James

Video Journalist

[Kabanyana Nooliet (Nounou) @Knooliet]

This week @RwandaNGOForum conducted a visit to the @KigaliMentalHRC to learn more about and better understand ongoing interventions supporting people who use drugs (PWUD) in mental health care, psychosocial support, treatment, rehabilitation services and community outreaches

The visit reaffirmed the critical role KMHRC plays in saving lives and restoring dignity through evidence-based, health-centered approaches to substance use disorders.

We commend the Govt of 🇷🇼 through @RwandaHealth @nsanzimanasabin @RBCRwanda @CMuvunyi and the Centre @DynamoNdacyayis for its leadership in providing integrated comprehensive health care that recognizes PWUD as clients in need of treatment, not punishment reinforcing that substance use is a public health issue requiring structured health and social support services.

As part of strengthening Harm Reduction and treatment adherence, @RwandaNGOForum donated water filters and UV water sterilizers to support access to safe drinking water for #PWUD receiving Methadone Assisted Treatment (MAT).
▶️ Access to clean water during MAT administration is essential for safe consumption and better adherence, directly contributing to improved treatment outcomes and reduced health risks.
▶️ Special appreciation to our partners who supported this great initiative.

Key note:
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This visit noted the urgent need for:

1. Increased and sustained investment in comprehensive, community-centered and facility-based services for PWUD, including mental health care, MAT programs, psychosocial rehabilitation, awareness, capacity building, evidence generation and reintegration services.

2. Strengthening supply systems, infrastructure, human resources, community led interventions is critical to scaling up impact and saving more lives.

A Call to Action:
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We call upon government, development partners and implementing agencies to:

✳️ Prioritize and invest in healthcare systems and expand accessible, integrated quality healthcare services for PWUD at both health facility and community levels.
✳️ Meaningful engagement of families, parents, local leaders and general population remains important in supporting adherence, reducing stigma and strengthening long-term recovery pathways

✳️ Support and create an enabling environment for PWUD that place health, safety, dignity and human Rights at the center of responses to drug use.

✳️ Invest in Research; Surveys; Integrated Community Led Monitoring aimed to generate evidences for decision making in programing and policy change
#HarmReductionForPWUD

@WHORwanda @BrianChirombo @GlobalFund @UNAIDSRwanda @AndrewGasoziNtw @RichardAmenyah @VuyisekaDubula @JNdayizigiye @Rwanda_CCM @expertisefrance @EF_LINITIATIVE @medecindumonde @UNDP_Rwanda @unicefrw @UNODC @Providence1917 @TuyishimeAlbert @GermanyinRwanda @CDCRwanda @ambafrancerwa @frontlineaids @Sfrwanda1 @ImroRwanda @Imbuto @HDIRwanda @FXBRwanda @AFD_France @Rwandapolice @RIB_Rw @RwandaParliamnt @Rwanda_Justice

[Rwanda NGOs Forum on HIV/AIDS and H.P @RwandaNGOForum]

Bridging Care Through Collaboration: Rwanda NGOs Forum Visits Kigali Mental Health Referral Centre

When recovery is the goal, no single institution can walk the journey alone.

This week, @RwandaNGOForum paid a courtesy visit to the Kigali Mental Health Referral Centre (@KigaliMentalHRC ), not as observers, but as partners committed to standing alongside communities too often pushed to the margins, especially people who use drugs.

Our visit was anchored in three intentions:

🔹 To explore concrete areas of mutual collaboration that strengthen treatment and recovery pathways.

🔹 To listen to and understand the real challenges KMHRC faces, and where civil society can help bridge them through community mobilization and family engagement.

🔹 To witness what works: best practices, treatment successes, and the lived experiences of beneficiaries whose voices remain central to meaningful care.

The recovery process is not only clinical. It is dignified care that meets people where they are.
In that spirit, @RwandaNGOForum provided water treatment materials, ensuring patients, including people who use drugs, can access safe drinking water while receiving services at @KigaliMentalHRC . A small contribution, but one rooted in a larger truth: dignity lives in the details.

At the heart of this engagement is a conviction we hold firmly: that collaboration, partnership, and genuine co-creation with community members are how we close the gaps across the entire continuum of care for key and vulnerable populations.

