Rwanda

In Rwanda more than 600,000 children and adolescents are orphans whose mothers and father died during the mass murders in 1994, or from AIDS. The 1994 genocide claimed 800,000 human lives and left Rwanda devastated and traumatised. One in six schools was completely destroyed. There are insufficient school materials and trained teachers. Many children live in extreme poverty. The orphans in particular have scarcely any chance of education. In Rwanda UNICEF wants to build 500 schools and renovate a further 750. Some of these will be specifically geared to children unable to attend school for years, providing a condensed form of teaching to enable them to catch up. In addition UNICEF is planning to equip 200 schools with drinking water and 400 with hygienic latrines. Additionally, 50 teacher training centres are to be created at the schools, where UNICEF aims to provide training for 11,000 teachers.