Volunteer in Rwanda. Mugirente Judith (left), a community health worker, taking part at the front of a a sexual reproductive health lesson with Niyonsaba Brown (right), a VSO national volunteer at Umutara School for Deaf children.
VSO/Ben Langdon

Volunteering in Rwanda

We are working throughout Rwanda on a range of education and health initiatives. We've worked in Rwanda since 1998.

Volunteering in Rwanda

Volunteers at a school in Rwanda
VSO/Alice Kayibanda

We're working on a range of programmes throughout the country and require volunteers with a range of skills. 

Education professionals are especially in demand. We are working as part of a consortium led by the Education Development Trust, we are working to improve basic education in all 2,600 schools across the country. Ultimately improving learning for four million children. 

See all our current volunteer roles

Volunteer stories from Rwanda

Children playing. Nyamasheke, Rwanda.
VSO/Mussa

Levelling the playing field in early learning - Let's Learn Through Play

Here volunteer Anisa Hay from the USA talks about her role on our ‘Let’s Learn Through Play’ programme in Rwanda. The programme is funded by the Lego Foundation and promotes play-based learning as the foundation of early childhood education.

A teacher shares best practice as part of the Building Learning Foundations project in Rwanda
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How one volunteer is making a difference to school children in Rwanda

Melba Pyne, 56, from Colombia, recounts her experience volunteering with VSO in Rwanda where she coached head teachers, both in country and remotely, after the pandemic cut her placement short.

Volunteer Jessica Sucgang mentoring trainee teachers, Rwanda
Jessica Sucgang

Amplifying the voice of the community in Rwanda

Jessica Sucgang, an experienced teacher from the Philippines, volunteered with VSO’s Building Learning Foundations programme in Rwanda. Read about her experience mentoring teams of national volunteers as part of a programme aiming to improve basic education in Rwanda.


 

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