Rwanda Pitch Day
Pitch Day 1
Date: March 24, 2025
Time: 10:00AM–1:00PM
Location: Golden Monkey Hotel, Nyamagabe
Pitch Day 2
Date: March 27, 2025
Time: 10:00AM–1:00PM
Location: Credo Hotel, Huye
Email Address: [email protected]
Country Director: Eustochie Sezibera
Rwanda Pitch Day projects 2025
Passion Fruit Farming
Volunteers: Mukunde Lys Gabrielle and Emmanuel Nsengimana
Project Description: This project was designed to tackle youth unemployment and rural-urban migration in Murehe Village, leveraging the community’s agricultural strengths. The project aims to create jobs and boost the monthly income of 62 youth by integrating passion fruit farming with Irish potato cultivation, supported by a four-month training program. The initiative is expected to benefit over 900 community members indirectly, reduce school dropouts, and strengthen local economic and social well-being.
Fundraising Target: 4,803,000 RWF; US $3,343.61
Aboboyaa Transport Business in Efutu Kokoado
Volunteer: Mildred Adeaba
Project Description: Due to the poor, muddy road conditions, residents lack reliable transportation to move goods and farm produce to markets. The proposed solution is to purchase an “aboboyaa” to serve as a transport service for the community. This will improve market access, increase farmers’ income, and create a job for a local driver.
Fundraising Target: GHS 63,500; $4,097.07
Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 47,588.64 ($3,090.61)
Renovation of Pagazaa Kindergarten School Block
Volunteer: Cyprian Awiah
Project Description: The community identified two key challenges—seasonal water scarcity and a dilapidated Kindergarten Block—and, after using participatory tools to assess options, chose to renovate the Kindergarten Block as the most urgent and achievable priority. The project will improve early childhood education by creating a safer, more vibrant learning environment with structural repairs, better ventilation, and child-friendly resources.
Fundraising Target: GHS 76,170; $4,935.37
Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 77,670 ($5,044.23)
Community Tilapia Fish Farm – Kpeve Tornu, Ghana
Volunteer: Benjamin Lugu
Project Description: The Kpeve Tornu Tilapia Fish Farm is a community-led initiative developed with CorpsAfrica/Ghana to combat food insecurity, youth unemployment, and declining fish stocks caused by overfishing and climate change. With two cages stocked with 20,000 fingerlings and strong community investment, the project harnesses local knowledge and resources to build food and economic resilience.
Fundraising Target: GHS 66,270; $4,273
Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 15,680 ($1,018.33)
Stream Dredging for Irrigation
Volunteer: Mudasir Abubakari
Project Description: To address insufficient water for irrigation during the dry season, the community proposed a simple yet impactful solution: stream dredging. This community-led project will improve water retention, enabling year-round farming, increasing crop yield and diversity, reducing seasonal unemployment, and boosting household incomes.
Fundraising Target: GHS 58,150 ($3,775.97)
Amount Raised (update post-event): GHS 9,000 ($584.50)
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