Today I had the pleasure of meeting @BusingyeJohns , High Commissioner of @RwandaInUK 🇷🇼🤝🇬🇧. Grateful for his warm welcome and inspiring words that motivate me to keep my work through the @hezainitiatives, and gaining more skills through the masters of public health I am doing at @SwanseaUni As a @CheveningFCDO Scholar, I’m truly honored to meet such an inspiring leader. #Chevening #RwandaUK

As I work toward concluding my MSc in Public Health and Health Promotion at @SwanseaUni, carrying home with me is the ultimate motivation. The late nights, research, and rigorous preparation are all focused on one objective: building strong, sustainable health promotion systems for our communities. Almost at the finish line, and proudly Rwandan through every step. @BusingyeJohns 🇷🇼 #Chevening #SwanseaUniversity #PublicHealth #FinalStretch

No child should go to school hungry. A decade ago, malnutrition was one of the biggest threats to children’s growth and development worldwide, particularly developing countries like Rwanda. Over the years, Rwanda has made remarkable progress in reducing child malnutrition. Stunting among children under five has fallen substantially, however stunting, other forms of malnutrition and food insecurity remain challenges, particularly for vulnerable and low-income families. At HEZA Initiative , we believe that progress should not stop at treating malnutrition. We need to ask a bigger question: How do we make sure children have access to nutritious food today, and families have the means to sustain it tomorrow? This is why we have continued to look for partners who share the same vision: that nutrition is not just about food; it is about health, education, dignity and livelihoods. That is where Société Commerciale Gabonaise de Réassurance an important partner in this journey. Together, we are working to make nutrition more sustainable by supporting Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres with nutritious food, while creating opportunities for parents particularly women in saving groups, to generate income that can help sustain balanced diets and meet other basic household needs. As part of this commitment, we contributed a poultry and rabbit farming facility to support food production, nutrition and household livelihoods. Because a child should not have to choose between learning and hunger. No child should go to school hungry. No family should be trapped in a cycle where they cannot afford nutritious food. Let’s build solutions that feed children today while empowering families to sustain better nutrition tomorrow. Let’s all join Operation Starvation. #NoChildHungry #ChildNutrition #ECD #FoodSecurity #Livelihoods #Nutrition #Rwanda #Sustainability #CommunityDevelopment #HezaInitiative #SCGRé

Big congrats to Bernice on winning a #Chevening Scholarship! 🎓✨ She’s heading to @UniversityOfWarwick for her Master’s in International Commercial Law, ready to bring vital expertise back home. ⚖️ Next year, it could be your moment too! 👉 Apply: shorturl.at/YWorF

Recently we @hezainitiatives, represented by Alice Mwizerwa joined the Rwanda Research Roundtable (R3), organised by @LateriteGlobal and @Vanguard_Econ Economics , where we presented our findings on: “Using Human-Centered Design to Address Childhood Immunization (zero and missed doses) Barriers in Rwanda: Lessons from Ruhango and Nyamagabe.” Our work explored how Human-Centered Design can place communities at the heart of solutions to childhood immunization barriers and strengthen public health delivery. This research was conducted in collaboration with the @RBCRwanda, @unicefrw, and the Gavi the Vaccine Alliance. A big thank you to @LateriteGlobal and @Vanguard_Econ for the opportunity to share our findings and engage with researchers, policymakers, and public health practitioners. Research that listens to communities can help build health systems that work better for everyone. #PublicHealth #HumanCenteredDesign #Immunization #Research #Rwanda #HealthSystems #UNICEF #RBC

SHE DIDN’T JUST GIVE ME A KIDNEY Before she became my wife, she was the only person who stayed closest to me when my body was slowly giving up. We had met years earlier at St. Peter’s Cyahafi Parish, singing in the choir. I don’t think either of us imagined where life would take us. By 2020, everything had changed. My kidneys were failing. My body was swollen. I was weak. There were tubes and catheters everywhere. Sometimes I couldn’t even sleep lying down because I couldn’t breathe properly. We would move to the sitting room, and I would try to sleep sitting up, surrounded by pillows. She was there. When my health became worse, she would take me to the emergency room without hesitation. Then the doctors told me I needed a kidney. We needed three things: a donor, a hospital, and money. Hospitals were difficult to find because of COVID. Countries were closing their borders. Medical facilities were overwhelmed. Everything felt uncertain. And then she said she would donate her kidney. I still struggle to explain what that meant to me. She wasn’t simply giving me an organ. She was accepting the fear, the uncertainty, the surgery, and everything that could come with it. We travelled together to Egypt. We were in a foreign country, trying to navigate medical appointments, accommodation, food, and an enormous amount of uncertainty. At times, it felt like it was just the two of us trying to figure everything out. But she stayed. On November 30, 2020, I received her kidney. I survived. Today, when people ask me about my transplant, I can tell them the medical story. But the truth is, my transplant story is also a love story. Marie-Reine gave me a kidney. But before that, she gave me something I needed just as much: the courage to believe that tomorrow was still possible. And perhaps that is what love looks like sometimes. Not flowers. Not perfect moments. Sometimes love looks like sitting beside someone who cannot breathe. Sometimes it looks like holding their hand in an emergency room. Sometimes it looks like travelling across the world together because you refuse to let them face fear alone. And sometimes—LOVE gives you a part of itself so you can keep living.