When families are engaged, communities are mobilized, and lived experience is honored, recovery becomes not just possible but shared.

Together, we bridge care.
#LeaveNoOneBehind #HarmReduction #MentalHealth #CommunityHealth #ContinuumOfCare

[James @JamesRwasa]

@CanalboxR Internet imeze nabi cyane, mubikemure.

[Rwanda NGOs Forum on HIV/AIDS and H.P @RwandaNGOForum]

🚨 MURARARITSWE 🚨

@RwandaNGOForum , ku bufatanye na @ahfrwanda , @WateraidRwanda na @RWACHI_25 , ibararikiye ikiganiro cya X Space kizaba kuri uyu wa Kabiri, tariki ya 2 Kamena 2026 saa Kumi n’Ebyiri z’Umugoroba (18:00).

Iki kiganiro kizayoborwa na @PMudakikwa na @oswaki , kizahuriramo n’abatumirwa b’inzobere mu buzima, ubuvugizi, isuku n’isukura (WASH) ndetse n’iterambere ry’umuryango.

Insanganyamatsiko: Uruhare rwa buri wese mu guca burundu ipfunwe n’ihezwa ku bagore n’abakobwa mu gihe cy’imihango, no kunoza uburyo bwo kubona ibikoresho by’isuku y’imihango, amakuru n’ubumenyi biyerekeye.

Tuzaganira ku kamaro k’isuku mugihe cy’imihango, uburenganzira n’agaciro by’umukobwa n’umugore, uruhare rw’amazi meza n’isuku (WASH), uruhare rw’ababyeyi, abagabo n’abahungu mu gushyigikira abakobwa, ndetse n’ingamba zafasha kurandura ipfunwe n’imbogamizi zikigaragara mu muryango.

Dufatanye kubaka isi yemera kandi ishyigikira ubuzima bw’imihango kuri bose.

Kanda hano ukurikire 👉 https://t.co/kQKfNVRvez

NTUZACIKANWE!

#PeriodFriendlyWorldRw

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🌸 Let's Talk Menstrual Hygiene 🌸

@RwandaNGOForum , in partnership with @ahfrwanda , @WateraidRwanda and @RWACHI_25 , invites you to join an engaging X Space discussion this Tuesday, 2nd June 2026 at 6:00 PM.

Hosted by @PMudakikwa and @oswaki , this conversation will bring together experts and advocates to explore practical solutions for improving menstrual health and dignity for girls and women.

Everyone’s Role is vital in Ending Period Poverty and Menstrual Stigma. Together, we will discuss menstrual hygiene management, access to menstrual products, the importance of WASH facilities/services, the link between menstrual health and SRHR, the role of parents, communities, boys and men in supporting girls, and collective actions needed to eliminate stigma and ensure menstrual dignity for all. Let’s work together to normalize conversations around menstruation and create a more inclusive and supportive society.

Set your reminder here👉 https://t.co/kQKfNVRvez

DON'T MISS OUT!

#PeriodFriendlyWorldRw
#EndTheStigma
#MenstruationMatters
#MenstrualHealthDay
#EndPeriodPoverty
#PeriodPositive
#WeAreCommitted

[Strive Foundation Rwanda @Sfrwanda1]

Yesterday, #SFR joined @RusiziDistrict in celebrating Umunsi Mukuru wa Malayika Murinzi at #ADEPR #BugaramaSector, promoting collective responsibility in child protection under the theme “Wite ku mwana wese nk’uwawe” for safer, nurturing communities. @RwandaLocalGov @RwandaGender

[Rwanda NGOs Forum on HIV/AIDS and H.P @RwandaNGOForum]

Today, @RwandaNGOForum hosted a productive monitoring meeting with @HDIRwanda under the Tubiteho ‘Let’s Take Care Of Them’ Project , supported by @expertisefrance . The meeting provided an important opportunity to review the progress of project implementation, reflect on key milestones achieved so far, and strengthen coordination towards the successful delivery of the project’s objectives.

The discussions also focused on planning the implementation of the remaining activities, addressing emerging issues, and identifying strategic ways forward to ensure continued impact and sustainability. Such engagements remain essential in promoting collaboration, accountability and shared commitment to improving the health and well-being of communities across Rwanda.

