HUMURA

Stronger
communities,
a better future.

HUMURA works alongside Rwandan communities to build capacity, promote dignity and create lasting, sustainable development.

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Training
farmers trained in 2025
502025
Trees
trees given to farmers
500+10 pigs
Education
pupils in the agroecology club
60+60 hens
Attendance
of participants present at training
99%4 months

About us

In Kinyarwanda, humura means “take heart, be reassured.” It is the promise we make to families — and the standard we hold ourselves to.

Sunrise over the hills of Ngoma

Born on the hills of Ngoma

HUMURA is a Rwandan NGO for integrated rural development, registered in Ngoma. Self-reliance is not aid received but a root cultivated: every programme is designed with communities and handed over to them.

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2015year founded

Four programmes, one root

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Ferme du Lac: a brick building surrounded by banana trees and aromatic plants

Ecological agriculture

50 farmers

Agroecology training at Ferme du Lac, an agroecology club at Kirwa School Group, and a laboratory for processing farm products.

AgroecologyYouth education
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Two women fill a jerrycan at a rehabilitated water point

Water and sanitation

Water

Rehabilitated water points and local management committees.

InfrastructureLocal committees
A woman leads a health discussion with residents

Health

Care

Local care and prevention, with community health workers trained on the spot.

PreventionCommunity health workers
The royal drum Ingoma y’Ubwami on display at the Queen Nyirakabuga Community Museum

Community museum

Culture

A space for memory and transmission, designed with residents to celebrate local heritage.

CultureLocal heritage
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2025 report: what was done

100%

Farmers trained

502025 target met · 500 trees and 10 pigs distributed

100%

Kirwa agroecology club

60 pupils2025 target met · 60 trees and 60 hens distributed

99%

Training attendance

798 / 800attendances over 4 months of training

Project funded by ACCIR · period covered: September 2025 – February 2026 · first phase of the 2025–2027 programme.

2025 report · direct beneficiaries 110

people trained directly: 50 farmers and 60 pupils, benefiting their families and the school

  • 50farmers trained
  • 60pupils in the Kirwa club
  • 4months of training
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In the field in 2025

Farmers look into a compost bin during a training session
Agroecology training at Ferme du Lac
A participant examines compost in her hands
Hands-on workshop: organic fertilisation
Pupils hold young saplings before planting them
Agroecology club, Kirwa School Group
Pupils working in the mulched school garden
The agroecological school garden
Tiled room of the future laboratory, with ceiling and windows
The processing laboratory, after the works
Brick building at Ferme du Lac under rehabilitation
Ferme du Lac building under rehabilitation

Photos from the 2025 narrative and financial report · Project funded by ACCIR.

Two women fill a jerrycan at a rehabilitated water point
InfrastructureLocal committees
Programme

Water and sanitation

Rehabilitated water points and local management committees, so that water stays accessible to families on the hills of Ngoma.

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A woman leads a health discussion with residents
PreventionCommunity health workers
Programme

Health

Access to local care and prevention for families on the hills of Ngoma, with community health workers trained on the spot.

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