Tags: Mayange, Rwanda

Feb 14
New Paper: Healthcare Services for Rural Sub-Saharan Africa Within Reach
By MVP
A new paper published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization has determined that providing rural sub-Saharan Africans a close-to-client health system by paid, full-time community health workers by 2015 would cost $2.6 billion per year, or just $6.86 per person covered by the program.
Jun 02
Matt Damon Visits Mayange
By Katrina Kahl
On a recent fact finding mission in Rwanda, Matt Damon and a team from ONEXONE – a nonprofit foundation that supports the work of Millennium Promise – visited the Mayange Millennium Village.
Sep 30
Rwanda’s Millennium Village exports cassava to Burundi
By Joelle Bassoul Mojon
Patrice Nsihimymihigo’s small courtyard is covered with cassava. Sitting around it, women peel the brown roots and throw them back milky white onto the pile.
Oct 05
Fifteen years after the genocide: reconciliation, hope and development
By Joelle Bassoul Mojon
Fifteen years ago, Rwanda was devastated by one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century. Close to a million people were massacred in 100 days.
Jan 04
Successful launch of Mayange’s cassava flour plant
By Aloys Hakizimana
All were anxiously expecting it: the farmers in order to sell off their harvest, the community to buy good quality products, and the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) team to kick-start this income generating venture.
Jan 26
Emerging from traditional to income-generating farming
By Jeannette Mukabalisa
An entrepreneurial group of Mayange residents are building a new business by taking an old idea—beekeeping—and updating it with the help of training from the Millennium Villages Project and financial support from the Mayange Community Development Fund.
Oct 04
Pictures of Progress in Mayange, Rwanda
By Jennifer Gross
Delphin Muhizi, Senior Business Development Technician, reflecting upon the agricultural progress in Mayange. The current structure of the Cassava Plant, donated by Millennium Promise, has helped this business become one of the most profitable businesses in Mayange. The processing business is now expanding as a result of the success.
Jun 26
Promoting Circumcision in Mayange, Rwanda for HIV Prevention
By Dr. Felicien Rwagasore and Dr. Yanis Ben Amor
Strong evidence now indicates that circumcision reduces the risk of HIV infection in heterosexual men by 38-66%. The WHO and UNAIDS currently recommend circumcision be part of a comprehensive program in preventing HIV transmission in areas with high endemic rates of HIV.
May 01
Women's Knitting Cooperative Helps Pay the Bills
By Amy Shaw
The MVP is intensely focused on raising incomes through expanding business development opportunities which include forming cooperatives and investing in machinery.
Oct 05
Fifteen Years After Genocide: Reconciliation, Hope and Development
By Joelle Bassoul Mojon
The genocide memorial in Nyamata, Rwanda.
Mar 26
Pigs Give Women's Group a Boost in Income and Security
By Amy Shaw
In Mayange, Rwanda, the Millennium Villages Project helped establish the Abadaiga Cooperative of pig famers for single women.
Feb 07
Mayange Sees the Light at the End of the Tunnel!
By Chrysostome Mutwarangabo
Mayange had been yearning for this moment for a long time: finally, the community of this Rwanda Millennium Village has seen the light, in every sense of the word.

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