Jun 18th, 2013
Rwanda national police donates health insurance to over 200 vulnerable families
Rwanda National Police donated mosquito nets and fully-paid medical insurance cards to 200 vulnerable families in Nkombo sector, as part of annual tradition of the Police Week celebration to mark the force’s 13th anniversary. The beneficiaries received the support during community work activity – Umuganda – conducted by the National Police and residents, aimed at [...]
Jun 16th, 2013
Gakenke: polythene papers, plastic bags collected and to make economical stoves
On this Friday the 14th.June.2013, the National Police of Rwanda in Gakenke district as well as residents of Gakenke sector did community work by collecting polythene and plastic bags and making lasting and economical stoves to sustain the environment. This community work started in Nyabutaka trading center in Gakenke sector where a lot of polythene [...]
Jun 1st, 2013
KHI in World Environment Day awareness
The KHI Environmental Health Department and Karongi residents celebrate Environment Day Every year, Rwanda joins other countries to celebrate the World Environment Day and spends a whole week in the activities of raising awareness on environment and Climate Change issues. World Environment Day (WED) is an annual event celebrated every June 5 worldwide. It was [...]
May 18th, 2013
Ngoma residents trained on Lake Rweru protection
About 56 residents of Jarama sector ,Ngoma district got a 2 days training on how to protect swamps, rivers and lakes after it was found out that L.Rweru was mainly damaged by residents who carry out farming at its shores hence leave it with less water. These people therefore got training on how to preserve [...]
May 16th, 2013
Nyanza: giving out more land for environmental conservation
The special meeting that convened on Monday the 13th.May.2013 and prepared by Nyanza district forestry task force requested increase of forestry hectares from 11% land to 30%. This will be done in the whole of Nyanza district with much emphasis on Amayaga area. Engineer Philbert Usengimana the forestry officer in Nyanza district says this goal [...]
May 12th, 2013
Ngoma: LVEMP to conserve Lake Rweru
With the knowledge that unprotected lakes can get dry, The Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) that operates in REMA started with the project of protecting and sustaining Lake Rweru a project that will be worth Rwf200.000 million. Sustaining Lake Rweru project will involve fighting soil erosion where water could erode land from the mountains [...]
Apr 30th, 2013
Gicumbi: District approves selling old forests to increase funds
Gicumbi district council has approved the request of the administrative council to use the forests in raising enough money for development activities. Jean Baptiste Bizimana, president of the district council explains that the decision comes after money from residents’ taxes proved insufficient to fund the district’s planned projects when ready to use trees in the [...]
Apr 25th, 2013
Government to relocate Rwandans in endangered areas
Rwandan families living in houses located on steep hillsides and around marshlands which are identified as high risk zones will be relocated to new settlements not later than September this year. This was one of the resolutions made by the government officials during a quarterly meeting that brings together different government institutions to discuss projects [...]
Apr 24th, 2013
Karongi: Firewood problem in Kiziba refugee camp
Residents near Kiziba refugee camp in Karongi district have appealed to the government for help over refugees who are destroying forests in search of firewood. Located in Rwankuba sector in Karongi district, Kiziba camp has over 16000 Congolese refugees that have been in this camp for over 15 years. Though high commission for refugees (HCR) [...]
Apr 23rd, 2013
Rubavu: constant Floods put residents in fear
Residents of Rubavu district who live near rivers that flow in Sebeya River live in fear due to the continuous floods that destroy their houses, roads and bridges that put transport at halt. This comes after rivers that flow into Sebeya started over flooding and flow into residents homes destroying property, infrastructures such as roads [...]
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