Project Needs and Beneficiaries

As a result of genocide and deaths from disease, 1.2m Rwandan children are orphaned and 400,000 currently live alone. The head of the household usually is a girl who looks after several younger children. For example, Mukakrimba has been the head of her four-person home since she was 10. She maintains a subsistence living for her family with no parental care. Like most other 65,000 child heads of households, she cannot attend school. Radio serves as her constant companion, mentor and guide.

Activities

Since Freeplay radios need no batteries or electricity, the children can access radio programs any time. They can listen non-stop to broadcasts on health care, AIDS, clean water, farming, and animal husbandry, as well as to music and sports.

Organization