On 26th and 27th September 2024, Caritas Rwanda and diocesan Caritas directors and heads of departments met to evaluate the Caritas Rwanda 2020-2024 strategic plan and draft the 2025-2030 strategic plan. Representatives from international Caritas organizations in Rwanda also attended this workshop.
The overall objective of Caritas Rwanda’s 2020-2024 Strategic Plan was to: Ensure integral human development in a spirit of solidarity to contribute to improving the living conditions of vulnerable people. The interventions were implemented through 8 specific objectives as listed below:
- Strengthen capacities for resource mobilization and management
- To raise awareness of the identity and mission of Caritas
- Improve the living conditions of vulnerable people
- Minimize the effects of humanitarian crises on impacted communities
- Contribute to access to and availability of affordable and quality preventive, promotive, curative, palliative and rehabilitative health services
- Contributing to the country’s efforts to slow down the galloping demographic growth, by regulating births using PFN methods according to the principles of the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church
- Improve the nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women and children under 6 years old
- Increasing the economic capacities of vulnerable people in line with the principles of sustainable development
During the workshop, the evaluation showed that all planned activities were implemented and contributed significantly to Vision 2050, NST1 in terms of job creation, food security, poverty reduction, as well as efforts to adapt and mitigate the effects of climate change.
Among the key achievements of the Caritas Rwanda strategic plan 2020-2024, over Rwf 3,658,470,625 of cash grants were provided to 5,582 vulnerable households to create income generating activities, 4,947 savings groups were established and have saved Rwf 2,232,879,536 along the 5 years. Over 1620 jobs created as well.
During this period, 31,289 OVC received education support including 21,917 in primary, 6,832 in secondary and 2540 in TVET Program. In the 4 first years of this strategic plan (2020-2023), the contributions of the charity month equal to Rwf 364,868,744.
In addition, 1029 children under 5 with malnutrition status were rehabilitated through 1,894 village nutrition schools.
Caritas Rwanda runs its activities throughout the Country, leveraging its strong network of 10 Diocesan Caritas, 231 Parish Caritas, 882 Sub-parish Caritas, 29,141 Basic Christian Community Caritas and more than 56,345 volunteers. Caritas Rwanda interventions fall into four departments: (i) the Department of Administration and Finance, (ii) the Department of Social Welfare, (iii) the Department of Health; and (iv) the Department of Development.