From 08 to 10 October 2024, the Igire Gimbuka team met in a quarterly meeting at Cenetra Hotel / Kabuga, to reflect on ways to improve their work. In his opening remarks, Father Oscar Kagimbura, the Secretary General of Caritas Rwanda urged them to serve the program participants keeping in mind the Caritas Rwanda’s vision of promoting human dignity for All.
During the meeting, participants had the opportunity to self-assess their work in groups (SWOT analysis), examining their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges in their daily activities. The self-assessment will help the Igire-Gimbuka staff to improve their work, basing on the recommendations formulated in their groups during the meeting.
Among the various recommendations formulated after the SWOT analysis, we can list making effort for effective communication, the continuous staff capacity improvement, reinforcement of priests’ engagement in program activities, and improving the working strategy with ARV Nurses in order to achieve program objectives.
The team also had the opportunity to develop an implementation plan for the activities for the first quarter of the 3rd year of Igire-Gimbuka implementation (October – December 2024).
In his closing remarks, the Secretary General of Caritas Rwanda called on the Igire-Gimbuka program staff to assume ownership of their work, to communicate effectively and ensure a good collaboration. “If we do this, we will easily reach our objectives”, said Father Oscar.
Igire-Gimbuka is a 5-year program launched in October 2022, with funds from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief “PEPFAR”, through the United States Agency for International Development “USAID”,
In 5 years, the Igire-Gimbuka targets to reach 80,000 OVC (Orphans and Vulnerable Children), from Karongi, Nyamasheke, Rubavu and Rutsiro districts, by keeping the OVC and vulnerable households healthy, safe, stable, and schooled. In this context, the Igire-Gimbuka has reached 51,427 program participant (more than 60%) in two years.