CategoriesNEWSThe UNM Organization recently held a highly productive retreat at its head office from July 5th to July 8th, 2023. This gathering brought together the dedicated UMN staff and board members to focus on two crucial areas: staff satisfaction and work progress. The event provided an invaluable platform for discussions, team-building activities, and strategizing towards […]
I am grateful to Uyisenga Ni Imanzi for many things, but, most of all, I could not be where I am today without their physical and emotional support. Through my contact with this organization, I have built a new family where I know that I am valued and respected. With the help of this organization, […]
Uyisenga Ni Imanzi has helped me to help myself. I first came into contact with Uyisenga Ni Imanzi in 2002, at their opening party. There, we were introduced to all the members of the organization and its various committees, as well as their mission and goals. Shortly after, Uyisenga Ni Imanzi came to my home […]
It is my pleasure to share my testimony of my experiences with the Uyisenga Ni Imanzi organization, which has assisted me since 2006. Although I am not the head of a household, I am an occupant of a Uyisenga Ni Imanzi village house and I am a student. Uyisenga Ni Imanzi has helped me in […]
“I have been orphaned by genocide and survived with my two sisters. We have lived without food, shelter, clothes, etc. I was much traumatized and had attempted to end to my life. A friend of mine has helped me meeting Uyisenga Ni Imanzi Psychologist who took care of me and I recovered.” Some days after […]
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, […]
