Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2019 Nominee

Igire Rwanda


Description

Igire Rwanda, a Non-Governmental Organization, which has a mission to support youth and women to mass skills and opportunities for growth to make sure they are self-reliant. Igire Rwanda Organization is known in the community through empowering women and girls to have access to ICT skills and job readiness. In 2017, Igire Rwanda Organization worked on a projected called girls in ICT which aims to help girls who dropped out of the school because of social problems like pregnancy, family conflicts and poverty to basic computer literacy, professional competence and entrepreneurship. 25 girls were selected to participate in 3 months’ intensive boot camp, and the finalist of the program was offered job opportunity by JUMIA FOOD company a big online selling company in Rwanda.

Project website

http://www.igire-rwanda.org


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge
  • AL C4. Capacity building 2019
  • AL C11. International and regional cooperation
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 1: No poverty
  • Goal 3: Good health and well-being
  • Goal 4: Quality education
  • Goal 5: Gender equality

Coverage
  • Rwanda

Status

Ongoing

Start date

2016

End date

Not set


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth
  • Women

WSIS values promotion

Igire Rwanda Organization is known in the community through empowering women and girls to have access to ICT skills and job readiness.


Entity name

IGIRE RWANDA ORGANIZATION (IRO)

Entity country—type

Rwanda Civil Society

Entity website

http://www.igire-rwanda.org

Partners

US Embassy Kigali