UGAMA is a strong local organization that changes the lives of community through. They have also played tangible role in cooperative policy making, coaching of cooperatives in various axes.
Date | Type of intervention | Achievements | Budget (USD) | Donors |
2022 – 2026 | GUHANGA IBISHYA BIRAMBYE” empowerment of rural women organized for production, networking and promotion of fair trade from their cooperatives in the KAMONYI district | 7 women cooperatives apply fair trade and social Solidarity economy principles | 450,000 | MEDICUS MUNDI (VITORIA) |
2010 – 2021 | Promotion of Socio-economic development of women in Kamonyi District. | The lives of 314 households upgraded and Enfant malnutrition was eradicated through gathering and supporting their mother’s in 7 women cooperatives;
The businesses of 120 teen mothers trained and got Rwanda TVET Board (RTB) Certificates and start up kits are well managed in the 7 cooperatives |
852,000 | MEDICUS MUNDI (FOCAD) |
2019 – 2022 | Improvement of food security for rural area farmers of 5 cooperatives producers of maize in Muhanga and Kamonyi District | Establishment of revolving funds in five cooperatives to facilitate the acquisition to agricultural input. | 50,000 | Rwanda Governance Board (RGB)_UNDP |
2011 – 2019 | Promotion of household resilience by support the nutritional status of household, inclusive growth/social cohesion, and grouping farmers in cooperatives on 10 pilot sites in 3 districts (Muhanga, Ruhango and Kamonyi). | 10 groups created in pilot sites 2011 were transformed in good governed and organized cooperatives | 890,000 | Pain Pour Le Monde (PPLM)/BfW |
2012 – 2017 | Growing the food security through the cooperative development in Rwanda by increasing the food security and growing resilience in cooperative members; promoting good governance and equity in cooperative and putting the cooperative farmers in the driver’s seat for 15 maize and rice cooperatives in Muhanga, Bugesera, Nyanza, Gisagara, Kamonyi and Ruhango Districts | Rice and maize value chain and market linkage developed in cooperative COPRORIZ-ABAHUZABIKORWA Mukunguri and IABM-Makera through establishment of rice mill (MURPIC), maize processing mill and storages facilities.
Contruction of 15 warehouse for maize and race stores in 15 cooperatives in Muhanga, Kamonyi and Ruhango Districts Construction of 15 hangars of maize drying in five cooperatives in Muhanga, Kamonyi and Ruhango Districts Solid governance and organization mechanisms were established through creation of professionalism, entrepreneurship and market integration ability of cooperatives. |
2,709,500 | Canadian Cooperation Association(CCA) |
2008 – 2016 | Integrated water resources management consisted of construction of radical and progressive terraces as well as nursery preparation and plantation of agroforestry and fruit trees in catchment of Ruterana Muhanga District. | 40 ha of radical terraces and 140 ha of progressive terraces constructed;
Construction of environment sustainable hearths (CANARUMWE) in 100 households 140 ha of radical terraces and 240 ha of progressive terraces constructed and fertilized by human excreta from 100 contracted EcoSan; 800 thousand agroforestry trees planted in Ruterana catchment |
458,000 | Directorate General for Development and Humanitarian Aid (DGD) though PROTOS (INGO) |
2010 – 2015 | Value chain development of maize and soybean clusters 5 cooperatives in Muhanga and Ruhango | Elaboration of strategies of starting the rice processing plant: MURPIC in Mukunguli
Maize, rice, beans and vegetables Value chain developed in 5 cooperatives of Muhanga and Ruhango |
330,000 | ICCO |
2008 – 2012 | Support and organize Cash and food for work for farmers in Southern provinces | Support the construction of 60 ha of land terraces on hills and agricultural inputs | 300,000 | WFP |
2004 – 2006 | Provide technical support to credit and saving cooperatives and microfinance institutions countrywide | Creation of a Microfinance CLECAM EJO HEZA. | 46,000 | UNDP/PNUD |
2011 – 2017 | Strengthening the capacities of cooperatives and unions of coffee producers to guarantee the sustainable development of the coffee sector | 23 coffee cooperatives in 9 districts of the Southern and Western Provinces raised their business capacity and are sustainably integrated in the market | 198,000 | SNV |
2009 – 2012 | Promote the creation, organization and planning of self-development of community groups | 13 groups of Karongi district, 8 groups of Gatsibo district and 23 groups of Nyanza district were upgraded to the level of self-reliance level and 6 cooperatives were formed | 103,000 | MINAGRI (LWH) |
2016 – 2017 | Capacity building in agricultural techniques and coaching for 16 cooperatives in the Bugesera district. | 16 cooperatives have been reinforced to produce banana seedlings to sell to the neighboring farmers | 189,539 | MINAGRI (PAIRB) |
2008 | Creation and capacity building of farmers in the Kanyegenyege marsh. | Farmers supported with terraces in the marshes on in the watershed. | 56,000 | MINAGRI (RSSP) |