#LeaveNoOneBehind #RightToHealth #HarmReduction #JointAdvocacy #AdvancingHealthRights #HealthForAll

@RBCRwanda @RwandaHealth @EF_LINITIATIVE @Sfrwanda1 @ImroRwanda @MdM_France @AfricaCDC @WHORwanda @Knooliet @iasociety @ambafrancerwa @KAflodis @BernardMuramira @mwanaimable

[Rwanda NGOs Forum on HIV/AIDS and H.P @RwandaNGOForum]

World Menstrual Hygiene Day 28th May

Today, as Rwanda joins the world in observing Menstrual Hygiene Day 2026, we reaffirm a simple but powerful truth: menstrual hygiene is not a privilege, it is dignity, health, and a fundamental human right. Every girl and woman deserves access to accurate information, affordable menstrual products, clean water, safe sanitation facilities, and supportive environments that allow them to manage menstruation safely and confidently. Yet, stigma, silence, and limited access to menstrual hygiene services continue to affect the education, well-being, confidence, and opportunities of many girls and women across the world.

This year’s #MHDay2026 is a call for collective action in our schools, homes, workplaces, and communities. We must continue strengthening menstrual hygiene management in schools through access to WASH facilities, safe spaces for girls (Icyumba cy’Umukobwa), menstrual products, and reproductive health education, while also creating supportive workplaces and homes where menstruation is discussed openly and respectfully.

Together, let us break harmful myths, end period shame, and build a #PeriodFriendlyWorld where no girl misses school, no woman faces discrimination, and they can manage menstruation with safety, support, confidence, and dignity.

#MenstrualHygieneDay2026Rw #PeriodFriendlyWorldRw

[Strive Foundation Rwanda @Sfrwanda1]

Through SFR’s youth empowerment initiative in #NyamashekeDistrict, Rangiro Bee Cooperative is strengthening beekeeping, flower cultivation for nectar production, savings activities, and small businesses while expanding honey production opportunities for its 65 youth members.

[Ministry of Youth and Arts | Rwanda @RwandaYouthArts]

Félicitations à toute l’équipe de Ben’Imana pour cette magnifique consécration à Cannes, avec la Caméra d’Or et le Prix FIPRESCI remportés ce soir lors de cette 79e édition du Festival de Cannes.

#Cannes2026 #RwandaAtCannes

[Strive Foundation Rwanda @Sfrwanda1]

By strengthening food security, SFR's members of #AmahoroCooperative conducted communal work to maintain the solar irrigation system while also carrying out field monitoring of the rice farm in preparation for next farming season. Field observations confirmed healthy crop growth

[James @JamesRwasa]

"From strings to prompts — the future of music is shifting from instruments in hand to ideas in code. 🎶🤖 #AI #MusicProduction"

[Rwanda NGOs Forum on HIV/AIDS and H.P @RwandaNGOForum]

Stronger Together for Healthier Communities! 🌍✨

In partnership with local authorities, civil society organizations, and health partners, we proudly marked a meaningful milestone in @RuhangoDistrict , Kinazi Sector during the close-out ceremony of the Bilharzia Storytelling Initiative (BSI) Rwanda. The event brought together district leaders, healthcare providers, schools, and community members in a powerful celebration of collective action toward building healthier, disease-resilient communities.

Through captivating traditional performances by Itorero E.P Kacyiru, impactful health awareness sketches by E.P Kakirenzi, and inspiring testimonies from G.S Rutabo B, the event demonstrated how community-led storytelling and creative arts can transform health education and inspire lasting behavior change.

Kinazi Sector leadership commended the initiative and reaffirmed their commitment to sustaining these community-driven health practices, recognizing that informed and empowered children and youth are key to building a healthier future.

Key highlights from the event included:

⏩ Celebrating student leadership and ownership in promoting community health
⏩ Recognizing outstanding students championing peer-to-peer health education
⏩ Notable reduction in risky sanitation behaviors across the sector
⏩ Increased child-to-parent hygiene education within households
⏩ Strengthened community and district ownership of Bilharzia prevention efforts
⏩ Effective use of dance, drama, and storytelling for health communication
⏩ Building a lasting legacy of health, hope, and resilience for future generations

Together, we continue to strengthen partnerships, collaboration, and coordinated action because empowered and informed communities save lives.

