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Unlocking Every Student’s Potential

How Rwanda is addressing learning gaps and improving education outcomes through a nationwide remedial learning programme

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Access to safe water is restoring lives

In Rusizi, Rwanda, improved water systems are helping families, schools and health centres access safe water, supporting better health, learning and daily l

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When Fear Knocked, The Community Answered

How Communities in Kirehe Are Turning Knowledge into Protection

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Ahead of the Virus: Preventing mpox in Eastern Rwanda

Quiet Mornings, Urgent Work

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Empowered Women, Empowered Nation

UNICEF Rwanda Celebrates Women's Month 2026

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From Piles of Registers to Digital Care: Community Health Wo

Community Health Workers across Rwanda are replacing paper registers with the Community Electronic Medical Records (cEMR) system, strengthening digital heal

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I AM #ForEveryChild | Step Forward, Speak Up, Stand With Children

When so many step back, who will step forward for children? When children need us most, who will step up?

I AM. WE ARE. ARE YOU?

Join the global IAM #ForEveryChild movement and raise your voice for the rights, safety, and future of every child. This is more than a campaign; it’s a collective call to action.

Watch. Share. Amplify.

Together, we can build a world where every child survives, thrives, and is protected.

2025/UNICEF Rwanda

Our work in Rwanda

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Health and HIV
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Nutrition
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Early Childhood Development
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Education
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Child Protection
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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
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Social Policy and Research
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Emergency

Our Team

UNICEF is the global leader promoting and protecting children’s rights in 190 countries, including Rwanda.
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Our Team

Representative

Lieke van de Wiel | Representative 

Deputy Representatives

Dominic Muntanga | Deputy Representative, Programmes 
Bee Hong Ong | Deputy Representative, Operations 

Chiefs

Andrew Kardan | Chief of Social Policy                     

Anhared Price | Chief of Child Protection OiC

Antine Legrand | Chief of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation 

Charles Avelino | Chief of Education

Murtaza Malik | Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Nidhi Joshi | Chief of Communication, Advocacy and Partnerships

Samson Desie | Chief of Health and Nutrition 

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