2 November 2007
Tubehoneza
Tubehoneza Area Development Programme (ADP) was formerly known as Kanombe ADP. The people from the area requested the name be change to reflect their plans for their community. Tubehoneza means "Let's together stand and work for the community wellbeing".
Tubehoneza ADP is located in a hilly rural area on the south-western outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda’s capital city. More than 45,000 people from both rural and urban communities live within the boundaries of the ADP.
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 Tubehoneza ADP
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Education
Although primary education is free, most parents cannot afford stationery and uniforms. Many children are involved in child-minding or agricultural activities; only one third attend school. There are not enough places for all children in schools, and classrooms are in poor condition.
World Vision constructs and renovates classrooms and school toilet blocks and provides furniture. It assists sponsored and vulnerable children with uniforms and scholastic materials. Parents learn the importance of schooling and child rights.
HIV and AIDS
The number of households who have lost someone to AIDS is increasing, as is the number of orphans and children made vulnerable by the epidemic. Some siblings live together without adult care. The community has little knowledge of HIV prevention and there is stigma towards affected families.
Tubehoneza ADP promotes HIV prevention and works to reduce discrimination. It establishes community HIV-prevention groups and trains committees to care for orphans, vulnerable children and chronically ill people. Teachers learn to teach values-based life skills and form HIV-prevention clubs.
Health
Many people have only one meal a day and their food contains few nutrients, contributing to malnutrition. Malaria is a significant problem. Some people draw water from swamps, others have to walk long distances or buy water.
World Vision is building a relationship with the local health centre. It supports families to access health services, health insurance and sanitation, provides post-natal care, teaches nutrition and distributes mosquito nets to prevent malaria. The ADP constructs wells, community water tanks and latrines.
Agriculture
Crop yields and livestock outputs are low because there is little water available and few farmers use fertiliser. Vegetation on the hills is poor and much of the land is degraded.
The ADP constructs wells and water channels. It provides farmers with agricultural equipment and improved varieties of seeds and livestock, and links farming committees with government departments. Workshops teach modern agriculture, soil conservation and agro-forestry. Community grain banks are being built to safely store seed.
Income generation
The ADP trains farmers in small business skills. Newly formed farmers’ co-operatives improve access to markets in Kigali. World Vision teaches young people skills such as tailoring, carpentry, masonry and mechanics. It offers small business loans at low-interest rates.
Community empowerment
World Vision teaches community leaders, community-based organisations and churches to plan and manage development activities. It encourages youth groups to communicate messages of healing and reconciliation and promotes disaster mitigation, gender equity and empowerment of girls and women. It runs healing and reconciliation workshops, led by mediators, for genocide victims and released prisoners and supports the traditional justice system, gacaca
Sustainable development
World Vision started Tubehoneza ADP in 2005, and is working with the community to enhance ongoing development. Progress is evaluated every four years, and when the community reaches its goals World Vision will begin to reduce its support, allowing the community to direct its own development.
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