#BeatNTDs

[James @JamesRwasa]

Kumenya ibimenyetso bya Malariya birinda ubuzima.

#ZeroMalariaRW #MenyaWirindeRW

[Rwanda NGOs Forum on HIV/AIDS and H.P @RwandaNGOForum]

❇️ IBIMENYETSO BYA MALARIYA ❇️

Malariya ishobora gutangira nk’indwara isanzwe, ariko iyo itavuwe hakiri kare ishobora gukomera cyane. Kumenya ibimenyetso byayo ni intambwe ikomeye mu kurinda ubuzima bwawe n’ubw’abo ukunda. 🩺

⚠️ Bimwe mu bimenyetso bya Malariya:

🌡️ Umuriro mwinshi
🤕 Kubabara umutwe
🥶 Gutengurwa / Guhinda umushyitsi
💪 Gucika intege no kubabara mu ngingo
🤢 Iseseme no kuruka

🦟 Dufatanye kurwanya Malariya binyuze mu bumenyi no mu bikorwa!

Kurandura malariya bihera kuri njye!🛑

#ZeroMalariaRW
#MenyaWirindeRW
#TogetherForHealthRW
#RCCERW

[Kabanyana Nooliet (Nounou) @Knooliet]

Malariya irandura, ariko kandi iririndwa. Kuryama mu nzitiramubu ni ubwirinzi bworoshye ariko bukomeye.
Kurandura Malariya bihera kuri njye!
@WHORwanda #MenyaWirindeRW #RCCERw #TogetherForHealthRW #EndMalaria
@RwandaEast @RwandaSouth @RwandaWest @RwandaNorth @CityofKigali @GisagaraDistr @HuyeDistrict @RusiziDistrict @RutsiroDistrict @KarongiDistr @NyagatareDistr @BugeseraDistr @RubavuDistrict @Nyamasheke @PMudakikwa @RwandaHealth @nsanzimanasabin @RBCRwanda @CMuvunyi @WB_Rwanda @Imbuto @RwandaLocalGov @BGakire @AimableDr @DMbituyumuremyi @DrDanielNgamije @ckarema @uwaliraye @IOMRwanda @expertisefrance @ChinaEmbinRW @CDCRwanda @GermanyinRwanda @UKinRwanda @sfhRwanda @Sfrwanda1 @ASOFERWA2 @semakulam @TuyishimeAlbert @CS4MEglobal

[Kabanyana Nooliet (Nounou) @Knooliet]

What an incredible colorful and impactful last week has been?

Congratulations to @RwandaNGOForum for the Outstanding Team of the Year Award at Africa Health Award and Summit (#AHAS2026) by @healthiconaward in collaboration with Rwanda Healthcare Federation 💥💥✨✨🙌🏽🙌🏽👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

As a leader at @RwandaNGOForum, this recognition is not just an award, but a reflection of the power of communities, partnerships and collective action in transforming health systems and saving lives.

The forum dedicates this award to our incredible National NGO members, Peer Educators, Healthcare Providers and the resilient communities we proudly serve every day. Your commitment, courage and compassion continue to inspire meaningful impact across Rwanda and beyond.
Our sincere appreciation to the Govt of 🇷🇼 @RwandaHealth, @RBCRwanda, @RwandaLocalGov and all development partners for the trust, collaboration and shared vision toward equitable and inclusive healthcare for all.

This milestone reaffirms that sustainable health solutions begin within communities and that communities must remain at the center of every health response. #AHAS2026 #HealthForAll

@nsanzimanasabin @JNdayizigiye @CMuvunyi @TuyishimeAlbert @WHORwanda @BrianChirombo @RichardAmenyah @UNAIDSRwanda @AndrewGasoziNtw @HindHassan_ @LiekevandeWiel @unicefrw @DianeGashumba @RwandaGender @GlobalFund @CS4MEglobal @miryanyawera @DrAdelakin @TheENDFund @EugeneRuberanz2 @PATHtweets @VuyisekaDubula @rhodalewa @HFFG_Ghana @WB_Rwanda @Imbuto @RefugeesRwanda @IOMRwanda @UKinRwanda @SwedeninRW @GermanyinRwanda @PMudakikwa @expertisefrance @EF_LINITIATIVE @FrancoiseVanni @Sfrwanda1 @sfhRwanda @HAImedicines @eannaso @CsdiCommunity @FaithVictoryRW

[Rwanda NGOs Forum on HIV/AIDS and H.P @RwandaNGOForum]

🚨 UBUKANGURAMBAGA KU NDWARA Z’IBYOREZO BURATANGIYE! 🚨

❇️Muze twige, tumenye kandi twirinde indwara z’ibyorezo zibangamira ubuzima bwacu n’imibereho y’imiryango yacu n'abaturage muri rusange ndetse n’ibyiciro byihariye.