We are grateful to attend this impactful initiative.Thank you @hezainitiatives, for the invitation. Investing in agriculture and community empowerment is a powerful and sustainable pathway to combat malnutrition and stunting while strengthening household livelihoods.

Excited to share that @hezainitiatives , will be with the @Vanguard_Econ and @LateriteGlobal , where we will be presenting findings from our work with @unicefrw on using Human-Centered Design to address childhood immunization ( zero and missed doses) barriers in @RuhangoDistrict and @Nyamagabe of Rwanda We look forward to sharing key insights, lessons, and opportunities to strengthen public health delivery systems in Rwanda. #HumanCenteredDesign #Immunization #PublicHealth #Rwanda #UNICEF

Congratulations @hezainitiatives and partners. This is great milestone for children, families, and communities at Gitovu sector. #MalnutritionPrevention #StuntingPrevention #HezaInitiative @samnduwa @malicenkunda @shelly_bhai @redempter

Muri iki gikorwa, abana bahawe indyo yuzuye irimo intungamubiri zitandukanye, mu rwego rwo guteza imbere imirire myiza no gufasha ababyeyi kumenya uburyo bwo gutegurira abana babo amafunguro yuzuye kandi yubaka umubiri.

Mu Murenge wa Gitovu, muri @BureraDistrict , hatangijwe ku mugaragaro umushinga w’ubworozi bw'inkoko n'inkwavu bwibanda ku kuzamura imirire y’abana, aho amagi azajya ahabwa abana biga muri Gicura Early Childhood Development Centre (ECD). Uyu mushinga wa Nutrition-Sensitive Livestock CSR Project washyizweho ku bufatanye bwa Heza Initiative na SCG-Ré, ugamije gukoresha umusaruro ukomoka ku bworozi mu gufasha abana kubona indyo yuzuye, by’umwihariko mu rwego rwo gukumira imirire mibi n’igwingira. Intego nyamukuru ni uko umusaruro w’amagi uboneka buri gihe, uzajya ufasha mu ifunguro ry’abana biga muri Gicura ECD Centre. Abayobozi n’abafatanyabikorwa b’uyu mushinga bavuga ko bizafasha mu gukemura ikibazo cy'igwingira ndetse n'imirire mibi mu buryo burambye, kuko bituma abana babona intungamubiri zikenewe mu mikurire yabo, mu gihe abaturage na bo babona amahirwe yo kwiteza imbere. @hezainitiatives @WFP_Rwanda

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Wishing everyone a very happy #InternationalYouthDay2026 🤝🤝

Happy umuganura! Mureke inzoga(ibyuma) murye amagi😉 @RwandaHealth @RwandaLocalGov @harerimana_tito

Global exclusive breastfeeding rose from around 37% in 2012 to over 47%. Rwanda's already at 81.8%, among the highest in the world. Not sheer willpower but paid leave, nursing breaks, health workers reaching mothers within hours of birth. We build the system, we get the outcome.

A Prestigious Chevening scholarship is opening today. See my journey applying to the @CheveningFCDO:From Rwanda🇷🇼 to the UK🇬🇧 share.google/8xeWRutykCnAfbL… Don't miss the application starting to day 4th August to 6th October 2026. Apply | Chevening share.google/ZfAHCIkf4hRZt6l… @BusingyeJohns @A_ThorpeUK

No mother should have to breastfeed without the support she needs. Too many women and families still lack access to quality health services, skilled counselling, and enabling policies. This #WorldBreastfeedingWeek, Africa CDC calls for stronger health systems and sustained investment to ensure every mother receives the support she needs and every child gets the healthiest start in life. #WorldBreastfeedingWeek #BreastfeedingSupport

Every child deserves enough nutritious food to survive, grow, and thrive. The 2025 ENOUGH Campaign Report highlights the progress, partnerships, and lessons driving Rwanda's fight against child hunger & malnutrition. Read the report;wvi.org/publications/annual-…

Network like crazy! 🫣 This last Thursday, we were honoured to be invited by the @BritishCouncil in Wales as a farewell and networking event! It was a great moment to meet the @CheveningFCDO scholars, @FCDOGovUK scholars. I liked the vibes, lifelong networking gained. The UK experience is amazing! from language, culture, welcoming people.... Thank you all, let's keep connected! 😉 @BusingyeJohns

Thank you for the opportunity @SCG_Re

Addressing the Hidden Drivers of Child Undernutrition in Rwanda: Evidence from Community Perspectives. linkedin.com/pulse/addressin…