UmC in partnership with Practical Action & other partners is currently running a new project of Renewable Energy for Refugees
- This project will support the achievement of the commitments specifically the pledge on Energy and Infrastructure and contribute to achieving Sustainable Development, which aims at ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all.
Key objectives
- Renewable Electricity for household & small Enterprises
- Clean cooking
- Communal solar standalone light
- PUE (Productive use of energy)
- This campaign will be specifically oriented to the following refugee camps and Host communities around the camps: Mahama, Nyabiheke, Mugombwa, Kiziba, and Kigeme
UmC is currently running a new radio drama “Umurage season 5”. This new drama is produced mainly to raise awareness of immunization for children in the population
- Importance of vaccines and immunization to children & mothers.
- Dangers of not immunizing a child within the first 15 months after birth.
- Details of vaccines given to children.
- Importance of vaccines to the future of a nation in general.
Other topics to be covered in the drama.
- Adolescent sexual & reproductive health.
- HIV/AIDS
- Sexual & Gender-based violence.
This campaign will be specifically oriented to the targeted population, including the following districts with large percentages of children who are not vaccinated: Huye, Muhanga, Nyabihu, Nyamagabe, Kamonyi, Ruhango, and Nyabihu.
Umurage season 5 will have 48 episodes and broadcast for 48 weeks, starting this February 2023. The drama will be aired on Rc Huye & City Radio
Umurage season 5 is in partnership with the ministry of health through Rwanda Biomedical centre (RBC).
The fifth season of Umurage drama follows the recent season 4 which addressed the following:
- COVID-19 AND HYGIENE
- REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH & ADOLESCENT SEXUAL
- FAMILY PLANNING
- SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.
- HIV/AIDS.