31 Oct 2021
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Teen Mothers On Nkombo Island
Nkombo Island is in the middle of Lake Kivu in Rusizi District, the western province of Rwanda in Africa. It is an island of great beauty as it borders the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is highly populated, there is a high birth rate...
31 Oct 2021
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Chantal, A Teen Mother
Her long stare through the bars of a prison cell catches my eye. Abandoned by her mother, Chantal is now under her grandmother’s care. She is also a victim of Gender-based violence. Defiled by an elderly man at age 12, she had to...
31 Oct 2021
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Expansion of the Cyizere Girls Scholarship
We continue to reach out to communities in rural areas where many are afraid to go. Bweyeye, in the middle of Nyungwe forest and bordering Burundi is one such place. Accessing the place takes a bumpy drive into the thick forest with only...
31 Oct 2021
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Testimonials of Beneficiaries
Helene's family obligations had always interfered with her studies. Once a week, she would study then help her mother with farming the rest of the week. Despite excelling at her ordinary level exams Helene had no hope to further her...
31 Oct 2021
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Evaluation of 2020 Academic Year
In the 2020 academic year, 23 girls got scholarships. Schools closed in March 2020 after the outbreak of the pandemic and for 3 months Rwanda went into total lockdown. In Rusizi District, there was a lockdown extension to September...
31 Oct 2021
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2021/2022 Scholarships
In the 2021/2022 academic year, Cyizere Girls awarded scholarships to 34 girls out of 200 applicants who will pursue Accountancy, Computer Applications, Masonry, Electricity, Tailoring, Tourism, and Culinary Arts courses. This is a chance...