Kirehe District, Eastern Province, Rwanda
Home to Mahama Refugee Camp and surrounding host communities.
Kirehe District sits in Rwanda's Eastern Province and hosts one of the country's largest refugee populations. Mahama Refugee Camp was established in 2015 following the arrival of Burundian refugees. Congolese refugees later joined the community, alongside people from other countries including Sudan, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Many residents have been displaced for years or were born in the camp.
The district also has a significant host-community population that shares many of the same structural challenges: limited access to quality early childhood care, under-resourced schools, constrained economic opportunity and few structured pathways for young people into sustainable livelihoods.
Horizons for all works across both populations, because the opportunity gap does not respect the boundary between a camp and a village.
Children from infancy through young adulthood living in Mahama Refugee Camp and surrounding areas, with particular focus on children aged 6 months to 3 years for early childhood development and youth aged 10 to 24 for sport, education and livelihoods programming.
Host-community families in Kirehe District who face similar structural barriers to quality childcare, education and economic opportunity.
Mothers and fathers whose economic participation is constrained by lack of childcare, and who are themselves targets for livelihoods and entrepreneurship support.
Youth who show aptitude in sport, academics, vocational skills or entrepreneurship and need structured support to develop that talent into a livelihood.
Young people and parents who are already running small businesses or have the ambition to do so, and need business training, financial literacy and access to seed capital.
Both refugee and host communities whose social cohesion, shared infrastructure and collective wellbeing are strengthened through joint programming and community mobilisation.
Kirehe District, Eastern Province, Rwanda
Our programmes are rooted in communities across Kirehe District.