishema Rwikiniro “, a group of comedy shows composed by 16 girls and 29 boys from Rwimbogo Sector, Gatsibo District, is engaged in promoting Peace, Gender Equality and fighting against Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV),
- 41 student including 26 students (males and females) who increased their performances after receiving their school feeding paid by R.C.S and 15 teen mothers went back to school after being sensitized by R.C.S on Gender equality and Children rights to education.
- Targeted teen and young mothers demonstrated changes in attitudes and behavior through :
- Their membership and participation in community associations, meetings, especially those of the National Youth and women Councils.
- Their active participation in family work.
- Leadership initiatives and self–fulfilment are emerging from teen and young mothers’ beneficiaries of RCS interventions. This is justified by the fact that:
- 26% of young mothers and women are elected and present in decision-making organs at village level: in the National Youth and Women Councils, Youth movements, in cooperatives and in choirs of religious denominations, etc.
- 100% of targeted teen and young mothers testified having freedom of speech in the community meetings about their behavior and attitudes change; share what they have learned during vocational training and in educational talks, their living stories on sexual violence in order to help the companions and even the community to fight against sexual and domestic violence.
- 100% of targeted teen and young mothers are well integrated in their respective families, are free and allowed by their parents to join associations, are self - organized to participate in domestic activities and in community meetings, in which they were not entitled before.
- 73% of targeted single mothers contribute to the reduction of family responsibilities; especially to the primary needs for them, their children and their respective families.
- All trainees including married couples, cooperatives and clubs members’, from the community of Gatsibo, Rwamagana, Musanze and Bugesera Districts became community volunteers/agents of change and took commitments of prevention and conflicts management in their respective localities at large, after increasing their knowledge and skills on Gender equality, SGBV, Human rights, and SRHR.
- In the domain of peace building, 121 Community facilitators and 87 R.C.S’ Youth Ambassadors’ trained by R.C.S are committed to sensitize community members from their respective areas for pacific cohabitation through family dialogues, peace-inspiring dances, songs, poems and sketches. The work of the Facilitators and Youth Ambassadors puts a strong emphasis on sustaining the culture of peace building, which help to maintain the security and solidarity among them, and lead to sustainable development.
- Some of trained people including couples, teen and young mothers are continuing to share their testimonies on behavior and attitudes change vis - a - vis their former understanding and practices in terms of Gender equality and SGBV.
- 121 community volunteers grouped in 7 committees elected by their peers in all Districts of RCS interventions’, continue to coordinate community dialogue sessions on Peace, Gender Equality, Human rights, SGBV and SRHR.
- An active Intergenerational cultural troop named “Ubumwe bw’Umuryango”, composed of 48 members including 17 males and 31 females young and adults, initiated by the community facilitators in Mbogo Cell of Kiziguro Sector, is assigned to fight against SGBV and promote Gender Equality, Human rights, SHRH and income generating activities using sketches, dances and poems.
- Trained young mothers increased their self-confidence and initiated their own businesses.
- R.C.S Youth Ambassadors’ from town and rural areas developed networking and exchange on ICT use, Peace building culture, Leadership, Gender Equality, SRHR and Fight against SGBV in the community.
