The VillageFXB model is being implemented in the Nyarugenge district of Kigali and the Kamonyi, Gisagara and Nyaruguru districts in the Southern Province.

By 2025, more than 8,500 adults and children will receive sliding-scale support over three years: the time needed to move from extreme poverty to sustainable economic and social autonomy.

After receiving training in finance and project management, families are provided with start-up capital to create income-generating activities (micro-businesses) and actively participate in Village Savings and Credit Associations (VSCAs). They also receive food aid at the start of the project, enabling them to return to a satisfactory state of health. This gives them the energy they need to invest fully in their economic activities, while their children are better able to continue their schooling.

Over the course of the three-year project, we provide comprehensive support, including schooling and vocational training for children and young people, access to appropriate healthcare and improved housing and sanitation facilities. They also have the opportunity to acquire key skills in health and social issues, thus promoting their overall development and guaranteeing the sustainability of the project's impact on their quality of life.

FXB also integrates resilience and adaptation to the impacts of climate change into its activities, ensuring that marginalized communities are prepared to face the environmental challenges that disproportionately affect them.

Equality between women and men is not only a fundamental human right, it is also a condition of possibility for a prosperous and sustainable world. As such, particular attention is paid to the economic empowerment of women and the promotion of their leadership. Because women play a key role in the development of their communities, FXB implements specific activities to strengthen their skills, promote their access to sustainable economic opportunities and enhance their role as agents of change, notably by encouraging their active participation in decision-making within their families and communities. The aim is also to raise community awareness of domestic and sexual violence and gender equality.

In addition, to extend its impact in these provinces, FXB is gradually setting up AVEC groups, benefiting 2,800 families (14,000 people) in particular need, in order to strengthen their resilience to socio-economic shocks and improve their access to basic services.

Launched in 2012 (IGIRE-Turengere Abana), this project aims to support primary and secondary schooling and vocational training for orphans and vulnerable children from families affected by HIV/AIDS. It also encourages their economic empowerment by integrating families into AVEC groups and developing income-generating activities.

The DREAMS (Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe lives) component of the project focuses on preventing new HIV infections among girls, adolescents and young women, and on strengthening their educational, economic and social capacities.

FXB Rwanda is also implementing a Global Fund program to reduce new HIV infections among key populations in the districts of Kamonyi, Gakenke and Musanze. The project targets female sex workers, men who have sex with men, transgender people and injecting drug users. In addition to providing access to testing and prevention services, FXB Rwanda is strengthening their knowledge of HIV, their rights and treatment protocols. Awareness campaigns are conducted to reduce stigmatization and promote social inclusion. The project also supports the economic empowerment of beneficiaries through income-generation training.

By combining access to care, awareness-raising and financial independence, FXB Rwanda is actively contributing to the fight against HIV/AIDS in Rwanda.