Angelique, a 22-year-old Uyisenga Ni Imanzi beneficiary, is an orphaned survivor who heads a household of 6 of her younger siblings. Following the 1994 genocide, Angelique was left with no home and few adult relatives to guide or care for her and her remaining family. Though she suffered from hunger, thirst, and mental trauma, she […]
Volunteering with Uyisenga Ni Manzi this summer for a week as part of a human rights delegation through Global Youth Connect, I learned so much about the work that UNM does and what an essential NGO they are in Rwanda. I decided a week was just not enough. Me and another GYC participant, Jamie, decided […]
CategoriesMental HealthUNM mental health program facilitated the process of mindset transformation within all programs, it is applied to all participants and beneficiaries in such a way that, it supports all the work we do and the support we provide for our participants. Mental health program deals with emotional issues, in order to minimize and heal the […]
CategoriesMental HealthAugust 2022, UYISENGA NI IMANZI in collaboration with Munini and Nyagatare hospitals through BAHO NEZA project, which is supported by the IMBUTO FOUNDATION provided the trainings to mental health service providers. From 189 villages, in which we have selected 2 community based counselors (CBCs) and 18 schools (Abahumurizamutima) from four sectors of NYARUGURU district, which are Mata, […]
CategoriesMental HealthIn order to enhance mental health services provision by adapting the Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) at Home: an arts-based approach for mental health and wellbeing. On the support of the University of Lincoln through Changing story project, UNM with RBC and the University of Rwanda had trained mental health service providers for 5 days, […]
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CategoriesMental HealthMental health are conditions that affect a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, or behavior, such as depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction…, and it is observed as a serious factor that could lead to other health problems when left untreated such as; loss of one’s hope of life, inability to concentrate to one priorities (Job, studies, family, relationships…) […]
CategoriesMental HealthUyisenga ni imanzi has continued psycho-social support activities in schools and health centers by creating clubs where therapy practices should pass through in the process of healing psychological wounds of the students and various people, including the HIV/positive (people under ARV medications), teen mothers and outpatient of the mental health services, where they all get […]
CategoriesEconomic empowermentSpraying is the most pest management practice that is needed to be integrated by the farmers in their successful farming. And in order to control pests and diseases from destroying their crops and preserving soil nutrients while increasing crops ‘health and harvest’.It will match with the growing of plants which will be either bush or […]
CategoriesEconomic empowermentUyisenga Ni imanzi is currently supporting more than 1600 young adults in farming groups, as it is developing the spirit of working together rather than individuals. This is through building their capacity by providing material and non material support to mindset transformation. It is in that sense, that we focus on agronomic practices to sustain […]
