Jean de Dieu Uwizeye cherishes his two-year-old daughter, Anita. Each morning, Jean brings Anita to a UNICEF-supported early childhood development centre on the tea plantation where he works. While Jean works on the plantation, Anita plays with other children under the supervision of trained caregivers. She eats breakfast and lunch at the centre, allowing Jean to work happily, knowing his daughter is safe and happy.

Jacqueline Mukarubuga smiles and sweeps tears on her face –tears of joy –as she recounts changes her adopted son has undergone since October 2016 when she took him from the Gahanga orphanage in Kicukiro District, Kigali city.

If you’re a pregnant mom, you’re probably getting lots of attention—even occasionally having complete strangers ask personal questions and touch your belly when you’re out and about. But dads-to-be? Far less visible. The truth is that fathers have an important role to play, too—of course after the baby is born, but during pregnancy as well.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Embassy of Japan in Rwanda last week inaugurated facilities constructed in Mahama Refugee Camp which will help in education and welfare of youth and children.

“You can be a good father –and stay home to raise your children. You can be a loving –and still go out to work. Your family can be different –and your kids will be o.k.” writes Dr. Kyle D. Pruett in his book ‘The Nurturing Father: Journey Toward the Complete Man.’

When divorce happens, most parents find it so challenging to talk the issue with their children; and indeed, it is so hard to explain why you are living separately from their mum or dad.

Children aged between 13 and 17 years have expressed their life aspirations, hopes to achieve them and memories of their past experiences.

Most parents and caregivers find it too hard to tell children about a family grief especially the death of a family member. A child will see signs of unusual situation like grieving among family members, many people visiting the family in solemn faces, switching off radio and TV, people gathering around big fire, and more unusual happenings.

IKEA Foundation has awarded UNICEF a new grant worth over €3.5 million (around Rwf3.5 billion) aimed to support early childhood development in Rwanda. The grant will allow UNICEF to continue its work alongside the Government of Rwanda and civil society organisations to transform the way families and communities nurture their children.

Having been observed that some pupils complete the first cycle of primary education without skills to read Ikinyarwanda (local language), the Ministry of Education in partnership with its stakeholders opened libraries around the country to bring together primary school students on daily basis after their classes.

Had a good number of parents acted like Veredian Nzabamwita who has fostered five children, all 3,323 children and young adults would have been reintegrated into families from orphanages since March 2012 when the cabinet approved the National Strategy for Child Care Reform which seeks to transform Rwanda’s current child care and protection system into a family-based care and family-strengthening system.

Some parents think that there are sports activities that are exclusively for boys while considering a girl who dares practice them as falling short of the cultural norms. Football features among those sports that many think a girl should not practice.

{At least 20 professional journalists including university teachers and media practitioners are attending training on reporting that promotes and sustains child rights.} Organised by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), Media High Council and National Children Council, the four-day training on Child Rights Media Module kicked off on Thursday in Musanze District aiming to improve […]

{United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has inked a partnership with the National Agricultural Export Board (NAEB) on emphasizing the importance of promoting children’s rights in business practices particularly in tea industry.} During the signing of partnership agreement in Kigali on Tuesday, the two agencies committed to focus on key children priorities such as early childhood […]

{Most parents wonder about sports which are suitable for children, think that there are some they can do and other they should not while others think some sports are exclusively for boys and others for girls.} IGIHE has caught up with Alexis Siborurema, a trainer for physical exercises like gym and referee for basketball, who […]

{So often or so, parents and teachers appreciate children over school performance, home activities or proving good discipline until it becomes like a must that every good deed of a child is to be awarded.} Dr Alphonse Sebaganwa, a lecturer and researcher at University of Rwanda’s College of Education and an expert in human behaviour […]

{Following the picture of his craft of Kigali Convention Centre (KCC) went viral, Didier Gakwisi Gisa, 13, has toured the country’s best building which he had all along been watching from outside the fence.} Accompanied by his father and mother, Gisa has happily toured KCC moving from room to room contemplating all the building’s features. […]

{United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has inked a partnership with local tea company, Sorwathe, on improving children’s education and early childhood development in districts of Gicumbi and Rulindo in Northern Province.} During the signing, Unicef Rwanda’s public relations officer, Albertine Uwimana, said the partnership concerns infants and children below seven years old and will consider […]

{Girls spend 40% more time on household chores such as cooking, cleaning, collecting firewood and caring for family members, than boys of the same age, according to a new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).} The report titled “Harnessing the Power of Data for Girls” indicates that two out of three girls spend […]

{Théoneste Musoni, 29, is married and has two children. He enjoys playing with small children but it looks strange to many seeing a man kicking balls to children and receiving balls back, some weeping while Musoni consoles them but Musoni feels comfortable with the job he says earns him family living and has got him […]