Muri ubu bukangurambaga tugiye kugezwaho na @RwandaNGOForum kubufatanye na @unicefrw na @RBCRwanda, buri munsi tuzajya tubagezaho ubutumwa bwigisha kandi busobanura byinshi ku ndwara z’ibyorezo zitandukanye zirimo:

🦟 Malariya
💧 Kolera
🧒 Iseru (Measles)
🦠 Mpox
⚠️ Marburg
🛑 Ebola

📅 Kandi by’umwihariko:
➡️ Buri cyumweru tuzajya twibanda ku ndwara imwe, tuyigeho byimbitse:
❇️uburyo yandura
❇️ibimenyetso byayo
❇️uko yakwirindwa
❇️icyo wakora igihe ugaragaje ibimenyetso.

🎯 Intego ni ukongera ubumenyi bwacu, kurinda ubuzima no gufatanya nk’umuryango mugari mu gukumira ibyorezo.

📢 Nawe gira uruhare:
✅ Soma ubutumwa
✅ Busangize abandi
✅ Jya ubaza ibibazo
✅ Tanga ibitekerezo
✅ Fasha abandi kumenya no kwirinda

🗣️ “Ubumenyi burinda ubuzima!”
Turusheho gufatanya, twige kandi turinde ubuzima bwacu n’ubw’abo dukunda. ❤️

#MenyaWirindeRW
#RCCERw
#TogetherForHealthRW

[Strive Foundation Rwanda @Sfrwanda1]

Proud moment for @RwandaNGOForum under the leadership of its Board Chair & ED of @Sfrwanda1 Mr @BernardMuramira,following the Outstanding Team of the Year recognition at Africa Health Awards 2026. Your leadership continues inspiring community-centered healthcare transformation.

[James @JamesRwasa]

Urubyiruko rwa RPF rwo mu murenge waRemera,Umudugudu wa Kagara rwasuye Urwibutso rwa Jenoside ku Gisozi. Mu kwibuka ku nshuro ya 32. Duharanira ko amateka atazibagirana kandi ko ubumwe n’urukundo aribyo bizatuma twubaka ejo hazaza heza. @rpfinkotanyi @SHEMAWilson7 @RemeraRwanda

[RadioTv10 Rwanda @Radiotv10rwanda]

Frere Rudasingwa Karemera Camille wabaye umuyobozi imyaka w’Urwunge rw'amashuri rwitiriwe Mutagatifu Aloys rw'i Rwamagana ( Grouper scolaire Saint Aloys Rwamagana) mu gihe cy’Imyaka irenga 25, akagira uruhare mu kuzamura Impano z’abakina imikino y’Amabobo by’umwihariko Volleyball na Handball bamusuye bakina imikino itandukanye.

Frere Rudasingwa Karemera Camille yayoboye Urwunge rw'amashuri rwitiriwe Mutagatifu Aloys rw'i Rwamagana kuva mu 1998 asimbuye Frere Kamuhanda witabye Imana . Yateje imbere uburezi muri iryo shuri ndetse yazamuye siporo mu mikino itandukanye nk'umupira w'amaguru , volleyball , basketball,athletisme ndetse na Handball.F rere Camille yabaye umwe mu bayoboye  ibikorwa bya siporo mu mashuri igihe kinini.

[James @JamesRwasa]

Urubyiruko rwa RPF rwo mu murenge waRemera,Umudugudu wa Kagara rwasuye Urwibutso rwa Jenoside ku Gisozi. Mu kwibuka ku nshuro ya 32. Duharanira ko amateka atazibagirana kandi ko ubumwe n’urukundo aribyo bizatuma twubaka ejo hazaza heza. @rpfinkotanyi @SHEMAWilson7 @RemeraRwanda